1847 JOHN PYE SMITH. Letter Expressing Disdain for Unsatisfactory Candidate for Ministry. ZZTheologyandReligion He had sensed a call

He had sensed a call to vocational ministry when young

and is hoping to be a help in the local Methodist church

Very attractive early American edition of Thomas a' Kempis' devotional classic

Of dirty n****rs in their carts

André Malraux

1847 JOHN PYE SMITH. Letter Expressing Disdain for Unsatisfactory Candidate for Ministry. ZZTheologyandReligion He had sensed a callFine, brief and pungent letter by one of the most influential Congregationalists of the 19th century. John Pye Smith [1774 1851] was an influential minister, the first Evangelical to ever become a member of the Royal Society, was a fellow of the Geological Society, an abolitionist, the Chair of the Congregational Society, etc. The present letter is likely in reference to the latter. It seems Rev. Evan Jones has likely referred the candidate, Evan