Excerpt from An Appeal to the Christian Public, on the Evil and Impolicy of the Church Engaging in Merchandise: And Setting Forth the Wrong Done to Booksellers, and the Extravagance, Inutility, and Evil-Working, of Charity Publication Societies<br><br>I have written the following pages with a deep conviction of the truth of the principles which I have stated, as applying to the subject. I have never done any thing for which I am more willing to be solely responsible; but, having commenced without my name, I have thought it most suitable to the modesty I ought to observe, to let it still appear in that form.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.