C137916

1885, June 25,

Gift of

Henry G. Denny,

of Boston.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by

HERMAN HOOKER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

TO THE PARISHIONERS

OF

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BOSTON.

AMONG WHOM I HAVE GONE PREACHING THE GOSPEL

FOR THIRTEEN YEARS,

SOME WHOM ARE PRECIOUS TO ME AS SEALS OF MY MINISTRY,

ANY ENDEARED BY THE SYMPATHY OF JOY AND SORROW,

AND ALL BELOVED IN THE LORD,

I DEDICATE

THIS VOLUME, IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR MANY KINDNESSES

TO ME, AND IN TESTIMONY OF

THE LOVE AND CONSTANT AFFECTION WITH WHICH

I AM FAITHFULLY,

THEIR FRIEND AND PASTOR,

ALEXANDER H. VINTON.

Boston, Sept. 3, 1855.