The Substance of a Sermon

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Excerpt from The Substance of a Sermon: Delivered at the Funeral of Miss. Nabby Frothingham, of Middletown, (Conn, ) February 24, 1809, to a Numerous Crowd of Attentive Hearers, in the Methodist Meeting-House At the time the following discourse was delivered there was not the remotest expectation of its ever appearing in print, but the evening after the funeral, while I sat musing upon the order and solemnity of the day, the father of the deceased and Mr. Camp, his son-in-law, began a conversation, by saying, 'that it would be highly gratifying to them, to 'have the Discourse printed, and presumed that it 'would be the wish of many others who were hear 'ers.' I informed them that it would be difficult, as I had made no minute or notes upon the subject. This, however, did not satisfy them. At length I told them I would undertake to commit it to paper, then, if it was thought proper, I would consent to have it printed. I have endeavoured to keep as near as possible to the original. I may venture to say, the substance is retained - I have not in all cases cited chapter and verse, but the sacred text is generally marked with inverted commas. As this Discourse is not published originally from my own wish and desire, but to gratify an afflicted family, I hope my friends will not think me forward in making it public, and that all my readers will be so obliging as to read with candor. If you find defects, cast a veil over them rather than censure, and suffer me to have an interest in your prayers. It is my earnest prayer that this Discourse may be impressed on the readers mind, with lasting benefit for time and eternity. 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.