FROM WESTMINSTER: Meditations Assembly's Shorter Catechism for Sabbath Usc. BY THE REV. JOHN SINCLAIR. EDINBURGH: JAMES THIN, LONDON: SIMPKIN MARSHALL & CO. 1886. 1307 2.2. Preface. THE Shorter Catechism was compiled by the Assembly of Divines which sat at Westminster from 1643 to 1649. It has long been esteemed as an admirable summary of Christian truth, and as such has been used by man and blessed of God in the instruction of the young. In this work an attempt is made to unfold its meaning in such a way as to stimulate meditation and devotion. Inasmuch also as the Sabbath has been ordained of God as a special weekly season of worship, the Lessons have been so arranged as to afford means of reflection and devotion at the morning and evening hours of the Lord's Day throughout the year. While therefore this work is primarily intended to be helpful to those who seek private communion with God, the Author trusts that it may also be useful to parents, Sabbath-school teachers, and others, who desire through the Catechism to instruct and train the young in the ways of heavenly wisdom. May the God of truth and of salvation graciously vouchsafe His blessing on these pages, and to Him shall be all the glory. March 1886. J. S. |