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Today’s free book is James A. Hessey’s 1860 Bampton Lectures on the Christian Sunday. Several of the lectures helpful survey the history of the observance of Sunday through Christian history. A copy of this public domain title was provided by Book Aid for digitisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More resources on Sunday observance can be found here<\/a><\/strong>. This post marks the beginning of a project to digitise an upload all of the Bampton Lectures that are now in the public domain – see here for the list and to follow progress<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Augustus Hessey [1814-1892], Sunday. Its Origin, History,and Present Obligation, Considered in the Bampton Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1860<\/em>, 3rd edn. London: John Murray, 1866. Hbk. pp.435. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Preface to the Third Edition<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Preface<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Postscript to the Second Edition<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    1. General Statement of the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day Question<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The History of the Lord’s Day to the End of the Third Century<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The History of the Lord’s Day to the End of the Fifth Century\u2014and the Growth of Ecclesiastical Sabbatarianism in the Church of Rome<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The History of the Sabbath to Our Lord’s Resurrection<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What the Sabbath is Since Our Lord’s Resurrection<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Lord’s Day on the Continent Since the Reformation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. The Lord’s Day in England Since the Reformation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. The Lord’s Day Viewed Practically<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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