A lovely bound year of an important and rare Vermont Second Great Awakening periodical that functions as a sammelband of a few other rather scarce items bound in at the rear. 

The volume includes:

The Adviser; or, Vermont Evangelical Magazine, for the year 1812. Middlebury, VT. Samuel Swift. 376pp.

[bound with]

Lyman, Elijah. A Discourse delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, at Chelsea [VT], February Twenty-Second, 1812, in Commemoration of the Birth Day of General George Washington. Windsor, VT. Alden Spooner. 1812. 20pp.

[bound with]

Fuller, Stephen. A Sermon [on the inspiration of Scripture] Preached at Chelsea, Lord's Day, March 31, 1811. Danville. Printed by Ebenezer Eaton. 1811.

[bound with]

Newton, John. Consolation Under Convictions. A Dialogue between a Penitent and Her Christian Friend; and [by Samuel Bigelow] A True Christian, Delineated under the Similitude of a Little Child. Windsor, VT. Alden Spooner. Nd. c.1810

The last volume is an important Second Great Awakening imprint of a work by John Newton designed to be distributed to those suffering under the pangs of conviction during the revivals. It is likely unique; we can trace no other example of this American Revivalist edition.

The Adviser contents include:

*An Account of the Religious Revivals in Pittsford by Holland Weeks [extensive series]

*Saving Faith and its Results

*On the Salaries of Ministers

*An Example of the Efficacy of Prayer

*Revival of Religion in New Ipswich, New Hampshire

*Accounts of the Baptist Mission in India [Joshua Marshman and William Carey]

*On the Imperfect State of Holy Affections in Young Converts

*Conversation between to Christian Indians [Peter and Yonohhumuh]

*On the Evil Tendency of Relying on Dreams

*Life and Character of the Missionary, Samuel Marsden

*On Written Accounts of Revivals of Religion

*General and Particular Redemption

*Extract of a Letter from Dr. William Carey to Dr. Baldwin, Dated Calcutta, January 29, 1811.

*Nominal Christianity

*Plain Reasons for being a Thorough Calvinist

*Revivals of Religion

*The Character of Balaam

*Mysteries not Peculiar to Calvinism

*Character of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon

*An Address to the Enemies of Christ

*Destructionists [Annihilationism]

*Address on the Abuse of Spiritous Liquor

*Revival of Religion in Royalton [Extensive] by Martin Tullar

*Revival of Religion at Bristol, Rhode Island by William Rogers [Extensive]

 Original calf, well-worn, tatty at the extremities, some chipping of leaves, very occasionally impacting a word of text. Solid. Lacks a solitary leaf, i.e. 161-162. Fair only.