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D. L. Moody · 1880 · Book
D. L. Moody's exploration of heaven emerged from his pastoral concern that Christians had grown too earthbound in their thinking, losing sight of their eternal home. Writing at the height of his…
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Catherine Booth · 1880 · Book
Papers on Aggressive Christianity gathers Catherine Booth's most influential addresses on evangelism and social action during the early years of the Salvation Army. Written at the height of her public ministry in…
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British revision companies with American advisers · 1881 · Scripture
The English Revised Version stands as the first officially authorized large-scale revision of the King James Version, and it marked a turning point toward the modern English Bibles built upon critical texts.…
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B. F. Westcott · 1881 · Commentary
Brooke Foss Westcott's commentary on John's Gospel emerged from his tenure as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism. Writing in the wake of…
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F. J. A. Hort · 1881 · Book
This critical edition of the Greek New Testament emerged from the collaboration between Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, two Cambridge scholars who spent nearly three decades developing a new…
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B. F. Westcott · 1881 · Book
The New Testament in the Original Greek emerged from the urgent need for a critical Greek text based on the oldest and most reliable manuscripts rather than the received Byzantine tradition that…
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Christina Rossetti · 1881 · Book
Christina Rossetti's third major collection of poetry appeared in 1881 as she entered her fifties, bringing together verses written over the preceding decade. The volume emerged during a period of personal trial…
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Catherine Booth · 1881 · Book
Catherine Booth's Papers on Godliness emerged from her ministry as co-founder of the Salvation Army and her deep concern for practical Christian living among the urban poor and working classes of Victorian…
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B. F. Westcott · 1883 · Commentary
Brooke Foss Westcott's commentary on the Johannine epistles emerged from his decades of New Testament scholarship at Cambridge University, where he served as Regius Professor of Divinity. Writing in the golden age…
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B. F. Westcott · 1883 · Book
The Historic Faith emerges from B. F. Westcott's conviction that the ancient Christian creeds remain vitally relevant for modern believers wrestling with scientific materialism and religious skepticism. Writing as Regius Professor of…
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Catherine Booth · 1883 · Treatise
Catherine Booth wrote this treatise in 1883 to defend the Salvation Army against mounting criticism from established churches and government authorities. The movement she and her husband William founded had grown rapidly…
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Anselm of Canterbury · 1883 · Book
Readers who want the full nineteenth-century biography: two volumes on Anselm's life and the church politics of Norman England, built on Eadmer and the letters.
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J. W. Hanson · 1884 · Scripture
Hanson's New Covenant is a distinct late nineteenth-century American rendering of the New Testament associated with Universalism, the tradition that held to the ultimate reconciliation of all people to God and which…
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D. L. Moody · 1884 · Book
Prevailing Prayer emerged from D. L. Moody's decades of evangelistic work and his conviction that prayer formed the foundation of all effective Christian ministry. Writing in 1884 at the height of his…
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D. L. Moody · 1884 · Book
D. L. Moody's "The Way to God and How to Find It" emerged from the renowned evangelist's decades of preaching to crowds across America and Britain during the height of the nineteenth-century…
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Alexander Maclaren · 1884 · Sermon
A Year's Ministry gathers a selection of sermons preached by Alexander Maclaren during his pastoral tenure at Union Chapel in Manchester, where he served as one of the most influential Baptist preachers…
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A. B. Simpson · 1885 · Book
Albert Benjamin Simpson's The Gospel of Healing emerged from his personal encounter with divine healing in 1881, when the Presbyterian minister experienced what he believed to be miraculous recovery from a heart…
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Origen of Alexandria · 1885 · Other
For readers who want the main works of Origen in English in one volume (with Tertullian's later works and others); the individual works are catalogued separately.
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Time Flies Time Flies: A Reading Diary
Christina Rossetti · 1885 · Book
Christina Rossetti's "Time Flies: A Reading Diary" emerged from her mature years as a devotional writer, published when she was fifty-five and had already established herself as both a major Victorian poet…
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Andrew Murray · 1885 · Book
Andrew Murray wrote this devotional guide in 1885 as a practical handbook for Christians seeking to deepen their prayer lives. Drawing from his experience as a Dutch Reformed minister in South Africa…
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Charles Spurgeon · 1886 · Treatise
All of Grace emerged from Charles Spurgeon's decades of preaching to both believers and skeptics in Victorian London, distilled into what he considered his most essential message. Written in 1886 near the…
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B. F. Westcott · 1886 · Book
Christus Consummator emerged from Brooke Foss Westcott's tenure as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, where he sought to address the theological tensions of late Victorian England. Writing amid growing scientific materialism…
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Charles Spurgeon · 1887 · Book
Charles Spurgeon's According to Promise emerged from his pastoral concern for Christians struggling with doubt and spiritual uncertainty in their daily walk with God. Writing at the height of his ministry at…
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Catherine Booth · 1887 · Book
Catherine Booth's Popular Christianity emerged from her decades of observation as co-founder of the Salvation Army, watching how conventional Victorian Christianity had grown comfortable with social inequality and spiritual mediocrity. Writing in…
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