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Book Description<\/h2>\n

Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1818-1902) ‘one of the few greatest preachers of the first nineteen centuries of the Christian era’, was just 25 when he became the successor of J. H. Thornwell in Columbia, South Carolina, and 38 at the commencement of his 46-year pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church in the great business centre of New Orleans.<\/p>\n

This biography takes us behind the public figure to the humble, prayerful Christian whose life was marked by affliction. His only son was lost in childhood and four daughters were to die, one after another, followed by his wife. As Palmer saw it, ‘The earthly lights are put out that no earthly love may come in between Him and us.’<\/p>\n

This is not only a great biography; it is an outstandingly relevant record in an age when the church needs a recovery of spiritual strength and vision. It would be hard to read it sympathetically without being led to pray.<\/p>\n

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1<\/td>\nTHE ANCESTORS<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFEATURES OF THE CIVILIZATION AMIDST WHICH HE DEVELOPED<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBOYHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDAYS OF HIS COLLEGE TRAINING<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSTUDENT FOR THE MINISTRY IN COLUMBIA SEMINARY<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nPASTOR OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT SAVANNAH<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTHE PASTOR AT COLUMBIA, S.C.<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTHE PASTOR AT COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPROFESSOR IN COLUMBIA SEMINARY<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nTHE ANTE-BELLUM PERIOD IN NEW ORLEANS<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nTHE ANTE-BELLUM PERIOD IN NEW ORLEANS \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nHIS COURSE DURING THE WAR<\/td>\n236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nREBUILDING THE BROKEN WALLS<\/td>\n291<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nREBUILDING THE BROKEN WALLS \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nAT THE SUMMIT OF HIS POWERS, AND PRODUCTIVITY<\/td>\n421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nAT THE SUMMIT OF HIS POWERS, AND PRODUCTIVITY \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n482<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nTHE FINAL STADIUM OF SERVICE; NOBLE BUT BROKEN<\/td>\n531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nTHE FINAL STADIUM OF SERVICE; NOBLE BUT BROKEN \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n571<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nTHE FINAL STADIUM OF SERVICE; NOBLE BUT BROKEN \u2013 Continued<\/td>\n606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nTHE STREET CAR ACCIDENT, DEATH, BURIAL AND EULOGIES<\/td>\n620<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nSUMMARY VIEW OF THE MAN AND HIS SERVICES<\/td>\n651<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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