Excerpt from The Substance of Discourse, Preached in the Hall of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, in the City of Washington, on Sunday, January 8, 1826 I have just received your very flattering request, that I should publish the sermon which I delivered yes torday in the Hall of Representatives. 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.