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This Work has been strongly recommended by the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, in an excellent Preface prefixed to the 12mo. Edition, printed at Glasgow.

THE

CHRISTIAN

REMEMBRANCER;

OR

SHORT REFLECTIONS

UPON THE

LIFE, FAITH, AND CONDUCT

OF

A Real Christian.

By the late
AMBROSE SERLE, ESQ.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES NISBET,

21, BERNERS STREET, OXFORD STREET.

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JOHN THORNTON, ESQ.
Who,

Adorning the doctrine of God his Saviour,
In an almost unexampled degree,
By deeds of piety and benevolence,
Various, liberal, and extensive,
But without ostentation;
And, who,

Imparting the means of spiritual instruction,
As well as temporal relief,

To multitudes of the ignorant and the poor,
In every quarter of the world,
By a fortune, though affluent,

Yet unequal to the vast desire of spreading good,
Which possessed his mind;
Owned amidst all,
That himself was a sinner,
Indigent and helpless;

And resting no hope on what appeared,
To every eye but his own,

A long and astonishing course of excellent usefulness,
Cheerfully acknowledged, to his latest hour,
That, by the Grace of God he was,
Whatever he was,

Of faith, or holiness, or stability;
Thus ascribing his whole title to salvation,
With all the things that accompany it,
In practice, prospect, and experience,
To the favour and mercy of

JEHOVAH,

FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT,
In and through

THE GREAT REDEEMER:
This Treatise,

For a real though mean memorial
Of mutual and disinterested friendship,
Never to perish,

Is very affectionately inscribed by
THE AUTHOR.

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