THE CHRISTIAN TEXT-BOOK AND BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCER: A Book of Sacred Counsel and Reflections FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR. WITH INTERLEAVED PAGES FOR RECORDING BIRTHDAYS ISAIAH xl. 31. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."- PREFACE. THE object of the Editor of the present volume has been to offer a book that shall be acceptable to all who believe in the efficacy of "line upon line, precept upon precept,”—a work in which shall be found some text of consolation or instruction, one of the sayings of the wise king, a specimen of sacred verse, and a moral and instructive extract from a prose writer, for every day in the year. The various vicissitudes of human life, in joy and sorrow, in despondency and hope, have been touched upon in succession; and those texts have been especially selected which bear upon the great concern of man in his mortal pilgrimage, the welfare of his soul, and the guaranties of the perfect life hereafter in Christ Jesus. And as the wind bloweth where it listeth, and while we hear the sound as it passes by, we cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so may it befall that these sacred words, scattered abroad through this little book, may, in some instances, prove "the word in season," of which the inspired writer has said "how good it is." In conclusion, it may be remarked that both in the verse and prose extracts what are called extreme views have heen avoided. The texts are, of course, literally transcribed from the Bible. |