DEDICATION. SOME NAMEs ARE SO ILLUSTRIOUS THAT OFFICES AND TITLES ADD NOTHING TO THEM. A YOUNG MAN WHO EDITED THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE GAVE THE FIRST CORDIAL AND EULOGISTIC RECEPTION OF THESE SKETCHES INTO THE WORLD OF LETTERS. SO EMINENT IS HE TO-DAY AS AN HISTORIAN, AN ECCLESIASTICAL STATESMAN, AND A GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT" IN SOUTHERN METII ODISM THAT ALL TITLES ARE OMITTED. TO MCTYEIRE, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. 5 |