AUTHOR OF "THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATIONS "The Spirit and the Bride say, come."-John. FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SECOND REVISED LONDON EDITION. BOSTON: GOULD, KENDALL AND LINCOLN, 59 WASHINGTON STREET. 1846. THE NEW YORK 58372 ASTOR, LENOX AND 1908 Boston: Printed by S. N. Dickinson & Co. 52 Washington Street. MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS, To you is entrusted the conversion of the world. A nobler enterprise never occupied the energies of created intelligences. The seraphs of heaven would kindle with love, had they been constituted the angels and the ambassadors of a commission so benevolent and glorious. I lay this volume at your feet, in the hope that, should you take it up, it will strengthen your confidence in your |