Excerpt from The Life and Labors of the Late Rev. William Stevens Balch: With an Outline of His Writings and Discourses It is but justly due that I should, before passing, express my most sincere and unfeigned thanks for the varied assistance rendered me by many friends who have kindly aided me in my work. I much value the words Of the one dearest to me (now passed to the spirit home), who in her absence writing me, says: I am sure if you could gather the inspiration to do justice to so good a man you have no need to go farther to write up one of the grandest lives the world has ever witnessed. You have almost worshiped him. 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.