this volume; and I have not the vanity to suppose, that I have treated any one of them as well, as some who have gone before me-much less that the intelligent reader will find anything new as he turns over these pages. In penning them I have consulted no human authorities except on the single subject of Revivals. My object has been, to submit simply the results of my own experience and reflections, in a familiar way, to the candid perusal and judgment of those who "watch for souls," and whose "hearts' desire and prayer to God is, that they may be saved," If I might venture, without taking too much upon myself, to call this The Young Pastor's Manual, and if it should be found to occupy a place, which needed to be filled by some work of the kind, I shall feel myself richly rewarded for all the time and toil it has cost me. Amherst Coll. April 16, 1842. Different Kinds of Sermons-Topical-Textual-Exposi- |