Sidor som bilder
PDF
ePub

PASTORAL LETTERS

OF THE

REV. JOHN HOBBS.

a

OXFORD:

BY T. COMBE, M. A., E. B. GARDNER, AND E. PICKARD HALL,

[merged small][graphic]

PASTORAL LETTERS

OF THE

REV. JOHN HOBBS,

LATE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT HABERDASHERS' HALL CHAPEL,

STAINING LANE, LONDON.

WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENT.

'O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth

and hitherto

have I declared Thy wondrous works.'-PSALM lxxi. 17.

'They shall still bring forth fruit in old age.. to shew that
the Lord is upright.'-PSALM xcii. 14, 15.

OXFORD:

J. C. PEMBREY, 159, WALTON STREET.

LONDON:

TO BE HAD AT THE CHAPEL, STAINING LANE,
AND AT 5, LITTLE LOVE LANE, WOOD STREET, CHEAPSIDE.

BRIGHTON:

G. STEDMAN, 68, UPPER ST. JAMES'S STREET.

210. j. 174

PREFACE.

THE following Letters are for the most part those written by Mr. Hobbs to his own congregation, on various occasions of absence from his pulpit, either on account of ill-health, or for the benefit of change of air. They are now collected and published, in the hope that it may please the Lord to make them profitable to others besides those for whose more immediate benefit they were originally intended.

Mr. Hobbs was frequently solicited by friends to write some account of the way which the Lord had chosen for bringing him out of darkness into His marvellous light, and sending him forth to proclaim the everlasting gospel; but he appeared to feel little inclination to comply with the request, till about a year before his death, when all hesitation was removed, and he commenced the undertaking. Often interrupted by indisposition, the

« FöregåendeFortsätt »