THOMAS CHALMERS: HIS LIFE AND ITS LESSONS. BY REV. NORMAN L. WALKER, AUTHOR OF ROBERT BUCHANAN, D. D., AN ECCLESIASTICAL BIOGRAPHY," "6 OUR CHURCH HERITAGE," ETC. London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1880. Preface. OR the whole story of the life of Chalmers the reader must be referred to the every way admirable Biography by Dr. Hanna. The only drawback to that work is its largeness. It could not have been made less, indeed, without doing injustice to its subject; and it is a great thing that we have so complete a record of such a remarkable history. But there is a demand in these days for compendious information about everything, and there seems a special propriety in supplying such information about Chalmers during the present year. The volume now published is not an abridgment of the standard Biography. It is a strictly independent work. But the writer has throughout followed, as far as possible, in the footsteps of Dr. Hanna, and has quoted from him frequently. When any sentence occurs in the suc |