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Excerpt from Sermons on Various Subjects Several considerations have induced me to consent to the publication of these Sermons. The want of a small volume of instructive discourses on various religious sub jects, suited in matter, manner, and cost to our people, and especially in the west, has long been felt by them, particularly as we have no such work on the Catalogue 'of Books printed and sold at.our Book Concern. The Methodist Episcopal Church abounds in periodicals, biogra phy, and history, but not in sermons of her own authorship. Perhaps one reason of this is, Mr. Wesley's Sermons are supposed by many to supersede the necessity of all others among us. I am perfectly free to admit, they are the best ever written, or that probably ever will be written; still that work is too voluminous and costly to meet the case of those for whom this is more especially designed. Be sides, it is not clear to my mind, that all the sermons made in America, having a special adaptation to the state of society here, should die with their authors, without ever appearing in print, merely because superior ones for general purposes have been imported. There are in all communi ties some peculiarities, which are best understood by the ministers who serve them. The Book Committee at Cin cinnati, including the Editors, have several times, officially, requested the preparation of such a work as this is designed to be, while the Agents of that Concern, and other brethren in the west, have, for years, kindly encouraged the under taking; and, hence, hoping it might do some good, I finally, though with much fear and trembling, consented to make the attempt. 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.