Excerpt from Autobiography and Poems of Eld; John Ellis: Traveling Minister of the Lord Jesus Christ for Over Sixty-One Years T is natural for men when seekingoflice, or when publishing a book, to say that they appear before the public at the urgent request of many friends, which, by the by, is sometimes true and sometimes not. This, in my case, however, is true, for I have frequently been requested and even urged to let my imperfectly written autobiography, accompanied by a few of my poems, appear in book form. But thus far I have refused, for two reasons: First - I have but little confidence in myself as a writer. Second - It looks egotistic to me for persons to be speaking or writing things concerning themselves. But I have finally consented to send out a brief history of my past life, accom panied with selections from my poetical writings, hoping that it may interest some and lead them to seek for a higher life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.