
Smoot. The Sectarian: Collection of Hymns adapted to the Faith of the Antime'ns Predestinar'n Old School Baptist of America
Smoot, W. M. The Sectarian: Collection of Hymns adapted to the Faith of the Antime'ns Predestinar'n Old School Baptist of America. Occoquan, Va.: Sectarian Building, 1904. First Edition. [9125] Black cloth, quite worn at the edges and joints, covers still well-attached, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches. Marbled end papers, viii., 634 pp., text complete. Several printed hymns, a small photo, and other ephemera laid in. "Phanetta Davis, Book June 12th 1904" on one ffep; "This was my Sister Phonetta Davis Old School Baptist Hymn Book and she gave it to me Oct 19, 1945. Mrs. Mary A. Allen" on another. Fair. Hardcover. The use of the apostrophes in the title may have been due to the size of Elder Smoot's home press. It may have been necessary to use them in place of capital A's to shorten the line, which matches the other longest line on the page.Not in Starr, but he does list Smoot's Contest of Primitive Baptists, 1886-1889, and Prohibition fanaticism; being an editorial in the Sectarian...May, 1908.