Excerpt from Preacher, Pastor, Poet: Selections From the Writings of the Rev. Thomas Hardy, D.D., Minister of Foulis Wester, Perthshire, 1852-1910 Benefit of the Sons of the Clergy, and he published several sermons and pamphlets. He had some poetic talent, too, and is thought to have assisted greatly his friends, Logan and Blair, in the production of several of the paraphrases.1 Although his name is not mentioned in this connection, we, as children, were always told he was the author of the a7th Paraphrase which begins Thus Speaks the high and lofty one. And of the a8th Attend and mark the solemn fast Which to the Lord is dear. 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.