A Letter from a blacksmith to the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/21
- Alt. number
- 3.2375
- Date
- 1759
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Faulkner, George (Publisher)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/21
- Alt. number
- 3.2375
- Date
- 1759
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Faulkner, George (Publisher)
Description
A Letter from a blacksmith to the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland. In which the manner of public worship in that church is considered; its inconveniences and defects pointed out; and methods for removing them humbly proposed. Six lines of Scripture texts. Dublin, Printed by George Faulkner in Effex-Street.
Robert Burns reportedly shared the feelings of this book’s author, who challenged sermons that ‘bring the weak and ignorant, to the very brink of madness’ and ‘neglect … to better the heart’.
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