Daily Food for Christians; For Every Day of the Year Together with the Verse of a Hymn

6W New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., ca. 1890s. Miniature Book.

Notes

First compiled and published by the Religious Tract Society of London in 1825, Daily Food for Christians; Being a Promise, and Another Scriptural Portion, for Every Day in the Year Together with the Verse of a Hymn stands as one of the most widely circulated and enduring religious miniature books of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Explicitly designed to fit into a pocket or palm at roughly two by three inches, each daily entry presents a tightly woven, thematic trifecta consisting of a biblical covenant promise, a reinforcing companion scripture, and a stanza from a traditional Christian hymn. Its ultra-portable format made it a ubiquitous spiritual staple across the globe, frequently carried into the field by Victorian missionaries, distributed to servicemen during wartime, and exchanged as sentimental New Year or Easter tokens. Published across countless variants by institutions like the American Tract Society in New York, vintage printings remain a favorite target for antiquarian collectors today, prized as charming examples of historical devotional micro-printing and period cloth bindings

Description 

Bright blue hardcover with gilt lettering to spurn and text block to upper battle ith debossed designs. Fully intact.