1868 PHOEBE PALMER. The Promise of the Father - Holy Ghost. Autographed w/ Sentiment to Early Methodist.

Very nice volume inscribed from holiness pioneers, Dr. William C. and Phoebe Palmer, to Rev. William S. & Mrs. C. A. Birch, influential Methodist pastor and leader in the mid-19th century.* In full: Rev. W.S. & Mrs C.A. Birchwith the Affectionate regardsof the Author Whom we love in the truth &not word only, but all they thathave known the truth . . . Gracebe with you, mercy & peacefrom God the Father & fromthe Lord Jesus Christ W C & Phoebe Palmer New YorkDec 1st 1869  Any autograph or ephemeral material related to Phoebe Palmer is highly desirable and rare on the market.  Palmer, Phoebe. Promise of the Father; Or, A Neglected Speciality of the Last Days. Addressed to Clergy and Laity of all Christian Communities. New York. W. C. Palmer, Jr. 14 Bible House. 1868. 421pp.  Fair copy only, spine all but gone, boards shaken, text block shaken with one signature very much forward. Worthy of preservation.  *See Herrick, H. N. A History of the Northern Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1917.