A nice, early edition of The Christian Orator, a volume designed to communicate, celebrate, and model effective communication for those who would use oral craft to move minds and hearts of their fellow humans. It also serves a moral purpose, including fine sections on theology, missionary work, slavery, etc., including an early imprint of speeches by William Wilberforce and William Pitt. 

Anonymous. The Christian Orator; or a Collection of Speeches, Delivered on Public Occasions Before Religious Societies. To Which is Prefixed. An Abridgment of Walker's Elements of Elocution. Designed for the use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by a Gentleman of Massachusetts. Second Edition, Improved and Enlarged. Boston. Lincoln & Edmands. 1818. 288pp.

A good + copy, bound in leather, generally solid, with light foxing, handled pages, and toned throughout. Rubbed as shown.