1835 JEDIDIAH BURCHARD. Critical of Radical Revivalist who Led Charles Finney to Christ. Rare

Streeter, Russell. Mirror of Calvinistic Fanaticism, or Jedediah Burchard & Co. during a Protracted Meeting of twenty-six days in Woodstock, Vt. Woodstock: Nahum Haskell, 1835. Second Edition. 168pp. Cloth spine, plain boards, printed paper spine title label, some old stains to binding, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, old church bookplate & inscription, recent former owner's signature on the ffep. Generally solid and tight, foxing. Good. No. 5207 in Roberts, Revival Literature: "Seeks to prove that the main interest of the revivalist was money." "The matter is now conceded, that Mr. Burchard is upon a money-making game." - from the Preface. Mentions Finney and Foote. Relates Burchard's sermons, with comment upon them; Burchard's mannerisms; describes the proceedings of the "inquiry room;" summarizes the doctrines of Burchardism. Jedidiah Burchard. d. 1864 at Adams, NY. "Apparantly his education was of a private nature. His ministry commenced about 1820. Licensed by the Black River Associ