ANTIQUE BOOK KEY TO HEAVEN MANUAL OF PRAYER AND INSTRUCTION FOR CATHOLICS 1905

Description: ANTIQUE BOOK KEY TO HEAVEN MANtUAL OF PRAYER AND INSTRUCTION FOR CATHOLICS 1905. It was usually carried in the vest pocket or shirt pocket and often given alter boys by Sisters or teachers in Catechism or Catholic school. It is signed: From Miss singer to William Dated: December 4, 1919. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AGING TO THE LEATHER BUT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT WAS REPEATEDLY TAKEN IN AND OUT OF A YOUNG MAN'S JACKET, IT'S WEAR IS IT'S CHARM. THERE ARE NO PAGES MISSING AND ALL PAGES ARE LEGIBLE. THE SIGNATURE IS DONE,I BELIEVE, IN PENCIL BUT IT IS LEGIBLE, AS WELL. PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SHIPPING IS PROBABLY AROUND 3.00 TO 4.00 BUCKSROOS AND I WILL ACTUALLY JUST PURCHASE A US BUBBLE WRAP LINED ENVELOPE AT USPS AND THEY WILL CALCULATE YOUR LOCATION TO MINE. You have to let me know if you want it first class because if you do then it'll cost like five or seven bucks so kind of a look at it that way it'll get to you one way or the other. If I'm going to ship internationally you'll have to figure out between there and here I'll have to figure out between here to there and will come up with a price and hopefully we can agree upon it. If there are any questions, any at all, let me know through a message and I will be glad to ASAP answer it. Unfortunately there are no returns this is an as is small little book. It's in great condition considering the age and use. I wish you well and have a God blessed day. HISTORICAL NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JOHN MURPHY FARLEY IS/WAS CARDINAL, 4TH ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK -BORN IN COUNTY OF CLOGHER, IRELAND APRIL 20TH 1842 AND DIED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 17TH 1918. JOHN WAS THE FOURTH AND THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF PHILIP AND CATHERINE MURPHY FERRELLY WHO DIED WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG. HIS MATERNAL UNCLE, PATRICK MURPHY, HAD IMMIGRATED TO NEW YORK IN 1830, PROSPERING IN THE FURNITURE BUSINESS, HAD BECOME INTERESTED IN EDUCATING A NEPHEW FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. JOHN WROTE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND WAS TRAINED IN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THAT SAINT MCCARTAN'S COLLEGE IN MONAGHAN, THE PREPARATORY SEMINARY OF THE DIOCESE OF CLOGHER. IN 1864 HE WENT TO NEW YORK AND ENTERED FORDHAM COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AS A JUNIOR. IN 1865 HE ENTERED ST JOSEPH SEMINARY, TROY, NEW YORK, AND WAS SENT TO THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE, ROME, IN 1866. HE WAS ORDAINED IN ROME FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK ON JUNE 11TH 1870 BY CARDINAL CONSTANTINE PATRIZI. ON HIS RETURN TO NEW YORK HE WAS APPOINTED CHARATE AT ST PETER'S PARISH STATEN ISLAND AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JULY 1872 WHEN HE BECAME SECRETARY TO CARDINAL JOHN MCCLOSKEY, WHOM HE HAD MET DURING VATICAN COUNCIL BETWEEN 1869 AND 1870. AT THIS TIME HE CHANGED HIS SPELLING OF HIS NAME FROM FARRELLI TO FARLEY. DURING THE NEXT 30 YEARS FARLEY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE ARCHDIOCESE AND MOVED STEADILY UP THE ADMINISTRATIVE LADDER. HE WAS SECRETARY FROM 1872 UNTIL 1884 AND VICAR GENERAL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE FROM 1891 TO 1902. IN THE LATTER. HE WAS ALSO PASTOR OF SAINT GABRIEL'S PARISH. HE BECAME A PAPAL CHAMBERLAIN IN 1884, A DOMESTIC PRELATE IN 1892, PROTHONOTARY APOSTOLIC AND TITULAR BISHOP OF ZEUGMA, SUCCESSFULLY IN 1895. HE WAS CONSECRATED ON DECEMBER 21ST 1895 BY ABP. MICHAEL A CORRIGAN. FINALLY, ON SEPTEMBER 25TH 1902 HE BECAME THE FOURTH ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK AND, ON NOVEMBER 27TH 1911 CARDINAL PRIEST WITH THE TITLE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA. HIS DOMINANT TRAITS WERE CAUTION AND THE LOVE OF PEACE. BARLEY WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN ORDINARY TO DISTRIBUTE PAPAL HONORS WIDELY AMONG THOSE OF HIS CLERGY WHO DID NOT HOLD HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS. HE WAS A PLEASING SPEAKER WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS. HE WAS FLUENT IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN AND HE READ SPANISH. DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, THE NUMBER OF PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE DOUBLED. HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA AND THE SUPPORTER OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN . HE WAS ALSO A PATRON OF THE OLD CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. HE CONTINUED HIS PREDECESSORS INTEREST IN ST JOSEPH'S SEMINARY, THE MAJOR SEMINARY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE, AND CARRIED OUT HIS PLANS FOR THE MINOR SEMINARY, CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, WHICH HE OPENED IN 1903. HE SUPPORTED THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH WITH ENTHUSIASM AND WELCOME TO FOUNDATIONS OF THE CATHOLIC FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY OF AMERICA IN (MARYKNOL) TO NEW YORK IN 1911. HE WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS (INCLUDING THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR) THE HISTORY OF ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN 1908, AND THE LIFE OF JOHN CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY IN 1918 HE DIED SADLY OF PNEUMONIA IN 1918 AND WAS BURIED IN ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. I DO YOU HOPE THAT YOU APPRECIATE THE THE HISTORY OF THE AUTHOR THAT I'VE WRITTEN OUT FOR YOU. SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE THAT ARE JUST HELPFUL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST MESSAGE ME HERE ON EBAY. I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ASAP.

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