Excerpt from The Life and Writings of Hon. Vincent L. Bradford, LL. D., D. C. L., An Eminent Lawyer, Legislator and Railroad President The late Vincent Loockerman Bradford, LL. D., D. C. L., devoted himself during along and useful life so assiduously to doing good to his fellow-men, both by word and act, that the task of selecting from the productions of his pen those which best illustrate his character, is no ordinary one. His career as an advocate and jurist may be said to have commenced with the trial at Philadelphia, during the administra tion of President Jackson, of the famous mail robbers, Porter and Wilson, and to have closed with his great effort at Trenton, in 1871, in opposition to the lease of the United Railroads of New Jersey to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. During his professional career, and especially after his retirement from active practice as a lawyer, and while he was enjoying dignified leisure in a happy home, he devoted much time to study, and often committed to writing his views on vari ous topics of interest, both temporal and Spiritual. There is pre sented in this volume an essay or lecture prepared by him on subjects of importance, illustrating his deep conviction of the truths of Revelation, his profound knowledge, of theology, and his skill in biblical exegesis. All his productions breathe the true Spirit of Christian philanthropy; and the object of the accompanying volume is to preserve some of them in a. More enduring form, that his friends may refer to and ponder over them, as if again hearing the truth from those lips which ornamented whatever they touched. 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.