The very first year of perhaps the best Evangelical publication of the 19th century; excellent original content by / about Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish Revivals, Missionaries around the World, etc., 626pp in double-column. A mass of excellent reading!

[Various]. The Scottish Christian Herald; Conducted Under the Superintendence of Ministers and Members of the Established Church. March 5, - December 31, 1836. 626pp. 

Contents include:

Religion – A Matter of Supreme Importance by Robert S. Candlish; Biography of Felix Neff (Revivalist of the Alps); First Dispensation of the Lord’s Supper I Scotland at the Time of the Reformation; Missions  by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); Biographical Sketch of Bernard Gilpin; Remarks on Psalm CXVIII by Robert S. Candlish; On the Parables of Our Saviour by William Cunningham; The Influence of Religion Exhibited in a Prison; A Picture of China in its Religious and Moral Aspect by Andrew Bonar; Death-Bed Scenes by Alexander Moody; Prayer to the Dead by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); The Solemn League and Covenant; A Jewish Marriage by Mr. Pliny Fisk, Missionary to the Jews; Biographical Sketch of Thomas Boston; The First Fruits by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); Angusina, a Greenland Convert; Biographical Sketch of Philip Doddridge; Some Striking Passages in the Life of John Craig, Colleague of John Knox; The Christian’s Obligation to Live Separate from the World by John Lewis of Leith; Hints on Spiritual Depression by William Muir; The First Establishment of a Missionary Society in the South Sea Islands (Polynesia); Biographical Sketch of Henry Martyn; Flemish Martyrs in 1556; Notice of Mrs. Welch, Daughter of John Knox; Thoughts on Family Worship by Charles Watson; Biographical Sketch of Rowland Hill; Sudden Conversions by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original); On the Character of Herod, Tetrarch of Galilee by Robert S. Candlish; Biographical Sketch of Lady Huntington (George Whitefield, John Wesley, etc.); The Importance of Religious Instruction in Lunatic Asylums; On the Advantages to be Derived by the Christian from the Study of Natural Science by James Brodie; The Early Days of Martin Luther; A Missionary Scene in Caffraria; On the Wisdom of God as Displayed in the Works of Creation by David William Gordon; Account of a Worshipping Assembly at Hido, in the Island of Hawaii (good length); Biographical Sketch of Samuel Walker of Truro (Great Awakening, George Whitefield, John Wesley); Stray Leaves from a Journal in South America, 1830/31 by David Waddell: Religion of Monte Video; The Kingswood Colliers; or, the Power of the Gospel when Faithfully Preached; Singing Praises, by Robert Murray M’Cheyne (original)A Revival of Religion on the Island of Lewis; Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Ann H. Judson (Adoniram Judson); Notes of a Farewell Sermon Preached at Etterick, by John Boston, Jun (descendant of Thomas Boston); The Traditions of the Deluge Existing among Different Modern Nations; Biographical Sketch of Philip Melancthon; Biographical Sketch of John Eliot, Apostle to the American Indians; Hugh M’Kail, A Scottish Martyr; Biographical Sketch of John Calvin; Narrative of the Revival of Religion in the Isle of Arran; Biographical Sketch of Samuel Rutherford; Very interesting: Letter from the Rev. Mr. Davidson, Minister of Galashiels, to Mrs. Boston on the Death of Her Husband, the Rev. Thomas Boston, author of the Four-Fold State, etc.  (lengthy, and I’m not aware that it is published elsewhere); The Early Protestant Church of France by John G. Lorimer; A Moravian Settlement in South Africa; Biographical Sketch of Oliver Heywood; etc. etc.

Large 4to in half leather, attractive, though generally rubbed. Spine archivally relaid. Solid and clean on interior. Good, solid working copy of a very desirable volume.