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The three sermons in verse, "Easter in Heaven,"
"Heaven in Easter" and "The Shadow of the Angel,"
published by L. Prang & Co., were intended only for the
congregation before which they were first delivered; but
the kindly requests of many who heard them have led the
author to submit them to a wider field.

Having been written during the pressing duties of a
large parish, and with no thought of their appearance in
the present form, they are sent forth with no expectation
of literary recognition, but with the simple hope that they
may bear some measure of comfort to such hearts as are
pleased to receive them.

If their influence be but as the humble flight of a butterfly
over a little child's grave, leading some grieving mother
to look up, they will have received the highest tribute
that is craved.

Church of the Pilgrimage,
Plymouth, Mass.,

Jan. 14, 1895.