Title: APOCALYPTIC SKETCHES; OR, LECTURES ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION. SECOND SERIES.
Author: Rev. John Cumming
Publisher: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co.
City: LondonYear: 1853 (Second Series)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 576, with publisher advertisements at front and endIllustrated: No
Book Details + Condition: Publisher's original gilt embossed cloth
covered boards. Bound with publisher's advertisements to the front and rear. In very good condition: minimal shelf wear; binding is tight and solid; corners are bumped and rubbed; interior is clean and free of markings. Book measures 7" x 4.75". John Cumming (1807-1881) was a Scottish clergyman, appointed to the National
Scottish Church in Covent Garden in 1832. Both Cumming's preaching and his
written works were dominated by his prophetic interpretations. He was much
impressed by what he saw as human progress, both mechanical and moral, and
deeply interested by geological and scientific discoveries. The result was the
prediction that the Second Coming would occur in 1867. The passing of 1867
was attended by the Reform Act — undeterred, Cumming continued to pursue the
prophetic vein in later publications, including The Seventh Vial, or, The Time
of Trouble Begun (1870).
