RECOLLECTIONS. EDITED BY THE REV. J. BELCHER, AUTHOR OF "INTERESTING NARRATIVES FROM THE SACRED VOLUME, ILLUSTRATED," LONDON: F. BAISLER, 124, OXFORD STREET; T. WARD & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. 1837. PREFACE. THE editor of this little volume is conscientiously opposed to the mass of religious fiction which has obtained so wide a circulation. This opposition is partly founded on the fact that they are unnecessary. Instructive events are daily occurring, which need only to be told in a suitable manner, in order to interest and improve every class of readers. In the course of his own ministry, the editor has observed and recorded some of these occurrences; not a few of them have already met the public eye; and now others, in company with interesting contributions from several ministers of Christ of more than one denomination, invite the candid regard of the reader. |