AUTHOR OF “DOING GOOD, OR THE CHRISTIAN IN WALKS OF USEfulness,"
"LIVES MADE SUBLIME," ETC., ETC.

T. NELSON

"Oh, could we copy their mild virtues! then
What joy to live, what blessedness to die."

WORDSWORTH,

LONDON:

AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK.

1864.

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CONTENTS.

1. PATRICK HAMILTON, First Preacher and Martyr of the Scottish

Reformation,

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II. JOSEPH ALLEINE, the Puritan Preacher of St. Mary Magdalene,

Taunton, Somerset,

III. The Rev. JONATHAN EDWARDS, M.A., of Northampton, America,

the Metaphysical Divine,

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IV. FRANCIS ASBURY, Evangelist and Bishop of the Methodist Epis-

copal Church in America,

V. The Rev. WILLIAM TENNENT, of Freehold, New Jersey, the

Pastor in the Woods,

VI. The Rev. ASAHEL NETTLETON, D.D., the American Evangelist,

VII. The Rev. ROBERT M'CHEYNE, Minister of St. Peter's Church,

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Dundee,

VIII. The Rev. EDWARD BICKERSTETH, Missionary-Secretary, and

Rector of Watton, Herts,

IX. The Rev. Dr. JOHN BROWN, of Edinburgh, Pastor and Professor

of Exegetical Theology,

X. The Rev. THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D., LL.D., Preacher, Philo-

sopher, and Divine,

XI. The Rev. DANIEL BAKER, of America, Pastor and Evangelist,

XII. The Rev. JOHN ANGELL JAMES, of Birmingham, Preacher and

Pastor,

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XIII. The Rev. Dr. COKE, Preacher and Founder of Wesleyan Missions,

XIV. The Rev. JOHN KENNEDY, of Killearnan, Ross-shire,

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XV. The Rev. JOHN MORISON, D.D., LL.D., Minister of Trevor

Chapel, London, and Editor of the "Evangelical Magazine,"

XVI. The Rev. Dr. BURNS, Minister of Kilsyth,

XVII. The Rev. JAMES ALLAN, M.A., Preacher of the Gospel,

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