Excerpt from Two Sermons: Preached on the Twenty-Fifty and Fortieth Anniversaries of the Author's Pastorate You have a right to know how I came to take upon myself a burden to which I was so unequal. I can not relate it in a sentence or two. Nor can I do justice to the present Anniversary without saying much more about myself than is agreeable to my feelings. There are occasions, however, when a Pastor may be allowed to refer to his own experience as illustrating the mystery of God's providence. Your kindness will excuse me if, after spending a quarter of a century with you, I devote an hour to the recital of some personal reminiscences not altogether alien from your own history as a congregation. 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.