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Now rcpublishing, on good paper and large type, m 18?no. volumes, 



SOCIAL EVILS. 



AND 



THEIR REMEDY. 



A SERIES OF NARRATIVES TO BE PUBLISHED QUARTERLY. 



BY THE 



REV. CHARLES B. TAYLER, M.A. 



No. I. 



THE MECHANIC. 



IS NOW REPUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE BY THE BOOKSELLERS. 

 *' Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 



AUTHOR'S ADDRESS. 



No doubt can be felt as to the fact, that there are at present 

 many crying evils in all ranks of society perhaps there never 

 was a time when more remedies were proposed. It is, however, 

 a melancholy truth, that, the only remedy is too generally over- 

 looked, or despised. Remedies, selfish in principle, and selfish 

 in their proposed end, are held forth and confided in by those 

 who profess to be Christians, and, as such, dependent on the 

 Great Head of the church. Man is taught how to live in time, 

 and to be wise for time ; but it has become unusual to refer to 

 that fine old scriptural prayer, " So teach us to number our days 

 that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Indeed, the wis- 

 dom desired by too many is that which is so forcibly described 

 by an apostle's pen, as " earthly, sensual, devilish ;" not that 

 wisdom the attributes of which form the graces of man's new 

 and regenerate character, which is first pure, then peaceable, 

 gentle, and easy to be entreated ; " full of mercy and good fruits, 

 without partiality, and without hypocrisy." 



It is intended, in the series of narratives now advertised, to set 

 forth, faithfully and simply, the one great principle on which 

 Christians profess to act. This principle should never be lost 



