To sail across the deep blue sea
including a public near-death beating he received in Congress by a fellow [Southern] congressman
And accompanied by a short handwritten note by the son-in-law of Edwin Dorr Griffin and notable autograph collector
the Sufferings and Triumphs of the Heroic Men and Women who were Persecuted for the Religion of Jesus Christ
Lot includes both items
1865 C. H. SPURGEON. The Sword and the Trowel. First Edition of First Year Ever Issued. Exposition To sail across the deepReasonably well preserved first edition of the very first year of Spurgeon's periodical, The Sword and the Trowel. In addition to his weekly sermons, it provided a vehicle to engage controversies, i. e. Calvinism, Baptismal Regeneration, Sectarianism, The Downgrade Controversy, etc., to provide a platform for many of the excellent people he was surrounded by at the Pastor's College, at various conferences, etc., to promote an interest in Church