COMFORTS AND COUNSELS FOR THE AGED.

BY

WILLIAM E. SCHENCK, D.D.

PHILADELPHIA: PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, 1334 CHESTNUT STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

THE TRUSTEES OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

WESTCOTT & THOMSON,

STEREOTYPERS, PHILADA.

CONTENTS.

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'PREFACE

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• WOULD YOU BE YOUNG AGAIN?...........CAROLINE, BARONESS OF Nairn.

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THE FATHER-LAND.....................FROM THE GERMAN OF CLAUS HARMS. 101

I KNOW THAT I MUST DIE...........FROM THE GERMAN OF B. SCHMOLKE. 155

AS CHRIST CHOOSES......

THE BLESSED HOPE.........

........RICHARD BAXTER. 157

....................... REV. AUGUSTUS M. TOPLADY. 159

PIETY EXEMPT FROM THE DECAYS OF AGE......JOHN GOSMAN, D.D. 162