Excerpt from A Cluster of Poems, for the Home and the Heart: Gathered by the Author at Leisure Hours The author of this volume of poems was born in Statesville, North Carolina, February 6th, 1801. From early manhood to this day, he has been among the busiest and best workers of his time. He became a student of necessity; for from early boyhood he hungered and thirsted after truth. Thorough elemental training laid a good foundation for the ble superstructure of varied and useful learning which even w, while the almond tree flourishes, employs his energies; for such a man, though realizing that he can never finish in this world the work God gives him to do, must keep over in his heart that word of the Master: Occupy till I come. In medicine, science, literature, and theology, our hored friend has been, without intermission of zeal, an enthusiastic, painstaking student. As physician, scientist, writer, and preacher, he holds an horable place among his contemporaries. For nearly half a century he has been identified with the great interests of education. Thousands throughout the South still live to bless him for the lessons learned in his class and lecture rooms. The vauntings of atheistic science bring alarms to his steadfast heart. He has learned, for himself, that God in nature and God in revelation are one. He hails with delight all real discoveries in science, and claims them as trophies for his King and Saviour. He believes, with great-hearted Milton, that Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness, and shall be justified at last by her own children. Intimate kwledge of our author naturally reminds one of Lord Bacon's wise saying: It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. 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 techlogy 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.
