The Backwoods Preacher

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

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Excerpt from Experiences of a Backwoods Preacher: Or, Facts and Incidents Culled From Thirty Years of Ministerial Life To Walk together in harmony two must be agreed. This is Bible sentiment, and it is as applicable to going through a book as it is to walking along a country road or a city street. But no two independent thinkers can reasonably expect to see exactly alike in every particular. The best thing that they can do is to agree to differ without alienation or contention. In writing the following pages I have stated many facts and incidents. For the substantial truthfulness of every line I can vouch without any misgivings. But 1 have also given my opinions on a variety of things. Of the correctness of these you must judge for yourself. You will find some things that will not suit you; and you will say things that would not suit me, if I could hear them. So that in the matter of fault-finding we will come out about even. But, on the other hand, you will find some things that you will like, and you will say some things that I would like, if I could hear them. So that in the matter of appreciation and approval we may reckon ourselves to be about even also. 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 technology 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.