---
title: 'There Is an Isle'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Elijah Parish Lovejoy'
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'John 14'
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'Revelation 21'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lovejoy-1838-there-is-an-isle
---

# There Is an Isle

Memoir of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, murdered defending the liberty of the press at Alton, Illinois (Nov 7, 1837). Contains biographical details, his widow's grief, and a poem of heavenly rest.

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