Wonderful 124pp manuscript by prominent Baptist preacher, Elder William Carey [W. C.] Taylor  from Cromwell, Kentucky. He was the son of Elder Alfred Taylor, whose manuscript we also have for sale. He was also author of the biography of his father, published 1878. See here: http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/taylor.alfred.biography.html].

He was one of the most respected Baptist preachers of the era, having preached at the Logan County Association Conference and pastored Providence Baptist Church, one of the most influential Baptist churches of the era. It was dedicated by the famed J. R. Graves. 

The present volume, entirely full, is largely manuscript sermons with a few pages on Baptist history we'll describe in a moment. All contents date from between 1868 and 1872, during the period of Reconstruction in Kentucky.

Includes: Prepare to Meet Thy God [sermon]; The Christian Warfare [sermon]; That Through Him we Might be Saved [sermon]; Consider Your Ways [sermon]; I Am the Vine [sermon]; The Grace of God that Bringeth Salvation [sermon]; That no Man Deceive You [sermon]; Oh! Do not that Abominable Thing that I Hate [sermon]; Thoughts on the Bible [sermon]; Whither Shall I Go from Your Presence [sermon]; Justification [sermon]; Grieve not the Holy Spirit [sermon]; Grow in Grace [sermon]; Be of One Mind [sermon]; Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus [sermon]; etc., Then "The Triple Testimony" on Baptism, and just a few pages of official records, including "The Gasper River's Ministers and Deacons meeting at Monticello regarding elections, etc.,; Preacher to Preacher. A fascinating record of a pastor's meeting where one pastor would preach and it seems the others would give feedback, critique, etc., 

Simple wallet style notebook appropriate to the date with some wear and chipping; one leaf loose, but present. Binding weak. Very legible.