Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland; or Full Assurance of Hope the Reward (1839)

Bouton, Nathaniel. Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland; or Full Assurance of Hope the Reward of Diligence in the Christian Life. Concord, N. H.: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1839. First Edition. [10653] Teal cloth with gilt title to spine, spine sunned, 6 1/4 x 4 inches, tight. Lithograph portrait of McFarland after a painting by S. F. Morse, by Moore's of Boston, with printed signature and tissue guard. [i]-x, [2], [13]-319 clean pp., foxing to the end papers. Very good. Hardcover. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, no. 618. "Chapter six includes material on the revival in Concord in 1816." "The main design of this Memoir is to illustrate the scriptural truth, that 'FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE' in regards to one's own salvation, is the fruit and reward of faith in Jesus Christ - the atoning Savior - combined with the diligent practice of every christian duty." - Preface. Elizabeth McFarland (1780-1838), b. Boston, Mass.; d. Concord, N. H. She was the wife of the Rev. Asa McFa