DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY, AGAINST THE WORK OF GEORGE B. ENGLISH, A. M. ENTITLED THE GROUNDS OF CHRISTIANITY EXAMINED, BY WITH THE OLD. BY EDWARD EVERETT. MINISTER OF THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE SQUARE, BOSTON. BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS AND HILLIARD, NO. 1, CORNHILL. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf. TO THE REVEREND JOHN THORNTON KIRKLAND, D. D. LL. D. PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. DEAR SIR, IT is equally the dictate of duty and inclination to dedicate to you this essay, which owes any merit it may have to the studies it was my happiness to pursue under your direction. What ever hope I may feel of its utility, it is the most agreeable reflection with which I regard it, that it affords me a publick opportunity of expressing the respect, affection, and gratitude, with which I am, dear Sir, your most obedient, most humble servant, EDWARD EVERETT. |