Handfuls on Purpose: Series 1 by Smith, James - 1930

London: Pickering and Inglis, 1930. . SERIES 1, 274 pages, mainly on Genesis, Exodus and Matthew, but various other parts too. Covers worn and stained, shaken. Undated. James Smith was an evangelist/elder/catechist in the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland from 1882, initially in Fishcross and Sauchie, later in Coalsnaughton, Tillicoultry, Clackmannashire, where he was subsequently ordained as minister in 1893. At the time of publication of Volumes 2 and 3, he was at U F C Manse, Coalsnaughton, indicating that these came after 1900 but before 1904 when the History of UP Congregations was published. While still in Scotland he published Volume 9, whereas Volume 10 was published from Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 15 years after he left Scotland.. Cloth. Average Minus.