MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS SPENCER, OF LIVERPOOL: WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A SELECTION FROM HIS PAPERS, &c. BY THOMAS RAFFLES, HIS SUCCESSOR IN THE PASTORAL OFFICE. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring Solomon. How many fall as sudden, not as safe! BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY CHARLES WILLIAMS. 1813. Young. TO THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION LATE UNDER THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE REV. THOMAS SPENCER, THESE MEMOIRS, COMPILED AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST, AS A TESTIMONY TO THE WORLD OF THE ADMIRATION AND ESTEEM HIS GENIUS AND HIS PILTY UNIVERSALLY INSPIRED; AND AS A GRATEFUL MEMORIAL OF HIS ACCEPTABLE LABOURS AND TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCIES, AS A MINISTER, AS A MAN, AND AS A CHRISTIAN, ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE PASTOR AND SINCERE FRIEND, THOMAS RAFFLES. |