Excerpt from Sermons: Preached in the Church of the First Religious, Society in Roxbury Lthough the author Of these sermons could never be persuaded to make a selec tion from his manuscripts for the press, and had an entire distrust Of their value for any other pur pose than his own delivery from the pulpit, yet he did not destroy them nor leave any injunction upon their use after his death. _his representa tives, therefore, feel neither obliged nor disposed to disappoint the strong desire Of many persons to -have some permanent, however inadequate, memorial of a preacher who -so long exercised such unusual power in the pulpit, and who was so much beloved by so large a circle Of personal friends. They accordingly Offer this selection. The sermons are printed in the order Of date without any attempt at arrangement. The four dated January, 1860, will, however, be found to constitute a connected series. As this is intended largely, perhaps mainly, as a memorial volume, it has been thought fitting to add as an Appendix three discourses whose. 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.