Ministry of Angels

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Verlag: The Apostolic Messenger Office, Greensboro, NC, 1880

Beschreibung

Grey cover with black lettering. Cover has been re-glued to contents. Paper is fragile due to age. Booklet now in archival sleeve to protect condition. Godbey s contributions to holiness literature also included numerous small booklets which nourished the holiness people in sound doctrine and inoculated them against the heresies which were sweeping across America in the late nineteenth century. These booklets were printed on cheap (high acid content) paper in order to make them affordable (usually ten cents each), and as a consequence, most of them exist today in a state of marked deterioration. Topics included expositions of holiness soteriology, critiques of "popular evangelism," indictments of the "fallen churches" (especially Methodism), warnings against such heresies as "Mormonism," and devotional studies of the geography of "Bible lands." However, the most prominent topic was the Second Coming of Christ. Godbey wrote numerous booklets concerning the "signs of the times," expositions of dispensationalist chronology (outlining periods of history, the Rapture, the Tribulation Period, the Millennium, and the final judgment), and exhortations to be "robed and ready" with the experience of entire sanctification. These booklets contain an abundance of Godbey s sermon illustrations personal anecdotes, allusions to classical Greek mythology, references to rural life, and stories taken from religious biographies of such notable personalities as George Whitefield, John Wesley, Benjamin Abbott, and Charles G. Finney. These booklets provide today s readers with snapshots of Godbey s preaching style homespun stories, rhetoric, pointed exhortations, allusions to classical literature and provide a clear picture of a distinct personality. Like the rest of his publications, Godbey s booklets were not polished productions; rather, they were transcriptions of his reminiscences, taken down by "amanuenses" most of them students of God s Bible School. Godbey had serious problems with his eyesight, and his handwriting was very difficult to decipher. He dictated his books and pamphlets from memory, and these publications represent a raw transcription of his personality and speaking style. Very rare. Paperback may indicate a booklet, phamplet, tract or book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 53934

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ministry of Angels

Verlag: The Apostolic Messenger Office, Greensboro, NC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition; Various.