LIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM TENNENT, LATE PASTOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY ELIAS BOUDINOT, LL. D. IMPROVED EDITION. TRENTON: Printed and Published by E. B. Adams. TO THE READER. On the face of the former editions of this valuable little book, no other account of its authorship is given than the simple statement, that it was "extracted from the Evangelical Intelligencer, for the year 1806." Some are even less explicit. This is the more remarkable from the fact of its acknowledged excellence, and the high favor in which it is held by the religious world-many large editions having been sold, and the demand yet remaining unsatisfied. The Publisher of the present edition had often heard the work attributed to the late Dr. Boudinot, of Burlington, N. J., for many years President of the American Bible Society, whose vigorous intellect and iv extensive learning were equalled only by the purity of his life and his fervid piety. After much inquiry the Publisher has ascertained, beyond the possibility of doubt, that this sketch of Mr. Tennent's life was not improperly ascribed to the same pen that produced the "Star in the West." In proof of this, might be cited the testimony of a respectable professional gentleman of this city, who assisted the writer in collecting and authenticating the facts embodied in this Memoir. The author's name has therefore been placed in the title page. TRENTON, July 1833. LIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM TENNENT. AMONG the duties which every generation owes to those which are to succeed it, we may reckon the careful delineation of the characters of those whose example deserves, and may invite imitation. Example speaks louder than precept, and living practical religion has a much greater effect on mankind than argument or eloquence. Hence, the lives of pious men become the most important sources of instruction and warning to posterity; while their exemplary conduct affords the best commentary on the religion they professed. But when such men have been remarkably favored of God, with unusual degrees of light and knowledge, and have been honored by the special and extraordinary influences of his Holy Spirit, and by the most manifest and wonderful interpositions of |