Thoughts on Moral and Spiritual #251031

The title of this book was first given to a Lecture which the author was requested to deliver before The American Institute in 1835. It is now given to this volume, because, though not strictly appropriate to all )its pages, it covers the general idea of the book. Four of the Addresses have already been published and were received with unexpected favor by many who had long devoted themselves to the cause of Education. It is partly at the sug gestion of such, that the additional essays have been prepared, and are now presented to the public. For the last ten years, the writer has felt a deep interest in the religious instruction of the young, md hopes that what has been gathered from personal experience, may give more permanent value to the following pages. The poetry scattered through the volume hasvi preface.