Published in 1864 | 378 pages | PDF reader required
PREFACE
In writing THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS, second series, I have desired to help man onward toward perfection. If any one hath found one good idea, let him cast it into the reservoir from which all may drink. If in the following pages any one shall receive strength in uprightness or encouragement in good action, then is all gained which I have desired.
In our great weakness it is well to help one another. There is no rational man but who at times is blessed with ideas that could and would do his brother good. Thou hast one gift, I have one, we cannot change; let us each improve that which we have, and surely more will be added unto us.
I believe but few men know their high privileges. But few really strive to cultivate and thus elevate those noble inward powers of the soul which alone can place man on solid ground. Truth is glorious, but far more elevated is that power which comprehends it.
Truth is always clear and bright; it is the absence of truth which is dark and mysterious. There is a light in the spirit of man which will lead and guide into all truth. This light is what thou can know of thy Father's spirit. Whatever size thou art, it fills thee and is never wasted.
That which fills one will not therefore fill another. In writing this book I feel satisfied only truth has been written, but knowing my very littleness, let all who read be on their guard and accept nothing in this or in anything else as truth which does not meet the witness for truth in their own soul.
I have nothing to gain. My reward has been in the writing, therefore I have nothing to lose.
Respectfully,
THE AUTHOR.
