1855 George Herbert The Temple Sacred Poems & Private Ejaculations withThe Priest

  

Description Rare American edition of George Herbert's The Temple Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations With The Priest of the Temple Or Country Parson By George Herbert. Hazard 178 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Includes Memoir of The Author with separate nice title page. The size of this book is a bit above pocket size. Condition Nice, clean, and complete pages.

Some foxing as shown only to initial and end pages. No writing anywhere in the interior except for signatures'Schetky' on initial blank pages. This may be the Rev. George Patterson Schetky who lived in Mt.

Holly, New Jersey for a while and came from Philadelphia in 1868 to become the first rector at St. James Episcopal Church in South Bend, as described below. The b ook is basically in three parts as shown as a middle bundle came loose from rest of book, however pages are still adhering to respective binding. If interested that can be professionally repaired from the interior, maintaining original covers and exact appearance, without anything showing on exterior for an extra charge. Original binding, banded spine covers, and decorated, embossed, and attractive green covers.

Pages are very nice and includes beautiful title pages. Schetky was born in Pennsylvania on 23 August 1824, the son of John George Schetky and Eizabeth Mee (Patterson). He graduated from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin, and afterward moved to Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey, where he married Elizabeth Burr Oliphant on 26 January 1865 in St. Andrew's Church, where he was rector. He was in Philadelphia in 1868 when Bishop Joseph Talbot recruited him to become the first rector of St.

James Episcopal Church in South Bend. He was instrumental in organizing the church and forming its first official vestry, but the church got off to a tentative beginning with few funds to keep it going. In January 1869, the vestry let him go with their good will, since the church was unable to support him. He moved to Bay County, Michigan, where he became rector of Trinity Church in 1874. He later moved to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he oversaw the construction of St. He is buried in St.

Andrew's Churchyard, Mount Holly, New Jersey. After reload tap on main picture, it will open in spectacular viewing quality, and you will even be able to read the tiniest words in my pictures.