The Autobiography of the REV. William Jay (Volume 2); With Reminiscences of Some Distinguished Contemporaries, Selections from His Correspondence, and Literary Remains - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 115386049X ISBN 13: 9781153860499

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1855 Excerpt: ... CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE REV. WILLIAM JAY, AS A PREACHER, AND AS AN AUTHOR, BY THE EDITORS. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, &c. Hitherto in these volumes the reader's attention has been mainly directed to Mr. Jay's own account of himself--his history, his progress, his recollections. The Editors have felt that their services to his memory ought to be chiefly regulated by the documents placed in their hands, and limited to such passing annotations, or supplemental matter, as seemed to be required for conveying a just view of their subject, and a complete narrative of his history. But judging that so interesting and remarkable a character well deserves a separate sketch from another hand beside his own, and supposing that the reader will expect something of this sort, as a conclusion to the volumes, which in the main may be said to be his own representation of himself; the Editors have ventured to subjoin the following observations, on the two principal views of his public character for which he was admired by his contemporaries, and will be respected by future ages. MB. JAY AS THE PREACHER. A Preacher who, from his first appearance in the pulpit, at the age of sixteen, till he retired from it when eighty-four years old, fixed and held the attention of the public; who, during this lengthened period, was heard with equal interest by the aged and the young, the learned and the illiterate, who always crowded, whenever he presented himself, to listen to his teaching; who was eulogized by such men as Wilberforce, Beckford, and Sir William Knighton; by Hall, Chalmers, and Foster; who, whether he preached in the city or in the village, drew after him his ministerial brethren, both of his own church and most others; who was esteemed and admired by all denominations of...

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• ISBN 10: 115386049X
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