The Swearer's Prayer

New York, New York: American Tract Society, 1832. Good. Toned with some staining, dust soiling, open tear to left-hand margin (approx. 1.75" by 0.5" loss, not touching text).. A handbill version of "The Swearer's Prayer" by William Rust (d.1827), a cautionary tract published several times between 1812 and the 1820s for distribution among the public: "[The swearer] prayest, first, that thou mayest be deprived of eternal happiness! Secondly, that thou mayest be plunged into eternal misery! ... Swearer! Canst thou ever again blaspheme such a God and Saviour as this? Does not thy conscience cry--God Forbid? Even so, Amen." This handbill is no. 5 in a series of 36 handbills distributed by the American Tract Society cautioning against sin and advocating for temperance and prayer.

Measures 6.75" by 4", verso blank, typographical border.