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• The Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries, by Thomas Martin Lindsay (multiple formats at CCEL)

• Life at Threescore and Ten (New York, American Tract Society, c1871), by Albert Barnes
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Johannes in eremo. Memoirs, relating to the lives, of the ever-memorable, Mr. John Cotton, who dyed, 23.d. 10.m. 1652. Mr. John Norton, who dyed, 5.d. 2.m. 1663. Mr. John Wilson, who dyed, 7.d. 6.m. 1667. Mr. John Davenport, who dyed, 15.d. 1.m. 1670. Reverend and renowned ministers of the Gospel, all, in the more immediate service of one church, in Boston; and Mr. Thomas Hooker, who dyed, 7.d. 5.m. 1647. Pastor of the church at Hartford; New-England. / Written, by Cotton Mather. ; [Three lines of Latin quotation] ([Boston] : Printed for and sold by Michael Perry, at his shop, under the west end of the Town-House., 1695), by Cotton Mather and Increase Mather (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Our untitled nobility (London: Gall & Ingles, 1873), by John Tillotson, illust. by Holman & Bale (page images at Florida)

• Autobiography and Work of Bishop M. F. Jamison, D.D. ("Uncle Joe"), Editor, Publisher, and Church Extension Secretary: A Narration of His Whole Career From the Cradle to the Bishopric of the Colored M. E. Church in America (Nashville, TN: Pub. for the author by the Publishing House of the M. E. Church, 1912), by M. F. Jamison (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Autobiography of Peter Cartwright, the Backwoods Preacher (New York: Carlton and Porter, 1857), by Peter Cartwright, ed. by W. P. Strickland (page images at MOA)

• The Golden Dynasty: The Lives and Times of the Rizhniner Rebbes, by Yizroel Friedman (frame-dependent HTML at nishmas.org)

• Kami No Michi, The Way of the Kami: The Life and Thought of a Shinto Priest, by Yukitaka Yamamoto (HTML at csuchico.edu)

• Life of Mrs. Ellen Stewart: Together With Biographical Sketches of Other Individuals; Also, A Discussion with Two Clergymen, and Arguments in Favor of Woman's Rights; Together with Letters on Different Subjects (Akron, OH: Beebe and Elkins, Printers, 1858), by Ellen Stewart (PDF at akronlibrary.org)

• Biography of Elder Lott Cary, Late Missionary to Africa; With an Appendix on the Subject of Colonization (Baltimore: Armstrong and Berry, 1837), by James B. Taylor, contrib. by John H. B. Latrobe (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Bond and Free: or, Yearnings for Freedom, From My Green Brier House: Being the Story of My Life in Bondage, and My Life in Freedom (Philadelphia: The Author, 1861), by Israel Campbell (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist Denomination (with an essay on "the African race" by the author, and on the fugitive slave law by Arthur Dearing; Watertown, MA: Ingalls and Stowell's Steam Press, 1852), by John W. Lewis, contrib. by Arthur Dearing (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man, by Noah Davis (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Autobiography and Work of Bishop M. F. Jamison, D.D. ("Uncle Joe"), Editor, Publisher, and Church Extension Secretary: A Narration of His Whole Career From the Cradle to the Bishopric of the Colored M. E. Church in America (Nashville, TN: Pub. for the author by the Publishing House of the M. E. Church, 1912), by M. F. Jamison (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African: Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend (New York: J. C. Totten, 1810), by George White (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Wilkerson's History of His Travels and Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, In Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La. &c. (1861), by Major James Wilkerson
  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, Compiled and Written by Himself (Portsea, UK: The author, ca. 1811), by John Jea (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel (Philadelphia: The author, 1849), by Jarena Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M. E. Church (Xenia, OH: Printed at the Xenia Gazette Office, 1881), by David Smith, contrib. by David Alexander Payne (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South (Nashville: Publishing House A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894), by Sarah J. W. Early (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson, Twenty-Four Years a Slave (Chicago: Daily Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1857), by William J. Anderson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church, With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847; Also, A Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou (Pittsburgh: Ohio A. M. E. Conference, 1850), by A. R. Green (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• The Rev. J. W. Loguen, As a Slave and As a Freeman (Syracuse, NY: J. G. K. Truair and Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • page images at MOA
• Richard Allen and Absalom Jones (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1916), by George F. Bragg (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Wilkerson's History of His Travels and Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, In Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La. &c. (1861), by Major James Wilkerson
  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee: Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel, by Jarena Lee, illust. by Alfred M. Hoffy (Gutenberg ebook)

• One of the Wonders of the Age: or, The Life and Times of Rev. Johnson Olive, by Johnson Olive (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• A Work on Revivals; and Sketches In the Life and Preaching of Elder James M. Smith; A Baptist Minister for Thirty-Five Years (Indianapolis: Printed for the author, 1881), by James M. Smith (multiple formats at Indiana)
• Against the Tide: An Autobiography (New York: R. R. Smith, 1938), by A. Clayton Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
• From the Stage Coach to the Pulpit: Being an Auto-Biographical Sketch, With Incidence and Anecdotes, of Elder H. K. Stimson, the Veteran Pioneer of Western New York, Now of Kansas (St. Louis: R. A. Campbell, 1874), by Hiram K. Stimson, ed. by T. W. Greene
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA
• Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green (Maysville, KY: Republican Printing Office, 1888), by Elisha Winfield Green (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The life and death of Mr. Vavasor Powell, that faithful minister and confessor of Jesus Christ wherein his eminient conversion, laborious successful ministry, excellent conversation, confession of faith, worthy sayings, choice experiences, various sufferings, and other remarkable passages in his life and at his death are faithfully recorded for publick benefit : with some elogies and epitaphs by his friends. ([London : s.n.], MDCLXXI [1671]), by Edward Bagshaw and Vavasor Powell (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• From Slavery To a Bishopric, or, The Life of Bishop Walter Hawkins of the British Methodist Episcopal Church Canada, by S. J. Celestine Edwards (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Harvest, by Chuck Smith and Tal Brooke (HTML at calvarychapelofhope.org)

• Moscow Was My Parish (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., c1956), by Georges Bissonnette (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Heroic Priest: Memoir of Joseph Francis Brophy, D.D., Apostle of Coney Island (1910), by Mrs. Paul Boyton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (HTML with commentary at whatsaiththescripture.com)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome (sixth edition; Toronto: S. R. Briggs, 1886), by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome (New York et al.: F. H. Revell and Co., c1886), by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome (15th edition; Chicago: A. Craig, 1888), by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome (revised and complete edition, with post-mortem appendix; London: Marshall Press, ca. 1899), by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• John Bannister Tabb, the priest-poet, by M. S. Pine [pseud.] .... (Washington, D.C., Pub. for Georgetown Visitation convent, 1915), by M. S. Pine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Vita del padre Paolo. English (London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley and Richard Marriott ..., 1651), by Fulgenzio Micanzio and John Saint-Amard (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Life and Speeches of the Very Rev. J. H. Cotton, B.C.L., Dean of Bangor, and Rector of Llanllechyd (1874), by John Henry Cotton (multiple formats at Google)

• Alumni Etonenses: or, A Catalogue of the Provosts and Fellows of Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, From the Foundation in 1443, to the Year 1797, With an Account of Their Lives and Preferments (Birmingham: Printed by T. Pearson, 1797), by Thomas Harwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Life of John Cosin, Bishop of Durham, 1660-1672 (London and Oxford: A.R. Mowbray and Co.; Milwaukee: Young Churchman Co., c1913), by Percy H. Osmond (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Charles Simeon, by Max Warren (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• John Newton, by Albert William Parsons (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• Memoir of Henry Venn, B.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Honorary Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (new edition, with portrait and appendix; London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1882), by W. Knight (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Memoir of the Rev. H. Venn: The Missionary Secretariat of Henry Venn, B.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Honorary Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880), by W. Knight, contrib. by John Venn and Henry Venn (page images at HathiTrust)
• J. C. Ryle, by M. Guthrie Clark (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley: Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists, by L. Tyerman (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Trials of a Country Parson, by Augustus Jessopp (Gutenberg ebook)
• Edward Hoare, M.A.: A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography, by Edward Hoare, ed. by John Hume Townsend (Gutenberg ebook)
• From Death Into Life or, Twenty Years of My Ministry, by W. Haslam (Gutenberg ebook)

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