THE BAPTIST MAGAZINE FOR 1836. THE PROFITS ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THIS WORK ARE GIVEN MENDATION OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. PREFACE. If the motto of Samuel could ever properly apply to ordinary affairs, in completing this Twenty-eighth volume of the Baptist Magazine, it will be most appropriate; for, with grateful acknowledgments of Divine mercy, the Editors are bound to confess, that hitherto the Lord hath helped them. During the past year especially, our denomination has been rendered more prominent, and the conduct of its affairs more difficult, by events which no human capability was able to anticipate or control. As these events have transpired, the Editors felt that they were "the servants of all for edification," and, that whatever influence this organ of the body might have, was due to the advancement of union, and successful co-operation, in every useful undertaking. Its pages have therefore been open to friendly papers on every topic connected with Slavery, Religious Liberty, and Evangelical labours of all kinds. Every effort has been made to enrich the work with practical information; they have felt, and feel increasingly, the necessity of avoiding, as much as possible, vituperative censures, especially when directed against individuals, and public acts which cannot in the nature of things be altered: and if, at any time, they have seemed to err in this, it has been with a most sincere desire, which the Editors have never ceased to cherish, of securing their great design. |
