Even though this periodical was one of the most popular in America, finding an annual bound volumes of it is now extremely rare. The illustrations were exceptionally good for a weekly, including many full-page engravings, and extant volumes have often been long ago looted. 

Measuring a whopping 12 x 16 inches, this was the publication for socially progressive Evangelicals in America. It was pro-working class, pro women's rights, pro-temperance, etc., and also decidedly Evangelical, including sermons, articles, etc., by powerhouse preachers and authors of the time like D. L. Moody, T. De Witt Talmage, C. H. Spurgeon, T. L. Cuyler, and more. 

All years are excellent; though this one particularly of interest with first-hand accounts of the then-ongoing revival in Scotland and Ireland under Messrs Moody & Sankey and its anticipated outbreak in America upon their return. Fascinating reading. 

Illustrated Christian Weekly. January through December, 1875. 52 Issues Complete. 624pp. 

Contents include: Principles of Bible Reading by Howard Crosby; Dyspepsia by W. H. Hall; An Exhibition of Dogs [with nearly full folio engraving]; Touching Visitants from a Highter [Satirical on Spiritism, seances, spirit rapping, etc.]; Full Page Engraving of King Kalakaua and his Predecessors, Kings of Hawaii / Sandwich Islands; The King of Hawaii by S. C. Damon; The Man at the Wheel by William Arnot; Fire Island Lighthouse; Revival Preaching. What is It? Binghamton Inebriate Asylum [extensively illustrated]; Eager Inquirers in Japan; The Usefulness of Piety by Edward Abbott; Rapid Transit Again; A Chinese Methodist Mission Meeting; Norwegian Sliding [Snow Skiing - Illustrated]; The History of Locomotives [Illustrated]; Labor Strikes [illustrated]; Christian Unity Manifested by Joseph T. Duryea; David Livingstone's Last Journals [profusely illustrated]; Revivals of Religion in India [under Scottish Presbyterian missionaries]; On Sleeping in Church; Society for the Suppression of Vice; Recent Assyrian Discoveries; Esquimaux Customs and Architecture [engraving of building an igloo]; The American Evangelist Abroad [D. L. Moody]; Life of Henry Varley [who inspired Moody]; Unprofessional Surgery [illustrated guide to medical care when no doctor is available]; Christian Progress in Russia; The Hampton [Negro] Singers; Mr. Varley in the Hippodrome; Mexican Refugees in California; Doctrinal Preaching by H. A. Boardman; About the Indians [Reservations, etc. - A Series] by S. R. Briggs; The Berlin Aquarium by William H. Gleason [beautifully illustrated]; Causes of Mr. Moody's Success; Precept upon Precept by Samuel Cox; Saturday Night in the Bowery by William H. Rideing; The Birthplace of American Foreign Missions by O. E. Wood [Haystack Prayer Revival]; The French Speaking Population of Louisiana; D. L. Moody and Sankey's Revivals Called "Sensational and Garish" by the Press; Biography and Full Page Engraving of Samuel Irenaeus Prime of the Fulton Street Prayer Revival; Superb full 12 x 16 inch engraving of Messrs Moody and Sankey at the Agricultural Hall, London; The Amphibious Man [superb on a crazy new life-saving suit for sailors that floats, and uses an umbrella to become a human sailboat!]; Messrs Moody and Sankey in London; The Lehigh Valley Anarchy; Books: Their Influence and Power by John Hall; Human Dignity and its Degradation through Unbelief by Theodore Christlieb [series]; Results of the Glasgow Revival [Moody & Sankey]; Satirical Full Page Engraving on the Benefits of Smoking; The Infant and Foundling Asylum, Randall's Island; Morsels from Moody; The Coon Hunt [p.234 - With Illustration]; Pulpit Power; God's Way and Our Way by Elizabeth Prentiss; How Books are Made [Illustrated - wonderful engravings of tooling leather, bookbinding, etc.]; Fossil Remains of the Dinornis - Gigantic Birds of New Zealand [Illustrated]; The Way of Salvation by S. H. Tyng; Is Circus-Going a Sin? by Wm. H. Coleman; Civil Rights; Near Full Page Engraving and Biography of Agnes Jones - The Hospital Nurse; Are All Men Immortal? by S. C. Bartlett; Biography and Engraving of J. B. Jeter; Near Full Page Engraving of a Black Woman reading the Bill of Rights; Biography of John Quincy Adams by Seth Sweetser; An Arctic Expedition [extensively illustrated]; Messrs Moody and Sankey Invited to New York; The Great Trial and its Result [Henry Ward Beecher accused of an affair]; Full Page Moral Engraving on the Dangers of Alcohol by Frank Beard; The Written Language of China; The Origin of the Religious Tract Society of London by Charles Read; The Way of Life by John Hall; Consecrated Youth by C. H. Spurgeon; Encouraging Work among the Freedmen of Texas; Dwight L. Moody by Theodore L. Cuyler with accompanying full page title engraving; Shall We Go to Camp-Meeting? What Will He Do? [Interesting article on anticipation that Moody will bring revival back with him from England]; Shall Our Churches be Revived?; The Convention at Sea Grove; The Discovery of North America by the Northmen [series]; The Proprietors of the Blacks Hills by Oshebequay [Dakota, Cheyenne, Lakota - Nicely Illustrated]; Mr. Beecher's Sunday Tent; Himalayan Women; Eighteen Years of the Fulton Streeet Daily Prayer-Meeting; Hints and Helps from Mr. Moody; Lourdes and its Pilgrimages; Mr. Moody in Brooklyn; Mr. Moody's Opening Sermon - The Great Hinderance to a Revival; Whole-Souled Religion by Theodore L. Cuyler; Full 12 x 16 Engraving of Mr. Moody Preaching in the Brooklyn Rink; Pioneer Preachers [Circuit Riders and Missionaries of the Westward Expansion]; Full Title Engraving, "The Street Preacher" by Frank Beard; The Brooklyn Revival [Moody and Sankey]; Kindling the Fire by Theodore L. Cuyler; The Arctic Voyage of the Pandora [illustrated];  etc. etc. 

12 x 16.5 inches. Half leather. Rubbed. Some toning here and there, a few corners, turned, a few tears with no losses. Two pages adhered together with tear and loss. Thankfully at fairly mundane content.