W. Jay, and to the illustrious and venerable Wesley. And as far as he deemed it consistent with the claim of originality for his work, he has enriched its pages with the best thoughts of wise and good men. It has been the constant endeavour of the Author to secure the salvation of his readers: "To allure to brighter worlds, And should one wandering prodigal son of Heaven be persuaded to return to his home in the skies by the perusal of this book, he will gratefully ascribe the glory to God, and bless him for such an ample recompense. And if, by the grace of God, he should find his own eternal destiny among the happy settlers in the promised land, it will afford him no small degree of satisfaction to have recorded his protest, on the pages of earth's history, against the folly of infidelity, and the miserable service of Satan; to have made a written declaration of his complete satisfaction with the evidences of Christianity and the pleasurable service of Christ: and to have left the echo of his voice among the millions of mankind, inviting, exhorting, and beseeching them to emigrate to the better country. That the reader and writer may meet there at last, is the sincere prayer of WILLERBY, NEAR HULL, YORKSHIRE, APRIL 30TH, 1853. THE AUTHOR |