OF

JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR.

BY

JOHN HOLT RICE, D. D.

AND

BENJAMIN HOLT RICE, d. d.

SECOND STEREOTYPE EDITION,

REVISED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE SURVIVING COMPILER.

PUBLISHED BY

THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,

150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW-YORK.

D. Fanshaw, Printer.

LELAND STANFORD

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JUNIOR

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY

A 14094

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by KNOWLES TAYLOR, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

Right of publishing transferred to American Tract Society.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

EARLY LIFE, TILL COMMENCING STUDY.

Birth, childhood, and early youth-enters a store in New-

York-conversion-labors in Sabbath School-efforts for

good of others—sees a Missionary sail for India-contem-

plates preparing for the Ministry-consults his parents-

decision to consecrate himself to this work-correspond-

ence with friends on the subject-determines on a tho-

rough course of preparation

CHAPTER II.

FIRST TWO YEARS IN ACADEMY.

Temptations resisted-exposure to sudden death-descrip-
tion of the school-anticipations of the ministry-daily
study of the Bible-establishes a weekly prayer-meeting,
connected with a Bible Class-Bible Class of Young La-
dies in Lawrenceville-labors "from house to house "-ef-
forts for the salvation of his parents and relatives-la-
ments his sinfulness-topics for meditation and day o

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