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THE

HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE.

BY

REV. WE. BOARDMAN.

"That ye may be filled with all the fulness of God."

BOSTON:

HENRY HOYT.

NEW YORK:

SHELDON & CO.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by

HENRY HOYT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

Printed by
BAZIN & CHANDLER,

37 Cornhill.

THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE.

IN THREE PARTS.

PART I.

WHAT IT IS.

PART II.

HOW ATTAINED.

PART III.

PROGRESS AND POWER.

PREFACE.

THE title-page will suffice the careless one; he will go no farther. The curious will go deeper, and a little patience and perseverance will satisfy him also, and perhaps repay him for his time and trouble. If the earnest searcher for the best things can be satisfied as fully, he will be repaid a thousand fold, and the great aim of the book will be gained.

In unfolding the subject, the historical and inductive method has been chosen, both as the most interesting and convincing. Examples of experience are given from history as a basis in connexion with the Bible but beyond that, sketches from life, never before published, have been preferred, because of their freshness, and also for the purpose of adding to the treasures of published Christian experience. Lovers of truth cannot fail to be profited by the mass of facts embodied,

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