OR, NARRATIVE OF RECENT SUCCESSIVE BEREAVEMENTS IN A MINISTER'S FAMILY. "What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself EDINBURGH : JOHN JOHNSTONE, HUNTER SQUARE; MDCCCXXXIX. PREFACE. THE domestic affliction described in the following pages, excited the sympathy of many, even strangers to the sufferers, who at the time heard of it. Circumstances connected with this season of trial, in which God was pleased to show the riches and power of his grace, have suggested the publication of the Narrative. Friends, whose judgment was worthy to be trusted, were of opinion that the knowledge of those circumstances ought not to be confined to the narrow circle in which they occurred. And a hope, that a short account of them may prove useful, through the Divine blessing, has overcome the reluctance which must ever be felt to disclose to the public eye, either the privacy of the domestic hearth, or the secret feelings of the mind, on such an occasion. |