Book Description: David O. Mears, D. D., The Deathless Book. Boston: D. Lothrop, 1888, 332 indexed pages. First Edition. Gilt title on brown boards. Very minor abrasions to cloth on cover, which in generally is sharp and bright. Tight binding and clean pages throughout. Over all in very good condition. In a series of lectures, the author discusses the Bible in terms of its connection with Civilization and its rise to a higher moral ground. His principal argument deals with the possible and historic relations of the Hebrews and their Bible, viewed in the light of other nations. Mears (1842-1915) was the pastor of the 4^th Presbyterian Church of Albany and a prolific author. He was also an active worker in the Prohibition or Temperance movement.