Excerpt from Trial of the Rev. Edward Smith, Before the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference of July, 1841: With the Sermon on Which the Principal Charge Was Mainly Predicated Reason is the distinguishing ex Reason is 'the distinguishing cellence of man, and language the excellence of man, and language means by which its operations are is the medium, through which its performed. How important must be operations are developed. How the instrument on which so many important then must be the instru-s millions depend, in all the trausse ment on which so many millions tions, and all the social enjoyments depend, in all the transactions of of life. This life. 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.