Excerpt from The Faith of the Gospel: A Manual of Christian Doctrine The writer of this book was drawn to his task in the first instance by his experience in conducting Missions. It has always formed part of his plan on such occasions to give consecutive Instructions on the leading doctrines of the Gospel. Twice, especially, in the year 1885, - at S. George's, Hanover Square, and at Stoke Damerel, - it was his privilege to deliver a course of the kind to large audiences of cultivated persons, many of whom desired to be directed to some book which would contain such an exposition of the faith as they had listened to. It was difficult to satisfy the demand by suggesting already published works. The modern English books which have dealt with the field of dogma as a whole have, perhaps, been either too condensed for the ordinary reader, or too slight for the thoughtful. Many of them have had the disadvantage of appearing in the unattractive guise of Commentaries on the Thirty-Nine Articles, or in some other shape not suited to freedom and breadth of treatment. 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.