BOOK

THAT YOU WANT;

OR,

PORTIONS FOR ALL PERSONS AND
ALL PERIODS.

BY

THE REV. JAMES SMITH,

AUTHOR OF

The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, 4 Messenger of Mercy,
The Book that will Suit You, The Voice of Mercy, &c., &c.

PREFACE.

THE book we wish for, is not always the book we want; because our minds are not always sufficiently enlightened to know exactly what we want, and sometimes they are under an improper bias, so that we do not wish for what we really want. If we wish for what we really want, it is rrobable that we shall be satisfied; for it is much easier to satisfy our wants than our wishes. Different persons want different books, because some need instruction, some consolation, some reproof, and some impression. No one book, it it is a consecutive treatise upon any one subject, can meet the wants of all, or all the wants of any one. But a book made up of short pieces on many subjects, may contain something that all want, though not all that each one wants. The object of this little book is, to present so