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Preface.

harmony with the faith and practice of the church.

The whole work has been submitted to the careful supervision of Eld. James Quinter, whose knowledge of the faith, practice, and general order of the church, is sufficiently complete to make him a safe counsellor.

Hoping that the work will tend to a greater unanimity of order and practice throughout the Brotherhood, and that it may receive the patronage of the church, we now send it forth, praying God's blessing on every effort made to promote the cause of religion in the world.

The Author.