The Works of the Rev J Newton Author:John Newton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A MONUMENT TO THE PRAISE OF THE LORD'S GOODNESS, TO THE MEMORY OF DEAR ELIZA CUNINGHAM. PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. ... more » Jesns amor mens est, si rideat, omnia rident. O Death, where is thy sting? 1 Cor. xv. 55. [first Printed In 1785.] PREFACE. When the following narrative was drawn up, the writer was aware that his feelings rendered him incompetent to judge how much of a relation, every part of which was interesting to himself, might be fit to offer to the public. Many little circumstances which the indulgence of a friend could bear with, might, to strangers, appear trivial and impertinent. He therefore wrote only for his friends; and printed no more copies than he thought would be sufficient to distribute within the circle of his personal acquaintance. But, as the paper has been much inquired after, and many of his friends have expressed their wish that it might be more extensively circulated, he has, at length, yielded to their judgment. It is to be lamented, that in this enlightened age, so signalized by the prevalence of a spirit of investigation, religion should, by many, be thought the only subject unworthyof a serious inquiry; and that, while in every branch of science they studiously endeavour to trace every fact to its proper and adequate cause, and are cautious of admitting any theory which cannot stand the test of experiment, they treat the use of the term experimental, when applied to religion, with contempt. Yet there are many things connected with this subject, in which, whe- ther-we are willing or unwilling, we are, and must be, nearly interested. Death, for instance, is inevitable. And if there be an hereafter, (and it is impossible to prove that there is not,) the consequences of death must be important. Man...« less