My Inquiry Meeting

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Accordingly the notice for this meeting was given out regularly from the pulpit, the same as that Of the weekly prayer meeting. I was at pains to explain that the meeting was not to be confined to souls in an anxious state about their personal salvation but was open to Christians who were in any perplexity about religious subjects or any thing that was disturbing their peace Of mind, or hindering their growth in grace. Even persons troubled with sceptical doubts were urged to come and have a candid talk with me. The result was I was seldom without inquirers, and the conversations on these occasions greatly help ed me in preparations for the pulpit. They gave me something to aim at of a definite character, and made my sermons more practi cal than they might otherwise have been. I have thought that it might be both inter esting and profitable to record some of the conversations at these meetings. In doing this however, I do not pretend to give the very words uttered by either the inquirer or myself, but only the general line Of thought that was given.