HENRY SLOANE COFFIN—Joy in Believing—A Treasury—1st HC

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A First-Edition HARDCOVER of: • “One of the few really great devotional classics of our time”:* • “JOY IN BELIEIVING: An Inspirational Treasury” (Scribner’s, 1956) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing) • BY HENRY SLOANE COFFIN • “From the spoken and written words and the prayers of HENRY SLOANE COFFIN” • EDITED & PREFACED BY WALTER RUSSELL BOWIE • “Happiness is like the glint of sunlight on the surface of a river; joy is like the living current of that river, which pours in its deep channel to the sea. That was the kind of vibrant joy that men fell in HENRY COFFIN. It was not only that he had the gift of human gaiety; he had the power that came from his trust in the unfailing springs of the grace of GOD…. When he died, what h had written in the course of many years was in his files. It was the privilege of the writer of this preface to find there and to read the long succession of DR. COFFIN’s sermons and addresses…and the rich treasury of his prayers, none of which had been published before. From all these were gathered excerpts which might convey at least some of the great aspects of HENRY COFFIN’s faith. If the words thus chosen to be put into print can transmit the spirit of the great Christian who wrote them, then to the readers of this book, as to those who once listened to his voice, there may come ‘joy in believing.’ ” —WALTER RUSSELL BOWIE, FROM THE PREFACE *• “I feel no hesitation in predicting that JOY IN BELIEVING will quickly establish itself as one of the few really great devotional classics of our time, perhaps even of all time.” —HENRY P. VAN DUSEN, FORMER PRESIENT, UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY • “DR. BOWIE has rendered an invaluable service in culling from the unpublished writings of HENRY SLOANE COFFIN this superb collection of meditations and prayers. The result is a devotional classic of first-rate importance.” —HENRY EMERSON FOSDICK, FORMER MINISTER, RIVERSIDE CHURCH • “Here is a book that holds one from the first page. The first selection is a gem, and so is the second, and so is the third! ‘Distilled Christian wisdom of the highest order’ is how I should describe the book as a whole.” —JOHN BAILLIE, “DIARY OF PRIVATE PRAYER” • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “JOY IN BELIEVING: An Inspirational Treasury” AUTHOR: HENRY SLOANE COFFIN EDITED & PREFACED BY: WALTER RUSSELL BOWIE TYPE: HARDCOVER NUMBER OF PAGES: 248 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Scribner’s (New York), 1956 EDITION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING *RE: On the Copyright Page, the code “A-7-56.”** **RE: “SCRIBNER’S…. Since 1930, have used an ‘A’ on the copyright page to denote the first edition, sometimes with the Scribner seal, and sometimes with a code representing the month and year of publication and the book's manufacturer (later printings were either not noted, or indicated with a ‘B,’ etc.).” —QUILL & BRUSH (WEBSITE) NOTE: This copy is NOT ex-library NOR a book-club edition. ISBN: N/A (Pre-ISBN) CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: GOOD.Price (2.95) is unclipped. There are missing chunks of paper at the bottom edge on the back & at the bottom of the spine. The top of the spine & the corners are chipped. There’s also a two-inch closed cut at the top edge of front & other, smaller cuts among the shelf-wear along all the edges. Spine is sunned & has “15” inked onto it. Scratching & smudging on all sides. The DJ’s design & text, however, remain vivid. (Now protected in a Brodart archival cover.) CONDITION of BOOK: VERY GOOD.Book is square. Boards are clean with lightly bumped & scuffed corners. 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