Excerpt from Discourses and Essays on Theological and Speculative Topics For many years past, I have received communications from divers and very respectable sources, encouraging me to make a publication, the basis of which should be my contributions to the Christian Register.' One of these communications was from Mr. Olney, of Connec tiout, of geographic fame; another from the late Rev. James kay, of Northumberland, Penn., written about a month before his death. I have always had the intention of publishing a book of this description: but the prepa ration of it has been neglected; and now, at this very late hour, I make an effort to accomplish the work. It will not be just what was at first contemplated. It may probably contain some things unacceptable to all my. 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.