BL BY THE REV. THOMAS YOUNG, Of Zion Chapel, Margate, Author of Asiel; or the Young Convert described: The Wreath, &c. LONDON: SOLD BY OGLES, DUNCAN, AND COCHRAN, iii PREFACE. To impress the mind of the Reader with an influential belief of the existence, providence, justice, and grace of God-to cherish a spirit of mutual regard among the Faithful of every Denomination — to expose, and check the fell Demon of persecution-and, to awaken the Unthinking to a proper sense of their. best interests, are the objects of this work. Conceiving that a collection of interesting and appropriate Narratives, accompanied with suitable Reflections, would be calculated to promote those important ends, I have made the attempt. Though some of the Narratives are generally known, yet, as I have met with various sensible and serious persons, to |