A
Prefatory
Word
This
has
been
written
in
a
piecemeal
sort
of
way.
First,
it
was
written
for
my
own
convenience
;
second,
I
decided
to
enlarge
upon
it
and
put
it
in
typewriting
for
some
of
my
local
friends
here
in
the
village
;
third,
when
I
decided
to
put
it
into
this
form
in
order
to
still
further
develop
my
thought,
it
was
necessary
(to
put
it
into
the
best
form)
to
rewrite
it.
But
I
could
not
think
of
re-
writing
all
these
words
again
with
my
inexperienced
left
hand,
for
it
grew
very
weary
in
the
first
writing;
so,
instead
of
going
all
over
it
and
classifying
my
thoughts
and
putting
them
into
a
more
condensed
form,
I
con-
cluded
to
let
my
typewritten
article
stand
as
it
was
and
write
out
a
little
more
fully
my
thoughts
on
the
same
sub-
Ject
reviewing
them
from
a
different
standpoint,
referring
to
some
of
the
same
quotations
and
seriptures
again,
with
additional
ones.
This
accounts
for
some
repetitions
that
might
otherwise
have
been
avoided.
I
have
no
disposi-
tion
whatever
to
call
your
attention
to
anything
but
the
facts
brought
out
which
some
of
our
people
are
not
famil-
iar
with,
and
trust
that
the
critical
eye
may
pass
over
with
a
degree
of
charity
the
composition
and
the
arrange-
ment
of
the
different
points
in
the
arguments,
but
would
solicit
the
most
careful
and
prayerful
consideration
of
the
arguments
and
conclusions.
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