Excerpt from In Memoriam: A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Late Rev. George Duffield, D.D It might be immodest for any one to appropriate these words to himself. For there are very few who would be warranted in speaking of themselves, as the Apostle Paul could speak, when his work was done and he was ready to be Offered. Neither is the number large, when speak ing of whom, we would venture to select this passage as a foundation Of remark. All of Christ's followers finish their course, keep the faith, and have before them a crown Of righteousness, but remembering who said it, and the life too at the close Of which it was said, there are many with reference to whom we should hesitate to take the words of the great Apostle to the Gentiles, and say, they have fought a good fight. Called upon, however, in the providence of God, to Speak of one who, by more than a half century of faithful service, made himself a veteran soldier of the cross, no words have suggested themselves as so appropriate for the occasion, as these of the Apostle Paul. 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.