THE MESSAGES OF THE PRINCE, AND HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED. BODLE HEC "But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, PREFACE. THE writer of this little book commends it to the kind consideration of the public. If, by God's blessing, its simple pages should prove the means of arresting a fellow-sinner, and prevailing with him to escape from the snares of the enemy, and follow his Prince; or encourage any trembling one to go on with more confidence in His love; or induce any careless one to accept His message, and watch; the object and prayer of the author will be answered. The Messages of the Prince, and how they were received. I CHAPTER I. THE COUNTRY. THOUGHT I was a stranger travelling in a strange country, where many and various scenes attracted my attention. The people seemed too much engrossed in their different occupations, either of pleasure or business, to heed me; so that I went amongst them almost unobserved. Some were engaged in tilling the ground, labouring hard from sunrise to sunset. Some cultivated fair gardens, filled with rare and beautiful trees and flowers. Some worked at the loom, bending with pale and sickly faces over rich and delicate fabrics, which they wove with their thin fingers, forming a strange contrast to their own emaciated appearance, which the constant confinement soon produced. Some wrought in gold and silver. Some dug in deep mines, far underground, where the sweet breath of heaven never reached, nor the bright sunlight visited them; but they lived and died in these dark caverns. Some sought for gold, and appeared insatiable B |
