ов, PERSIS CLARETON. A NARRATIVE OF Church Bistory in the Seventeenth Century. BY REV. CHARLES B. TAYLER, M. A., AUTHOR OF "THANKFULNESS," "THE RECORDS OF A GOOD MAN'S LIFE," "LADY "It has been remarked, that there is no other instance in history, where men have suf- NEW YORK: STANFORD AND SWORDS, 137, BROADWAY. DEDICATION. To you, my Adine, I love to dedicate the following pages, not only because I have sought to give a correct portraiture of several classes of character at a deeply interesting epoch of our national history, about which erroneous opinions have been long in circulation, but because we have often agreed together that it is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of Truth. I know that, faint and imperfect as my sketch of a young Christian gentlewoman is, in the character of Persis, it will be full of interest to you. Together we have earnestly and diligently sought to know the truth in its only perfect revelation, the written word of God, and its only perfect manifestation, the Lord Jesus Christ. We have long also laboured together in the Lord, and found, by delightful experience, how truly such labours are labours of love. Together we are looking forward to the time when error and falsehood of every kind will be destroyed for ever; and when He, whose Gospel of Truth and Love is now rejected by some, and perverted by others, will appear in all His majesty and |