Excerpt from Lectures to Children: Familiarly Illustrating Important Truth This little work, after having passed through fifteen editions In this country, and we know not how many in England, after having been translated into French, Ger man, Greek, and many more languages, printed in raised letters for the blind, and last of all, having been adopted as a school-book for the liberated slaves at Sierra Leone, is now sent forth by the publishers m a new dress, with the addition of new Lectures. The only reason why the number was not much larger is, that we Wish to keep it a little book for little folks. A whole generation has passed from childhood into manhood since these Lectures were first printed; and though it claims to be only a very hum ble instrument of usefulness, yet the author, from testimony which he has already received from many and various quar ters, would rather want renown and fame among men, than to be without his hope that the mission of this little work has been one of good to the lambs of Christ's flock. 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.