A Little Present For Friends And Friendly People: In The Form Of A Miscellaneous Discourse

By Anonymous and A Poor Illiterate Mechanic

Book Overview

Plainspoken faith, offered with open hands. Quiet counsel for ordinary days. Written under the modest by-line A Poor Illiterate Mechanic, this brisk religious essays collection gathers moral instruction reflections on daily duty, conscience, and neighbourly care. Part sermon, part workshop wisdom, it reads like a miscellaneous discourse pamphlet meant to be shared: an unabridged devotional tract for readers who value practical Christian conduct over display. The emphasis falls on friendship and kindness virtues - how to speak, judge, forgive, and serve - in language that stays close to lived experience. These short, self-contained pieces turn from belief to behaviour: work, speech, temper, charity. The tone is candid and companionable, shaped for reading aloud and passing on among neighbours and friends. As a public domain classic of historic Christian literature, the book stands as a small but telling example of lay Protestant moral treatises: classic spiritual essays shaped for ordinary households as much as for the chapel. It suits church study reading, personal devotion, or a thoughtful gift book for friends, and it will sit happily beside longer devotional volumes in any collector's library. Collectors will value its glimpse of grassroots piety and print culture; casual readers will appreciate its directness. It sits well beside other public domain tracts and sermons of the period. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354505090
• ISBN13: 9789354505096
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"