(FOR HALF A CENTURY)

IN THE LIFE OF G. W. HENRY,

AS EXPERIENCED WHILE SOJOURNING FORTY YEARS IN EGYPT, ONE YEAR IN THE SLOUgh of despOND, THREE YEARS IN TWILIGHT, AND SIX YEARS IN THE LAND OF BEULAH.

TOGETHER WITH

THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF HIS WIFE.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

One Hundred Spiritual Songs, with Music.

Thy land shall be called Beulah.-Isa. Ixii, 4.

SECOND EDITION,

ENLARGED AND STEREOTYPED, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH A STEEL
ENGRAVING OF THE AUTHOR'S WHOLE FAMILY.

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,

200 MULBERRY-STREET, NEW-YORK,

1853. W

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

216339

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1901

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853,

BY G. W. HENRY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

PREFACE.

RESPECTED READER,—I am about to put forth to the world the second edition of the history of my life. As in the first, so also in the second edition, two objects present themselves to my view. First: to inform the reader what a great Saviour a great sinner hath found; and pray most fervently that he might take courage, and if he has not already done it, start this moment from ruin's brink, and take refuge under his almighty wing, and be happy now and hereafter. Secondly:-another motive in sending forth this silent preacher and narrative, is to make it a channel in conveying temporal blessings to the cottage of a poor blind man, and his afflicted family,-in short, to do good and get good. I have also been encouraged to put forth the second edition, because DUP.EXCH. 27 MAR. 1901