An Extract from a Treatise on the Spirit of Prayer, Or, the Soul Rising out of the Vanity of Time into the Riches of Eternity: with Some Thoughts on War,

Publisher Marketing: Title: An extract from a treatise on the spirit of prayer, or, The soul rising out of the vanity of time into the riches of eternity: with some thoughts on war, remarks on the nature and bad effects of the use of spirituous liquors, and considerations on slavery. Author: William LawPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03888200CollectionID: CTRG02-B161PublicationDate: 17800101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to William Law in the Dictionary of national biography. "Remarks on the nature and bad effects of spirituous liquors" is by Anthony Benezet. "Considerations on war"--p. 52-66. "Thoughts on slavery from several authors"--p. 79-84. Collation: 84 p.; 18 cm Contributor Bio:  Law, William William Law was one of the great clerics and educators of the Church of England. He was educated at Cambridge, eventually taking a teaching position there in addition to being ordained in the Church of England. The best known and most popular of the books he wrote was "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life."