Excerpt from Power in Weakness: Memorials of the Rev. William Rhodes, of Damerham The writer of the following Memorials has been told that he should introduce them by some/ account of the motives which have led to their publication. His statement is simply this - After the death of Mr. Rhodes, it was the earnest hope of his widow, that Mr. Ryland, his earliest and most esteemed friend, might be able to prepare for the press a short essay on his life, with a selection from his papers. That gentleman, however, was obliged to decline the undertaking from want of leisure. She then applied to the present writer, wishing him to write a biography, and offering to defray the charge of the work; but he also felt obliged to excuse himself, partly from a similar reason, partly from the conviction that nothing he could write would reach her enthusiastic ideal of what was due. 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.