Item #2629 [Philosophy] The Royal Law of Love; or, Love in Relation to Law and to God. James McCosh.

[Philosophy] The Royal Law of Love; or, Love in Relation to Law and to God

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1875. First Edition.

12mo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 30 pages, in printed wrappers (soft cover).

A sermon by James McCosh, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), at Baccalaureate, June 27, 1875. McCosh, who was also a Presbyterian minister, appealed to the graduating students to live moral, upstanding lives. "...I will be greatly disappointed if I hear of you living for mere personal and selfish ends" (page 27).

McCosh attempted to show that there are different types of love. He warned that "there is a love that is not lovely. It is, in fact, a refined form of selfishness. For our gratification and pleasure we lay hold of and hug to our bosoms objects which we only corrupt. I apprehend that much of human sinfulness consists in tearing asunder what should be kept united, in selfishly delighting in persons, and turning them to our uses only to tempt and destroy them" (pp. 8-9).

This pamphlet was removed from a bound volume at one time. Scarce in the antiquarian book trade.

CONDITION: Fraying to spine, with a few splits in the upper wrapper where it meets the spine but still holding. Some toning to page extremities and a bit of soiling. Very Good or better. Item #2629

Price: $175.00

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