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Excerpt from A Sermon Preached in the Beneficent Congregational Church, Providence, September 29, 1839: Occasioned by the Death of Rev. James Wilson, A. M., Late Senior Pastor of Said Church
I stand not here, surrounded as I em by. These sombre and solemn badges, and by this afflicted con gregation, to eulogize the dead; but to improve the holy providence that has laid the aged senior Pastor of this people low. I approach the duty now ex pected of me With trembling, for I well know I cannot meet your expectations, nor reach the interest of the subject. A beloved pastor, an able minister, a valued friend has been removed, and this people are here, to day, to mingle their tears, and to improve this sudden providence. Let me say few congregations have had such a pastor to lose, one who had lived so long and labored so faithfully, and few therefore will be called to so solemn an account for the enjoyment of high religious privileges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
