2 THE METHODIST PULPIT SOUTH. COMPILED BY WILLIAM T. SMITHSON. THIRD EDITION. WASHINGTON, D. C. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM T. SMITHSON, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. CONTENTS. HEAVENLY TREASURES CONTRASTED WITH EARTHLY........ By Rev. W. M. WIGHTMAN, D. D., President of Wofford College. GOD AND MAN CO-WORKERS IN THE SALVATION OF THE SOUL. By Rev. L. D. HUSTON, D. D., Kentucky Conference. By Rev. S. G. STARKS, A. M., Pres't Tennessee Female College. By Rev. LEROY M. LEE, D. D., Virginia Conference. By Rev. JOSEPHUS ANDERSON, A. M., Florida Conference. By Rev. JOHN C. GRANBERY, Virginia Conference. By Rev. D. S. DOGGETT, D. D., Virginia Conference. By Rev. JOHN E. EDWARDS, A. M., Virginia Conference. By Rev. E. E. WILEY, D. D., Holston Conference. : THE GOSPEL ITS CHARACTER, REQUIREMENTS AND BLESSINGS 357 By Rev. NELSON HEAD, Virginia Conference. By Rev. N. F. REID, A. M., North Carolina Conference. By Rev. H. C. THWEATT, D. D., Louisiana Conference. 413 I cheerfully comply with the request of Mr. SMITHSON, to whose enterprise this volume is due, that I would introduce it to the public, and solicit in its favor a friendly criticism and a liberal patronage. Though the original motive of its publication was his zeal in behalf of a particular society of Methodists, or rather of Southern Methodism, as her interests are involved in the Church which represents her at the Federal Metropolis, it has been his ambition to make it a gem of art and a treasury of sacred eloquence worthy to adorn the centre-table of every parlor, to rank in the library with other models of pulpit oratory, and to descend to succeeding ages in just honor to the faithful ministry of our day. He is free to confess that he has not perfectly succeeded in realizing the harmony and completeness of his design; and he pleads as his apology for any defect, the haste in which it was necessarily got up, and his inexperience in book-making. He had expected the volume to be of larger size; and he greatly regrets that every Conference in our connection has not been represented, and that in a few instances he has not secured engravings of the authors. But I have all confidence that there will be no dissent among its generous patrons from the estimate I set upon it, in pronouncing it to be worth far more than it costs, and to reflect credit both on him and on the whole Church. The number and style of the engravings enhance greatly the expense of the book to him, and its value to the subscriber. A considerable circulation will be required to cover that single item. The sermons, with a few exceptions, whose special interest or limited circulation justified republication, have never been printed before; they constitute a valuable contribution to this species of literature, as well as a fair exponent of a pulpit which rates in reputation for eloquence and efficiency below none other in our land. The Methodists of the South will not fail to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to |