Excerpt from Tales and Sketches of Christian Life, in Different Lands and Ages In looking over these pages, and thinking of the exceeding grandeur of the realities on which they so feebly touch, I almost shrink from what I have attempted; yet, are not these high truths the very atmosphere of the renewed life - the daily bread of God's little chil dren and is it not as unwise to forget that we are each given a lamp to carry, as to imagine that the light is in us? 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.