INTRODUCTION
When we look around us, and observe how many conflicting creeds and systems of religion are
sedulously propagated in the present day, our reflections on the subject should lead us to
appreciate duly the privileges with which, through divine love and mercy, we are favored; the
Light of Christ being given to illuminate our minds, and the Holy Scriptures being placed within
our reach; to which we can refer for instruction. In the Sacred Record, the doctrine preached by
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, on the subject of the Redemption and Salvation of Man, is
clearly exhibited. As no other subject of equal interest and importance can be presented to us, may
these few pages, designed to point out from this high authority the way by which all mankind may
come to the knowledge of the Truth, and be saved, prove the means, under the Divine blessing,
not only of convincing the merely nominal Christian of the imminent danger he is in; but also of
encouraging the weak yet sincere believer, to hold fast the "grain" of living faith (Matthew 17:20);
that so, amid all the conflicts with which he may be proved, his confidence may be steadily fixed
on Him, who is the "Wisdom of God, and the Power of God." (I Corinthians 1:24.) By submission
to His command, "Take my, yoke Upon you, and learn of me ;" and, by the consequent fulfilment
of his gracious promise, "ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matthew 11:29), the sincere believer
will be enabled eventually to adopt the ancient language, "The Lord is my light, and my salvation;
whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid ?" (Psalm 27:1.)
SAMUEL RUNDELL.
Liskheard, Cornwall, England.
The undersigned enjoyed the great privilege of a long and intimate acquaintance with the author
of this little work, and was familiar with many of the circumstances which led to its being written,
and also had some share in its early publication about fifty years ago. He desires to embrace this
opportunity to acknowledge his full unity with the doctrines held forth in it. He has long felt it a
duty to have another edition of the work published, and can heartily commend its contents to the
serious and weighty consideration of all.
R. Esterbrook
Camden, N. J.,
Fifth Month 1895.