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DISCOURSES

ON THE

DUTIES AND CONSOLATIONS

OF

THE AGED.

OLIVER & BOYD, PRINTERS.

DISCOURSES

ON THE

DUTIES AND CONSOLATIONS

OF

THE AGED.

VERMY
ИАТІЯЖ

BY HENRY BELFRAGE, D.D.
RY BE

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, FALKIRK,
AUTHOR OF "A MONITOR TO FAMILIES," &c.

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The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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PREFACE.

To the work now submitted to the world the Author was led by his former publications. It has been suggested to him, from various quarters, that a volume of Discourses to the Aged would be a suitable appendage to his Monitor to Families and to his Sermons to the Young; and the kind reception with which these books have been honoured has encouraged him in the present effort.

To the admonition of the aged some ancient moralists directed the lessons of wisdom and the power of classic eloquence; nor has this topic been neglected by the ministers of the gospel; and, while we admire the ingenuity and the beauty with which some of the heathen sages have descanted on the virtues and the solace of age, we feel the peculiar advantage which the Christian teacher hath in his counsels, arising from the examples of the Bible, the extent of its morality, the riches of its grace, and the brightness of its hopes. Mr Orton's Discourses to the Aged are marked by practical good sense and enlightened piety; and the Sermons of the late Dr Lawson discover that acquaintance with the Scriptures, and that simplicity, mingling with holy wisdom, by which that venerable man was distinguished. But in this field there is ample scope for new labourers; and it was the Author's impression that there were various characters, promises, and ad

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