Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool: With an Appendix, Containing a Selection From His Papers, &C The volume now presented to the public, owes its origin to one of those mysterious events in Providence, which seem commissioned, at distant intervals, to alarm and admonish the Church of God. A loss so sudden, so awful, so universally deplored, as that of Mr. Spencer, demanded improvement. Many impressive discourses were delivered on the sad ecca sion, several of which have issued from the press But his life was not less instructive than his deaf and the more it was contemplated by his friends, the more deeply they felt; the importance of rescuing from oblivion those traits of his character, and circumstances of his history. By u hich their own private circles had been interested. Upon my accept ance of the solemn office from which he was so unexpectech ly removed, his bereaved people, anxious to see some au. Thorized memoirs of their beloved pastor embodied and pre. Served, committed the mournful duty to my hands. My res pect for the honored dead, and attachment to the living, in duced me to accept the charge: howl have executed the important trust reposed in me, I must now leave it with a candid public to decide. 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.