Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, BY EDSON C. EASTMAN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New-Hampshire. CONCORD, N. H.: INTRODUCTION. THE substance of this volume consists of a series of Practical Lectures, delivered in the Westminster Church, Providence, R. I., during the winter months of 1857-8. They were intended more particularly for the young men who were connected with the congregation worshipping in that church. I have thought it best, at the solicitation of friends, to give them a wider circulation, by embodying them in the present volume. The young men of Lowell, Mass., will doubtless recognize a portion of these Lectures as delivered in the Lee Street Church, in that city, a few years ago. I trust, also, that I may not appeal in vain to the friendship of the young men of Concord, N. H., who have afforded me many pleasant associations. So, with the hope that these "Plain Words" will be read with favor and profit by those for whom they were written, I send out my little book, to meet with whatever fate it may deserve. I have also added to the Lectures an Address delivered at North Granville, N. Y., July 29, 1857, on the "Position, Duties and Claims of Woman." |