THE INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION OF CHRISTIANS TO

SAVE SOULS FROM DEATH:

AN ESSAY,

BY

DAVID EVERARD FORD.

"Jesus saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how
great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion
on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis, how
great things Jesus had done for him; and all men did marvel."-
Mark v. 19, 20.

FROM THE SIXTH LONDON EDITION.

NEW YORK:

ROBERT CARTER, 58 CANAL STREET.

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PREFACE.

WHATEVER reception may await this book at the hands of the religious public, it is my consolation to know that the views which it advocates have been owned of God to the salvation of many souls.

This is my only apology for a style which may seem in some instances to savor of dogmatism. I have no wish to cast one unkind reflection on brethren who differ from me; to our Master we stand or fall: but I must express myself strongly, for I speak that which I know, and testify that which I have seen.

I have written for Christians. Should my remarks awaken attention, they will fall into the hands of many who have no right to that holy name. A previous question demands their notice, a question to which every other ought to be postponed, and from which I