Excerpt from The Pastor's Wife: A Memoir of Mrs. Martha Sherman Yet some advantages are possessed by a near relative over others. If the spectator of a bat tle can describe better the general operations of an army, the man who stands next to his Corn rade, and fights with him, can more minutely recite his valiant deeds, his patience, and vic tory. So in the case of this precious saint her husband knew her best; had far greater opportunities than any of her friends of oh serving her steady walk with God, her loving and Christ-like spirit, her amiable department to all her Circle of friends and dependents, and her self-denying and useful efforts to win souls to her Saviour. Therefore, though deeply sen sible that the sketch of her life here given will be rough and unfinished, and in no degree worthy of its subject, he believes it will pos sess greater advantages than if written by a less intimate acquaintance. His hope, his ar dent prayer to God is, that he will give it his rich blessing, and cause many to follow her as she followed Christ her lord.pastor's wife. 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.