MINISTER OF THE THIRD REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA.

If these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall

neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus

Christ. 2 PETER, i. 8.

THIRD EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

MENTZ & ROVOUDT, 53 NORTH THIRD STREET.

NEW YORK:

SAXTON & MILES, 205 BROADWAY.

1845.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by GEORGE W. BETHUNE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

TO

MY MOTHER,

AND

FIRST TEACHER IN RELIGION,

WITH THE HUMBLE HOPE THAT

HER PRAYERS FOR HER SON'S USEFULNESS MAY BE ANSWERED

BY

THE DIVINE BLESSING

UPON THE FOLLOWING PAGES,

THEY ARE

AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY

DEDICATED.