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PREFACE.
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Thk Editor now concludes the last volume of the present Series of The Monthjly Repository , and he cannot dismiss a work which has occupied his thoughts for Twenty-Ohe Years
without feeling some painful emotions . The work has been to him and many others a measure of time , and he is naturally led to reflect at the present moment on the number of friends
who assisted at its commencement , but have been withdrawn to the land of forgetfuliie & s ( and some of them long ) before its conclusion ! Their memory will ever be cherished by him with esteem and gratitude .
Many are happily yet living to serve the cause of truth , who have contributed to lighten the Editor ' s labours and to make them successful , some few from the beginning of the work .
These it would be a pleasure to him to name , if it were allowed . He must content himself , however , with giving them his cordial thanks , and expressing for them his best Christian wishes .
The Editor cannot flatter himself that in so long a period , and such a multifarious work , he has not committed errors and
given offence ; but he is entitled to say , that he has acted in every case of doubt as seemed to him best at the time , and
therefore hopes for an indulgent review of his humble labours . If the testimony of friends does not mislead him , he may cherish the persuasion that The Monthjly Repository has been in
PREFACE .