Excerpt from The Gospel Advocate, 1823, Vol. 3 IT is proper, at the close of the year, to look back and review the works of our hands. At this season, the conductors of the Gospel Advocate have, each year since its publication, paused to comider the proprie ty and expediency of continuing their work. The la bour and the responsibility which have devolved upon them have not been small; but they have hoped that their labours have not been wholly unfruitful, and that they might feel themselves entitled to some small share of that satisfaction which arises from the con sciousness of doing, as well as intending, good They; have been much refreshed and encouraged by the. 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.