ON

THE PARABLES

OF THE

New Testament;

FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN.

BY

EDWARD, LORD STANLEY O

"And with many such parables spake He the word unto
them, as they were able to hear it.

"But without a parable spake He not unto them: and when
they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples."

MARK iv. 33, 34.

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PREFACE DEDICATORY.

MY DEAR

TO MRS.

In dedicating my little work to you, I feel that

I secure one indulgent, and (you tell me I may add) one approving Reader. I am aware of

the difficulty of the task which I have undertaken: I am conscious how impossible it is to unfold the full beauties and the hidden meanings of the Parables of the New Testament; and how doubly hopeless is the task, to bring those beauties and those meanings into language suited for the comprehension of children. It is, there

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