ADVERTISEMENT. THIS selection exhibits a series of the great truths and precepts of religion, illustrated by appropriate similitudes from striking and beautiful objects of the visible creation, or decorated by those happy turns of thought which at once imprint their subjects on the memory and commend them to the heart. Suitable texts of Scripture are prefixed to these choice productions of the genius and piety of uninspired writers; so that this volume possesses the additional quality of being an elegant and lively commentary on many practical portions of the revealed word of God, adapted to impress the dictates of inspiration on the mind, and to display, in no small measure, the breadth and fulness of their meaning. It is hoped that such a compilation will be found acceptable to Christians of all classes, and especially attractive and useful to the young. |