Excerpt from A Missionary Sermon: Preached by the Appointment of Hopewell Presbytery, at Its Sessions in Sparta, 11th, April, 1846 IT has become trite to say, and yet it cannot be too often repeated, that the Bible is the great and indispensable instrument for the promotion of pure morals in the world. All other means, however promising in appearance, and however confidently relied upon, have utterly failed, whenever they have been employed apart from the Bible. It is the instrumentality which God has appoint ed to make men virtuous and happy. To this all must betake themselves, who would permanently benefit their fellow-men. 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.