Excerpt from The Theological Works of William Beveridge, D. D., Sometime Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, Vol. 8: The Church Catechism Explained; Private Thoughts on Religion; The Great Advantage and Necessity of Public Prayer, and of Frequent Communion; And a Defence of the Book of Psalms In the I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. - 1 Cor. Xiv. 19. 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.