PREFACE. THIS brief and imperfect sketch is a compilation, from such published records as could be obtained, with the kind assistance of a friend in preparing the papers for the press. Many of these sermons were preached and published "by request" a number of years ago, and, as a friend of my late father writes, "At that time they had a wide circulation, with highest appreciation, from those who could best judge of their value." Frequent requests have recently been made for copies of some of these sermons, but most of them had been published so early in his ministry that they had passed out of print and could not be obtained. It has been a pleasant task to try to place in a more permanent form so much at least of the works of my father. Only a small part of his writings are given in this volume. He had prepared for the press, Expositions of the Epistles to the Hebrews and the Ephesians, and of The Revelation, and some of the Prophets. Looking over the mass of neatly prepared manuscript, it has been a matter of amazement how all this work could have been accomplished by one who was not only Pastor of a large |