Thanks be to God for the precious privilege of preaching His glorious Gospel with the types that out-reach ten thousand tongues! And thanks also to a number of friends, whose faces I never saw, but whose kind words have cheered me through more than a half century of happy labors.

I cannot conclude this brief chapter without expressing my deep obligations to that noble organization, the "American Tract Society," which has given a wide circulation to many of my books--including "Heart-Life," "Newly Enlisted; or, Counsels to Young Converts"-- and "Beulah-Land," a volume of good cheer to aged pilgrims on their journey heavenward..