Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Beloved Christian Friends:<br><br>To you, among whom for so many years it has been my privilege to live in the solemn relation of Pastor, and to whom I have so often preached the unsearchable riches of Christ, I dedicate this volume. A kinder people to a Pastor could not exist. You have given me a place in your prayers and in your hearts. You have rejoiced with me in my prosperity; and when dark clouds of sorrow have gathered around me, you have surrounded me with tenderest sympathy. I felt it as the heaviest trial of my life when compelled by long-continued affliction to resign my charge over you, and the assurance of your continued affection and prayers is a great comfort to me in my retirement.<br><br>As I am now laid aside, perhaps permanently, from my loved work of preaching Christ, I wish through this book to call up to your remembrance those glorious truths which have formed the chief theme of my ministry among you; and my hope is, that even when I am laid in the silent grave I may still be speaking to you and your children through its pages.<br><br>God has greatly blessed a former little work of mine to the conversion of souls, and I ask your prayers that this volume may be crowned abundantly with the divine favor.
