BX 9943 •446 54 TO THE Unibersalist Parish in Orono, AND THE Unibersalist Society in Waterville, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. PREFACE. THE following Discourses contain the various lessons of a Village Pastor. I present them in this form, not for their learning, or their argument, but to fulfil, in some degree, the desire to put into the hands of many personal friends, and others of my own religious communion, a book of practical and consolatory instruction. They are, in natural, simple terms, the expression of my convictions, in relation to God, to the Saviour, to the nature of man, to human destiny, to discipline and trial, and to Christian life and worship. I earnestly pray that they may meet a cheerful and kindly welcome in hundreds of villages and rural homes in Maine. If they attain a wider recognition, and are read by friendly eyes in other Commonwealths, I shall be mindful of, and thankful for the kindness. Waterville, Me., May 1, 1856. H. C. L. |