OF

COLLI

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS

ANECDOTES:

A COLLECTION OF

SEVERAL THOUSAND FACTS, INCIDENTS, NARRATIVES,
EXAMPLES, AND TESTIMONIES,

EMBRACING THE

BEST OF THE KIND IN MOST FORMER COLLECTIONS, AND SOME HUNDREDS
IN ADDITION, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

THE WHOLE ARRANGED AND CLASSIFIED ON A NEW PLAN,

WITH COPIOUS TOPICAL AND SCRIPTURAL INDEXES.

BY REV. K. ARVINE, A.M.,

PASTOR OF THE PROVIDENCE CHURCH, NEW-YORK.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY REV. GEORGE B. CHEEVER, D. D.

NEW YORK:

LEAVITT, TROW & COMPANY, 191 BROADWAY.

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0189
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848,

BY LEAVITT, TROW & COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

From Rev. G. B. CHEEVER, D. D., Pastor of | From REV. GEO. PECK, D. D., Editor of the

the Church of the Puritans, New-York.

I have no doubt whatever, from my examination of Rev. Mr. Arvine's Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes, that the work will prove at once instructive, popular, and useful. Such a mass of instructive details could not be found any where in the same compass; and a most valuable quality in the work is its important classification and arrangement. The author has gone through a great many authentic volumes, selecting the best illustrative contents for his purpose from them all; and as a full common-place book for reference in.the illustration and pointing of truth, the work will be found exceedingly useful in the business of instruction and education, as well as interesting to the general reader.

GEORGE B. CHEEVER.

New-York, June 22, 1847. From REV. Jos. P. THOMPSON, A. M., Pastor of the Tabernacle Congregational Ch., N. Y. I cordially concur in the opinion expressed by Rev. Dr. Cheever relative to Mr. Arvine's Cyclopedia. Such a collection of anecdotes will be found valuable to Ministers and Sabbath School Teachers, for the illustration of truth, while it will form an instructive and entertaining volume for juvenile and family reading. JOS. P. THOMPSON.

New-York, June 23, 1847.

Methodist Quarterly Review, New-York.

I fully and cheerfully endorse the above recommendation.

GEORGE PECK.

New-York, July 2, 1847.

From REV. G. COLES, one of the Editors of the
Christian Advocate and Journal.

Having inspected with some care the plan and arrangement of a new work by Rev. Mr. Arvine, called "The Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes," I have no hesitation in saying that I believe Mr. A.'s plan is the best that has come under my notice. The works of Buck, the Percey, and others, of a similar character in this department of literature, have long been favorites in my family, and I am glad to see that a gentleman of Mr. A.'s good judgment, fine taste, and persevering industry, is

about to add another contribution to the cabinet of Mental Jewels, which will at once, to use the language of Dr. Cheever, "prove instructive, popular, and useful."

GEORGE COLES.

New-York, June 23, 1847.

From REV. WM. PATTON, D. D., Pastor of the
Spring-street Presbyterian Church, N. Y.

I have somewhat examined "The Cyclope-
dia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes" prepar-
ed by Rev. K. Arvine, and judge that it will
The selection
interest as well as instruct.
seems to be judicious, and the arrangement such
as to facilitate the speedy finding of appropriate
illustrations of truth.
WM. PATTON.

New-York, June 24, 1847.

From REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, A. M., Pastor of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, N. Y.

From REV. THOMAS DE WITT, D. D., of the Collegiate Dutch Reformed Ch., N. Y. I have looked over a portion of " The Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes," collected and prepared by the Rev. Mr. Arvine. He has drawn them from a variety of sources. Besides consulting the various collections of anecdotes, and several historical works, he has examined the files of a number of religious periodicals for a series of years. The anecdotes appear to have been selected with good judgment, and to be adapted to impart moral and religious instruction and edification. The arThe collection of Anecdotes prepared by the rangement of the order of topics is excellent, Rev. Mr. Arvine, so far as I have had opportuand combined with the index of texts illustrated, nity to examine it, is eminently worthy of the will enable the reader to refer readily to any sub-patronage of the moral and religious communiject suggested to his mind. From an examination of the portion placed in my hands, I feel a conviction that the work will prove an enter⚫taining, instructive, and useful one, adapted for general circulation, and do not hesitate to recommend it to public patronage.

THOMAS DE WITT. New-York, June 17, 1847.

ty. It possesses many advantages over any other that I have seen, especially in fullness, topical arrangement, index of subjects, and scriptures, and adaptation to the public mind. It deserves, and, I doubt not, will obtain an extensive circulation.

EDWIN F. HATFIELD. New-York, June 24, 1847. 3