Book excerpt: The Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review and Christian Ambassador is a fascinating look into the Christian community in the mid-19th century. This volume collects various issues of The Christian Ambassador, which was edited by CC McKechnie and aimed to provide news and commentary from a Primitive Methodist perspective. The articles cover a wide range of topics, from theology to social issues to book reviews. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.