Excerpt from Sermons, Vol. 1 of 3: By Hugh Blair, D.D. F. R. S. Ed;, One of the Ministers of the High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, to Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author That this influence of Your majesty's virtues may long continue to be felt; that while they alleviate the cares, and increase the comfort of our gracious Sovereign while they improve the minds, and contribute to the felicity of Your illustrious offspring; they may, at the same time, successfully exert their power in forming the public manners on a pattern so worthy of imitation shall be my sincere wish and earnest prayer. 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.