Excerpt from A Sermon: Preached in State Street Church, Portland, November 24, 1859Gentlemen - The sermon, of which you have requested a copy, was written with the design of enforcing certain principles which seem to me of general application, as well as of fundamental importance in our public con cerns. Endeavoring to unfold these in the light of truth, the subject was treated in behalf of no special interest of whatever name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.