Excerpt from Pulpit Studies, or Aids to Preaching and Meditation Encouraged by the success of a former volume, under the title of Pulpit Studies, the Author has ventured to present to the public a second, of a somewhat more miscellaneous character. As in the former, several of the longer sketches are the un finished but admirable productions of a deceased friend; he feels it right to state that a few in the present are by the same hand. From two or three of the specimens, his younger brethren may perceive with what advantage the old divinity of the seven teenth century may be read and turned to account. The Author's own productions will speak for them selves; they constitute the bulk of the volume, and are of a sufficiently marked character. In compliance with the request of several of his friends, to whose judgment he must always defer, he has closed the volume with a sermon delivered on missionary and other public occasions. 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.