Excerpt from The North Carolina University Magazine: Vols. Vi-VII; March, 1857-April, 1858 By the moral truths, however, to which we have referred as necessary for the direction of all our movements, and for the rescue of the soul from the evils in which it is involved, and by which it must otherwise be for ever Oppressed, are not meant, exclusively, those dry and meagre maxims of duty which we find detailed in most systems of moral phil osophy, and, which, however good in their place, and'as far as they go, are but the practical details of only a part of what is necessary in the case, while that alone which can give them vitality and'efli'ciency is wanting f, but we mean those fundamental and prominent truths relating to God and His government. 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.