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Book/Printed Material Imaginary obstructions to true spiritual progress : preached during the service at the Day Street Congregational Church, August 14, 1898

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Title

  • Imaginary obstructions to true spiritual progress : preached during the service at the Day Street Congregational Church, August 14, 1898

Summary

  • Stanford, an African American Congregational minister, gives not only a sermon, but in a separate document, an account of his life from slavery in Hampton, Virginia, to education in Connecticut with the help of Harriet Beecher Stowe, to advance education and his ministry in England.

Names

  • Stanford, P. Thomas (Peter Thomas)
  • Day Street Congregational Church (West Somerville, Mass.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • West Somerville, Mass. : Davis Square Printing Co., [1898]

Headings

  • -  Spiritual life--Christianity--Sermons
  • -  Congregational churches--Sermons
  • -  Sermons, American--African American authors

Genre

  • Sermons--Massachusetts--West Somerville--1898

Notes

  • -  Title page illustrated with portrait of author.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: West Somerville, Mass. 1898. Bible verse number corrected in ink on first page of text. Pagination added in ink at top of pages.

Medium

  • [12] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. E, no. 18

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898129

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Stanford, P. Thomas, Day Street Congregational Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Imaginary obstructions to true spiritual progress: preached during the service at the Day Street Congregational Church. [West Somerville, Mass.: Davis Square Printing Co, 1898] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898129/.

APA citation style:

Stanford, P. T., Day Street Congregational Church & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1898) Imaginary obstructions to true spiritual progress: preached during the service at the Day Street Congregational Church. [West Somerville, Mass.: Davis Square Printing Co] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898129/.

MLA citation style:

Stanford, P. Thomas, Day Street Congregational Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Imaginary obstructions to true spiritual progress: preached during the service at the Day Street Congregational Church. [West Somerville, Mass.: Davis Square Printing Co, 1898] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898129/>.