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Horden, Rt. Rev. John (1828-1893). Proper Lessons from the Old Testament, for the Sundays and Other Holy Days Throughout The Year: In the Cree Language. Toronto: General Board of Religious Education | Society for The Promotion of Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.), 1956. pp. 317. Small 8vo. Full green cloth boards; black lettering to spine. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Text is almost exclusively in Cree Syllabics. At time of listing no copies appear on WorldCat. A scarce and important early Christian work in Canadian Cree/Ojibway Syllabics. Rt. Rev. John Horden (1828-1893) was the first bishop of the Anglican diocese of Moosenee. He translated and caused to be printed many works in Canadian Indigenous dialects. Hardcover. (#123) $295.00
