Excerpt from The Methodist Magazine, Vol. 9: Designed as a Compend of Useful Knowledge, and of Religious and Missionary Intelligence, for the Year of Our Lord 1826 When we contrast existence - even in its most simple state with absolute nonexistence, we cannot but acknowledge that the former is vastly superior to the latter; and, in proportion as it is superior, it must be a positive good. Now, simple existence, if it be a positive good, must be a natural excellence; and, in proportion as it is a natural excellence, it must include a portion of that noble perfection which absolute existence constitutes. 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.