66 AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN WILSON, D.D., F. R.8.," FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D. IN TWO VOLUMES. With Portraits by Jeens. VOL. I. TORONTO: WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 & 80 King Street EAST. MONTREAL: C. W. COATES. 1 HALIFAX: S. F. HUESTIS. HENRY MORSE STEPHENS BV 3267 v.l Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, by the Rev. WILLIAM BRIGGS, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. A FRIEND speaking to me of the great pleasure and profit which he had derived from reading the Life of the Rev. A. DUFF, D.D., recently published, and stating at the same time that every minister ought to read the story of this wonderful Missionary, I said to him, "Why not let the Book Room publish an edition and present a copy to each of the ministers?" This remark, made in the course of conversation, and with some degree of playfulness, bore fruit, and the enquiry was made next day as to the cost of carrying it out. The idea impressed itself in a manner scarcely contemplated when suggested, and that question has been answered in the edition which is now prepared for the express purpose of placing a copy of the Life of this truly devoted servant of Christ in the hands of every minister throughout the entire Connexion. The study of such a life of Christian consecration and moral heroism, as that of DR. DUFF, cannot fail to quicken in the minds of all the readers of this volume a warmer sympathy with the grandest of all causes-the cause of Christian Missions, which has been from the very beginning the crown and glory of Methodism-and to beget a more ardent desire to bring the world to Jesus. With the accomplishment of this result the purpose of the donor of this book will be fully attained. WILLIAM BRIGGS, Methodist Book and Publishing House. 512275 |