Princeton University Library PRACTICAL RELIGION EXEMPLIFIED, BY LETTERS AND PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF THE LATE REV. ROBERT ANDERSON, PERPETUAL CURATE OF TRINITY CHAPEL, BRIGHTON. BY THE Caroline Dorothea HON. MRS., ANDERSON. From the Fifth London Edition. PHILADELPHIA: H. HOOKER,-S. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS. NEW YORK:-STANFORD & SWORDS. ΤΟ MRS. CHARLES MITFORD, OF PITSHILL, PETWORTH. MY DEAR FRIEND, WHEN I remember the affection with which your heart welcomed, and the hospitality with which your house received, not only him "who being dead yet speaketh," but all belonging to him, I feel sure that these pages will be joyfully accepted as a memorial of days of peace and happiness. How often have the green pastures of Pitshill refreshed the weary spirit of the departed! How has he been cheered by the society provided for him there! How has he enjoyed the youthful spirit of the little ones by whom he was surrounded! The hours passed in that peaceful retreat, where "love abounded," were among his choicest blessings. In grateful and tender recollection of them, she who shared in all the joy, but is alone in her sorrow, dedicates these lines to you, whose heart and house are still open, even though the voice that so often gladdened them is silent. I remain, with the warmest feelings of gratitude and love, Yours, in sickness or in sorrow, (RECAP) 5515 12 332085 PREFACE. THE following pages were written simply with the intention of giving to my children their beloved Father's Practical Views on Religion, and of showing its influence on society. The earnest wish of friends has induced me to give it a more extensive circulation. Although I have not been able at all times to use the third person, the whole may be considered as a "Voice from the dead." There is nothing of my own in it, but the earnest wish to show what made "all men speak well" of him whose words they are. It will, I feel sure, speak home to the hearts of many. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." It has been written under protracted sickness and deep affliction, which must excuse its want of style and other defects. That all who read it may so imbibe the "spirit it is of," as to lay it down in love and charity, is the sincere prayer of THE AUTHOR. |