A very scarce work by a Cincinnati-area divine of whom we trace very little bibliographic or biographic information. The work itself is heavily influenced by Second Great Awakening conversion preaching after the manner of Asahel Nettleton and others of the "Old School," as opposed to the "decision" oriented preaching of Finney, Burchard, etc., His phrasing and terminology are seemingly heavily influenced by Philip Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul and Whitefield's New Birth.

There was a Reverend Lloyd Philips who had been born a slave in Kentucky [1840] and became a Baptist minister. Leaving a slim possibility that the latter was a namesake, thus making Philips likely a Baptist. But this is grasping at historic stray threads.

We trace no other examples in the market or in the auction record. Institutionally represented by but a handful of examples.

Philips, Lloyd C. The New Birth: Showing Its Necessity-What is not the New Birth-How it is Obtained-What it is-Evidences of the New Birth, and of Religion in the Soul; Designed to Enable Every True Christian to Know He has Religion. Also, A View of the Growth of Grace in the Soul: A Discourse Upon Heaven and Hell, and One Upon Friends Knowing Each Other in Heaven. To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing A Serious Address to Christians. Cincinnati. Shepard & Co. 1848. 595pp.

A good+ copy, bound in leather. A bit rubbed, with a small split on the rear hinge, but generally solid. There is some moderate penciling and some light ink marks on the prelims as shown, but pages are generally bright with light foxing throughout.