The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY A. CLAXTON. LIFE OF THE REV. WM. 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 favoured of God, with unusual degree of light and knowledge, and have been honoured by the special and extraordinary influ |