Excerpt from Pillars of the Temple I could not do that this was one of the good intentions that pave the way to heaven. Eight years ago, my dear comrade, as I love to call him, came to take charge of the church of the Messiah, of which I had been the sole minister seventeen years, and then it came to pass that in turning over my old note book in quest of a citation I came across the script of my unborn course, and musing over them, may I confess with a pathetic interest but with no pang now of the hope deferred which maketh the heart sick, the thought flashed forth that my comrade was the one man who could make my dream of the course come true. So I told him the story of my good intention, and the titles of the sermons. I knew them as we know our pater noster: the eight affirmations touch ing the grand essentials of the faith we hold and teach as ministers and members in the church of the living God. And this is the story of the way I became, in some small measure, sponsor for the book, and write this foreword. 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.