Hand-Book for Visitors of the Sick : For the use of Ministers, Missionaries, Lay-Workers, Attendants and Friends of the Sick
by Baker, Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: N Tibbals & Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks, light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; The author, Chaplain of St Luke's Hospital, New York City, provides a manual to minister the spiritual well-being of the sick, beginning with questions to establish the basic information and religious experiences of the patient. Walter Baker, from a family of Episcopal ministers, was the son of the prolific children's author Harriette Newell Baker. Interesting late-nineteenth century look at the social and religious aspects of illness, and the role of the clergy. ; Ex-Library; 310, 1 ad pages .
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- Seller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14640
- Title
- Hand-Book for Visitors of the Sick : For the use of Ministers, Missionaries, Lay-Workers, Attendants and Friends of the Sick
- Author
- Baker, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- N Tibbals & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Church work with the Sick, Pastoral Theology, Visitations (Church Work), Religion and Medicine, Social History - United States - 19th Century, Illness and Mortality, Episcopal Church
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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