Apples Of Gold

The author of this book desires that those who read may receive spiritual help, and to that end speaks freely out of his heart. Even now being well along in the evening time of life, a retired minister of The West Ohio Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, while not strong enough for "the active work," he ardently hopes to render a service of helpfulness through the printed page. This volume can hardly be called an autobiography, although the writer gleans largely from his own personal history, which course he hopes will not give offense, subjecting him to the charge of egotism. He surely deplores such a course, and seeks to avoid it. Having promised before the open Conference to "preach and maintain" the doctrines of Methodism, his life has been largely given to the "spread of scriptural holiness over these lands."
While the author has a peculiar love for those in the enjoyment of "The Fullness of the Blessing of the Gospel of Christ," and he has often spoken of "the holiness people" as "the best people in the world," he is free to say they have made some serious mistakes, and would tenderly admonish them, hoping thereby to "show them the more excellent way." And this he does, fully determined, whether men will hear, or forbear, to "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints." Let us be faithful to the end. Amen. C. E. R.