1888, 7 801 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. STAR PRINTING COMPANY, PRINTERS AND BINDERS. HARTFORD, CONN. PREFACE. Of the Yale Lectures which make up the larger part of this volume, the first twelve were delivered at the Yale Theological Seminary, in the year 1884 in the Lyman Beecher course for that year. The remaining eight were delivered in the years 1885 and 1886, as especial Lectures outside of the regular course above mentioned. It is the aim of the present volume to present selections from the miscellaneous writings of the author, and not to confine the contents to sermons alone, in which department he was best known. There remains material for one or more volumes devoted entirely to pulpit utterances on themes organically connected in subject and treatment, and it may be deemed best in due time, to prepare such for publication. The manuscripts of Dr. Burton were never prepared by him for publication; it, therefore, follows that many changes which he would inevitably have made have been rendered impossible. In editing his works, it has been deemed wise to err on the side of a too literal retention of what he has left, rather than to destroy his strong individuality by any considerable alteration. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, April, 1888. RICHARD E. BURTON. |