Excerpt from Persuasives to Early Piety: Interspersed With Suitable Prayers
The sole design of this little volume is to urge the young to yield themselves to God. It interferes not with the minor distinctions that divide the followers of the Saviour, but inculcates that heartfelt religion, the importance of which they all unite in acknowledging.
The author of this book has no expectation of its being applauded for elegance of language, or the beauties of imagination. He has not written, seeking human applause as his reward for what is human applause? the applause of a world whose duration is a span; of a world that will soon vanish away like smoke; of a world the very existence of which may be almost forgotten by the soul in the distant and interminable scenes of eternity. The minister of the Gospel meets with the best commendation, not when the discourse he may have delivered from the pulpit or the press is much admired, or much applauded, but when the sinner becomes dissatisfied with himself and his pursuits; when the prodigal says, I will arise and go to my father; when the penitent weeps in secret over the crimes that have been brought to his review. Such applause the writer covets, and for such he hesitates not to pray.
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