A token for children: being an exact account of the conversion, holy and exemplary lives, and joyful deaths of several young children. / By James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel. ; To which is added, A token for the children of New-England. Or, Some examples of children, in whom the fear of God was remarkably budding before they died; in several parts of New-England. Preserved and published for the encouragement of piety in other children. ; With new additions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janeway, James, 1636?-1674, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43985.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion.

Children--Conversion to Christianity.

Children.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1781.

Hymns.

Poems -- 1781.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages, v, 26 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 37 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 38 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, in New-England: : Printed and sold by Thomas and John Fleet, at the Bible and Heart, in Cornhill, 1781.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"A token for the children of New-England" is by Cotton Mather.

"On the death and funeral of pious children."--p. 26, 2nd numbered count, in verse.

Hymns from Isaac Watts's Divine songs for the use of children, pages 36-38 at end.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 43985).

Cited in:

Bristol B5296

Shipton and Mooney 43985

Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 403-G

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 665.11

Contains:

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Token for the children of New-England.

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. Divine songs. Selections

On the death and funeral of pious children.

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