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Rh still doing its work in the wide world as well as in the hearts "that have made for him a shrine." And that work which he loved can hardly fail to receive a fresh impulse from this book.—Mrs. .

The life of the late Rev. Dr. Eddy I have read and reread with increasing interest. His life and history are a priceless legacy to his family, as they are also to the Church and to the world.—, Bishop M. E. Church.

The volume will be read with melancholy pleasure by those who have still a vivid memory of the man, and with profit by all, as the picture of a truly manly man, an earnest Christian, an eloquent pulpit orator, and a faithful and eminently successful minister of the Gospel.—Zion's Herald.

I hope this book will have a large circulation, for whoever reads it cannot fail to consecrate himself more fully to the service of the Master.—Mrs. , Boston, Mass.

It is a book which interests me deeply, stimulates to a more active zeal, suggests new thoughts, and new views of old truths. I wish it could find its way into all youths' libraries throughout the land.—, Canada.

Were it for nothing else, the work of Dr. Sims would merit praise for the method it pursues. The plan is not labor-saving. It contemplates a portraiture of Dr. Eddy as a man and Christian worker, to be drawn from whatever material can be laid under contribution. The execution of it leaves the reader with a pleasing impression that it has well achieved its aim. The narrative is of cumulative interest, enlivened at times with incident, and garnished here and there with extracts from his correspondence. The style is well adapted to its purpose; is simple, perspicuous, at times rising into eloquence. While the book bears throughout the impress of ardent personal friendship, and at times takes on a chastened tone of admiration, it is singularly free from any thing like mere panegyric. The specimens of Dr. Eddy's work, as writer, preacher, and platform speaker, presented in the book, will pleasingly recall their gifted author to the thousands once familiar with his voice and pen. A warmly appreciative and finely written essay by Bishop Simpson on the life and work of Dr. Eddy