FROM POOR-HOUSE ΤΟ Pulpit; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OF THE LATE DR. JOHN KITTO, FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD. A BOOK FOR YOUTH. BY WILLIAM M. THAYER, AUTHOR OF "THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE,' E. O. LIBBY AND COMPANY, BOSTON. NEW YORK: C. SCRIBNER. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 185 E. O. LIBBY AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts PRINTED BY STEREOTYPED BY J. E. FARWELL & CO PREFACE. WHEN a poor, deaf pauper, like Kitto, comes forth from his obsure condition, and rises, by his own personal exertions, to distinction among Biblical and Theological scholars, it is worth while to inquire how it is done. The young will be benefitted by studying such an example of perseverance. New and noble resolutions may be awakened thereby in their hearts, the fulfilment of which, may lead them on to usefulness and renown. The subject of this volume, at fifteen years of age, was a deaf boy in the Poor-house. We endeavor to show what were the elements of his success, that young readers may learn how to triumph over the obstacles in their pathway. In order to prove that certain elements of character are necesssary to success in every calling, as well as to make the book |