Excerpt from Gems by the Wayside: Or, Religious and Domestic Poems IT is with peculiar feelings that I present to the pub lic this book of verse; being aware that it will meet the keen eye of the critic. Some of my productions have appeared as fugitive pieces in various religious Magazines and Periodicals of the day; there is, there fore, less to be anticipated on that score, than if they were all fresh culled. If the mind Of the reader is not elevated with flights of the imagination, the heart may be cheered and encouraged, as it participates with the writer in the joys that flow from that pure stream which meanders through the valley of humiliation. Many of these effusions have been pencilled while suffering affliction from the hand Of a merciful God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.