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A Letter from a blacksmith to the ministers and elders of the Church of Scotland

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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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  1. Correspondence and other documents relating to Robert Burns ( )
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