Fessenden & Co.'s encyclopedia of religious knowledge

or, Dictionary of the Bible, theology, religious biography, all religions, ecclesiastical history, and missions ; containing definitions of all religious terms; the principal Christian denominations that have existed in the world from the birth of Christ to the present day, with their doctrines, religious rites and ceremonies, as well as those of the Jews, Mohammedans, and heathen nations; together with the manners and customs of the East, illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, a description of the quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, trees, plants, and minerals, mentioned in the Bible; a statement of the most remarkable transactions and events in ecclesiastical history; biographical notices of the early martyrs and distinguished religious writers and characters of all ages. To which is added a missionary gazetteers, containing descriptions of the various missionary stations throughout the globe

by B. B. Edwards