Learning and Working, Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, Acts of the Apostles, Social Morality, Prophets and Kings of the Old Testament, The Friendship of Books, Religions of the World, The Conscience, Unity of the New Testament, Lessons of Hope, Kingdom of Christ, Patriarchs and Lawgivers of the Old Testament, Lectures on the Apocalypse, The Prayer Book, Epistles of St. John, Doctrine of Sacrifice de F.D. Maurice, Frederick Denison Maurice - 1855-1894

This is a lot of 16 volumes of the writings of Reverend Frederick Denison ("F.D.") Maurice. The books range in date from 1855 to 1894. All volumes were published by Macmillan and Co. in London. F.D. Maurice was an English Anglican theologian, a profilic author, and one of the founders of Christiam socialism. Maurice's writings, lectures and sermons spawned conflicting opinions - Julius Hare considered his "the greatest mind since Plato," John Ruskin thought him "by nature puzzle-headed and indeed wrong-headed," while John Stuart Mill considered that "there was more intellectual power wasted in Maurice than in any other of my contemporaries." Lewis Carroll attended Maurice's morning and afternoon services commenting, "I like his sermons very much."

The lot includes the following books:
* LEARNING AND WORKING - Six Lectures Delivered in Willils's Rooms, London, in June and July, 1854 / THE RELIGION OF ROME - And its Influence on Modern Civilization (1855)
* THE FRIENDSHIP OF BOOKS And Other Lectures (1874)
* THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD And Their Relations to Christianity (1877)
* THE CONSCIENCE - Lectures on Casuistry (1883)
* THE UNITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT - A Synopsis of the First Three Gospels and of the Epistles of St. James, St. Jude, St. Peter and St. Paul (1884; Volume 2 of 2)
* LESSONS OF HOPE - Readings from the Works of F.D. Maurice (1889; gilt all edges)
* THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST - or, Hints to a Quaker Respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church (1891; Volume 1 of 2)
* THE PATRIARCHS AND LAWGIVERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - A Series of Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincoln's Inn (1892)
* LECTURES ON THE APOCALYPSE - Or, Book of the Revelation of St. John the Divine (1893)
* THE PRAYER BOOK - Considered Especially in Reference to the Romish System (1893)
* THE EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN - A Series of Lectures on Christian Ethics (1893)
* THE DOCTRINE OF SACRIFICE - Deduced from the Scriptures (1893)
* THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN - A Course of Lectures on the Gospel of St. Luke (1893)
* THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES - A Course of Sermons (1894)
* SOCIAL MORALITY - Twenty-One Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge (1893)
* THE PROPHETS AND KINGS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - A Series of Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincoln's Inn (1892)

Condition:
The lot is in overall very good condition both inside and out. Clean covers with no stains; a few of the volumes have some light corner wear and fraying to the top and bottom edges of the spine. All volumes were gone through and the pages are in terrific condition with the exception of 5 volumes which have some pencil writing in the outer margins and/or lines in the outer margins to highlight paragraphs. Some pages in some of the books are still attached at the top edge from the printer. Inscription written in ink dated 1894 on the half title page of some books. "Religions of the World" has cloth tears along the right edge of the spine. Overall a clean lot both inside and out.