BY REV. JACOB MERRILL MANNING, D. D. PASTOR OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, BOSTON, MASS. BOSTON AND NEW YORK PREFACE. THESE Sermons and Addresses are published at the earnest request of the many friends and parishioners of Dr. Manning. He himself intended to prepare such a volume as a gift to the Old South people upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of his settlement as their pastor. We cannot but regret that his illness and death prevented the fulfillment of this purpose, as we realize with how much more justice to himself and satisfaction to his people his own selection would have been made. These Sermons have commended themselves because of their rich Christian experience, and the range of subjects presented. They are sent forth in the earnest hope that the truth as presented in them may find a response in many hearts, and thus prolong his influence and memory in the world. BOSTON, October, 1889. ANNA B. MANNING. |