Excerpt from A Memoir of the Late Rev. William Croswell, D. D., Rector of the Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachusetts IV. Of his manuscript sermons, the stock is large; and having been carefully adapted to memorable days and occasions, and to the seasons of the ecclesiastical year, and methodically arranged, the publication of them, in whole or in part, might doubtless prove highly gratifying to his surviving friends, who would prize them as an invaluable legacy. But Of this gratification they are deprived by his own written prohibition. The same modesty which forbade the publication of any of these sermons in his lifetime, led him to make the restriction permanent. On this point, nothing is left to future contingency, or to the discretion Of his friends. Some allu sions to, or extracts from a few of the latest Of his sermons, may be necessary by way Of explanation or illustration. But beyond this, no liberty can be taken; and every thing else must remain under the seal Of his prohibition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.