Excerpt from Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical I heard the melancholy event Sabbath, just as I was going into the court-house to preach. It' made such an impression on my mind that I could not resist the impulse to lay aside the text on which I intended to preach, and to deliver an extempore discourse, from Isaiah 40th, and 6th, And the voice said, Cry. And he said, what shall I cry? All flesh is grass.' Happy would it be for us could we constantly realize this, and live as if every year and every day were to be our last. Again, on the 17th, to the same You will be surprised to hear that Mr. Lyle and I expect to have the pleasure of taking breakfast with y6u next Tuesday morning, on our way to Richmond. Some of my friends there have so earnestly solicited me to go down since the late awful visitation of Providence on that place, that I had not the heart to refuse, I am most anxious that so much distress should not be suffered in vain. If my friends there think that thy poor labors will probably be useful 1n this way, ought I not to go at their call, and depend on the promised aid of the Spirit? I will mention to you in confidence, that the people of Richmond, who had applied to me to remove to that place, persevere in their application, and are resolved to carry their request to Presbytery and I have informed them that, if the Presbytery should advise my removal, that I will 0. 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.