Excerpt from Retrospect of a Long Life, Vol. 2 of 2: From 1815 to 1883 He whose ashes are there inurned was truly called the Old man eloquent. Eloquent in his fulness Of years as a champion Of Christianity, he passed away in the certain hope Of a life to come, although in youth he had skirted the howling desert Of infidelity, and had been for a brief while a Socinian preacher. In a memorable letter to his godson he maintained that the greatest Of all blessings, and the most ennobling Of all privileges, was to be a Christian, and his last will and testament ended with this passage: His staff and His rod alike comfort me. 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.