Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. BIGELOW & WOLCOTT, STEREOTYPERS, Corner of Centre and White Sts., N. Y TO YOU, MY FRIENDS, AS TO CHILDREN OF THE HIGHEST, SEEKING, IN TRUTH OF THOUGHT AND WORTH OF LIFE, TO EMBODY CHRISTIAN VALOR, MILITANT AGAINST THE SWARMING SINS AND EVILS OF THE DAY, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. ACCEPT WITH IT THE PRAYER, THAT OUR DIVINE LORD, ENLARGING FAITH, INCREASING LOVE AND CROWNING LABOR WITH RICH FRUIT, MAY CAUSE THE BLESSING OF THOSE WHO ARE READY TO PERISH TO COME UPON YOU. |