Excerpt from Spiritual Songs, or Songs of Praise to Almighty God: Upon Several Occasions, and Penitential Cries Although Mr. Shepherd was highly esteemed and affectionately loved by his people, he was not exempt from the trials which are the portion of a faithful minister. His mind was at times sorely oppressed by circumstances which occurred in his congregation, and proved the tempter's fatal power. At length, having attained the age of 73, grown old in his Master's service, and to the last retained the warmest affections of the great body of his flock, he finished his earthly course on the 29th of January. 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.