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"Things new and old," for the Glory of God...

Albert Welles · 1845 · Scanned text

91,100 words · about 6 h 23 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1845, author long deceased · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/tmp83017932); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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About this book

Author
Albert Welles
Language
English
Published
1845
Length
91,100 words · about 6 h 23 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter under 1 min
  2. Dedication about 1 min
  3. Contents about 1 min
  4. Preface about 6 h 21 min

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Front matter

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Dedication

To your Excellencies, viz : ex-Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, and Bishops Onderdonk and Huges, this work is here very ceremoniously inscribed. It will strike all minds acquainted with this work, and with you, that there are no personages in North America, so worthy of a dedication of a work of this kind, as yourselves. All of you have preached, and harrangued, for many years, to the members of the vast congregation, for which these sermons are designed ; and all of you have stoutly professed to wish well to asses.

If I have offended your excellencies, by encroaching upon your employment, it is fit I should beg your pardon, or offer some apology ; but as I have often seen your public declarations, that there was plenty of work for you, and hundreds more in that line of business, I trust you will not be offended at receiving a little assistance from one, who means well to every member of each of your congregations.

Cherishing the hope, that you will recommend these sermons to your numerous acquaintances and friends, I am,

Contents

1. Illustration of Genesis XLIX, 14: Issachar is a strong ass,

couching down between two burdens.

2. Do. do.

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