Excerpt from Footprints The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Piety, and Charity was incorporated in 1805. It sought at first to do the work for which it was organized by circulating books and other publications. During the last few years it has endeavored to accomplish the same object by assist. Ing young men to prepare for the woi'k of the ministry. It now returns to its former custom, and offers this little volume as a first venture in the new departure, to be followed by others in the same line, should the demand of the public seem to justify it. 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.