An exceptionally nice copy of one of the earliest years of the famed "Evangelical Magazine," which incorporated the Missionary Magazine as well, and was the very first publication of its kind.

The Evangelical Magazine for 1799. Volume VII. London. Printed for T. Chapman. 1799. 572pp. 

Contents include:

Address from the Directors of the Missionary Society to Captain Robson of the Missionary Ship Duff; A Remarkable Conversion at Bendham; Letters on the Exemplary Behaviour [Required] of Ministers; Missionaries on Board the Duff; A Hymn for Missionary Meetings; Sketch of the Life of Mr. Joseph Bellamy of Connecticut; The Importance of a Lively Faith – Particularly with Respect to Missionary Undertakings; Christ the Head of the Church; On the Prophecy of the Seven Vials; On the Doctrine of Election; Mrs Bird – The Conversion of an Aged Pharisee; Missionary Letter from J. T. Vanderkemp [South Africa] to Thomas Haweis; Correspondence from Jonathan Edwards Jr. Regarding Missionary Work in North America [account of current outbreak of yellow fever]; Full page engraving of J. T. Vanderkemp [Missionary, South Africa]; The Conversion of a Prostitute; Reflections on the Death of a Child; Letter from Dr. Ashbel Green of Philadelphia to the Missionary Society; Memoir of the Late Rev. John Griffith; Reason and Religion Triumphing Over Sinful Anger; Imitations of the Ark of the Testimony among the Heathen; An Original Letter from the Late Rev. William Romaine [Previously Unpublished]; The Warrant and Nature of Faith by Thomas Scott [Extensively Reviewed]; A Defence of Itinerant and Field Preaching by Greville Ewing [Reviewed]; The Duty of Christians to Civil Government by Greville Ewing [Reviewed]; A Missionary Hymn; On the Connexion between Truth and Holiness; Man’s Primeval State; The Love of God Considered in Opposition to Fear; Christ Precious to them that Believe by John Fawcett [Reviewed]; Letter of Jonathan Edwards Jr. to the Editors of the Evangelical Magazine [Extensive]; On the Arrival of Twenty Black Boys and Fourteen Black Girls in England [to aid the cause of missions]; On the Extraordinary Appearance of Elijah at Mount Horeb; An Account of the Scots Society for Propagating the Gospel at Home; Review of the South African Mission [Extensive]; An Address to Christians Recommending the Distribution of Cheap Religious Tracts; Grace Reigning; On the Baptist Mission at Serampore [William Ward; William Carey, etc]; Letter to a Friend Under Spiritual Distress; Periodical Accounts Relative to the Baptist Missionary Society [Reviewed]; An Original [Unpublished] Letter from a German Divine to George Whitefield [John Daniel Noht]; Free Grace Displayed in the Conversion and Happy Death of a Noted Harlot; The Soul Immaterial and Immortal; The Discouragements of Believers and Considerations against Despair; Catalogue of Religious Publications for 1799 Including Single Sermons and Pamphlets; etc.

A very good copy, bound in half leather, very solid, with generally bright pages and light foxing.