Excerpt from Memoir of the Christian Labors: Pastoral and Philanthropic, of Thomas Chalmers, D. D. LL. D In the preparation of the work, I observed that a large part of the matter adapted to my purpose was narrative, and much of it statistical; the events were frequently surprising, and the statistics quite unprece dented. It seemed better, therefore, on all subjects con cerning which any question might arise, to use the pre cise language of Dr. Chalmers's biographer, in whom all reliance may be placed. A large part of the work is thus presented in the words of Dr. Hanna. The passa ges are not commonly designated by quotation marks, it being supposed that this general acknowledgment would be suflicient. 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.