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Meditative Hours
Meditative Hours
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“…Mr. Randolph was a man of culture and refined tastes, an eloquent speaker, and an occasional writer of verse of merit. Though stately in his manner, he was always courteous and helpful in his intercourse with those with whom his business brought him in contact. He was an active Church member, and his influence during his long life was altogether for good…”
Excerpt from A.D.F. Randolph’s New York Times obituary; July 8, 1896
The author of Meditative Hours – Anson Davies Fitz (A.D.F.) Randolph, was born in the year 1820 in Woodbridge, N.J. Prophetically, in 1830 at the age of ten, he acquired a position as an errand boy in the New York City Depository of the Sunday School Union whose offices were on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan. It was during his tenure with the SSU that ADF learned the bookselling business and, more importantly, obtained a love and appreciation of religious publishing that would serve him well throughout his life.
After twenty-one years with the SSU, in 1851 ADF struck out on his own. His first effort at publishing independently proved fruitful despite the misgivings of his many friends in the NYC publishing world who feared for his future prospects as a “religious publisher”. Entitled: Hints to Christians, ADF’s first book was a reprint of an 1826 book authored by Doctors Beecher and Skinner and printed in Philadelphia.
ADF Randolph’s publishing career was a window into the world of the 19th century publishing industry with New York City as its Mecca. As his business success grew, ADF kept moving north, further up the old Indian warpath renamed Broadway, in lock-step with the northward expansion of the city itself.
At the time of its publication in 1865, The ADF Randolph Company was an established and well-respected icon of the NYC publishing trade. The Civil War years were a busy time for “The House of Randolph”. Pamphlets, sermons and addresses were published in support of the Union’s cause which, given the abolishonist nature of the struggle, were especially appropriate for Randolph whose deep religious convictions no doubt saw the institution of slavery as a moral and religious abomination. Most noteworthy of this time period was an English translation by Henry Hulbert of Prince de Joinville’s: Report on the Army of the Potomac.
The post-Civil War years saw Randolph consolidating his small publishing empire and he prospered in the highly religious literary environment of the late 19th century in America and the English-speaking world, in general. Ownership of the firm passed to his son Arthur D.F. Randolph and, eventually, the retail and publishing businesses were sold to The Baptist Publishing Society and W.J. Wiley respectively.
Meditative Hours - an extremely rare publication to be found in print, is a fine example of ADF Randolph’s skill as a writer of religious verse. It is a reflection of the late Civil War era’s spirituality and belief in a better world beyond this one. Now, it’s available as a high-quality eBook for only $0.99 via all major online eBook retailers.
Excerpt from A.D.F. Randolph’s New York Times obituary; July 8, 1896
The author of Meditative Hours – Anson Davies Fitz (A.D.F.) Randolph, was born in the year 1820 in Woodbridge, N.J. Prophetically, in 1830 at the age of ten, he acquired a position as an errand boy in the New York City Depository of the Sunday School Union whose offices were on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan. It was during his tenure with the SSU that ADF learned the bookselling business and, more importantly, obtained a love and appreciation of religious publishing that would serve him well throughout his life.
After twenty-one years with the SSU, in 1851 ADF struck out on his own. His first effort at publishing independently proved fruitful despite the misgivings of his many friends in the NYC publishing world who feared for his future prospects as a “religious publisher”. Entitled: Hints to Christians, ADF’s first book was a reprint of an 1826 book authored by Doctors Beecher and Skinner and printed in Philadelphia.
ADF Randolph’s publishing career was a window into the world of the 19th century publishing industry with New York City as its Mecca. As his business success grew, ADF kept moving north, further up the old Indian warpath renamed Broadway, in lock-step with the northward expansion of the city itself.
At the time of its publication in 1865, The ADF Randolph Company was an established and well-respected icon of the NYC publishing trade. The Civil War years were a busy time for “The House of Randolph”. Pamphlets, sermons and addresses were published in support of the Union’s cause which, given the abolishonist nature of the struggle, were especially appropriate for Randolph whose deep religious convictions no doubt saw the institution of slavery as a moral and religious abomination. Most noteworthy of this time period was an English translation by Henry Hulbert of Prince de Joinville’s: Report on the Army of the Potomac.
The post-Civil War years saw Randolph consolidating his small publishing empire and he prospered in the highly religious literary environment of the late 19th century in America and the English-speaking world, in general. Ownership of the firm passed to his son Arthur D.F. Randolph and, eventually, the retail and publishing businesses were sold to The Baptist Publishing Society and W.J. Wiley respectively.
Meditative Hours - an extremely rare publication to be found in print, is a fine example of ADF Randolph’s skill as a writer of religious verse. It is a reflection of the late Civil War era’s spirituality and belief in a better world beyond this one. Now, it’s available as a high-quality eBook for only $0.99 via all major online eBook retailers.
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