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Barley Wood, or, Building on the rock. Parker, J. M. (Jane Marsh), Mrs. (1836–1913).
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BARLEY WOOD; OR, BUILDING ON THE ROCK.

BY

MRS. J. M. PARKER,

AUTHOR OF "THE BOY MISSIONARY," "THE LITTLE CHURCHMAN'S LIBRARY," "LOSING THE WAY," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK: DANIEL DANA, JR., 381 BROADWAY.

1860.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-nine, BY DANIEL DANA, JR., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. BILLIN & BROTHER, PRINTERS. RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS.

PREFACE.

BARLEY WOOD aims rather to present and defend the essential points of our faith, in contrast with those of the sects, than to attack, with sectarian bitterness, creeds dissenting from our own. I may have drawn unfavorable comparisons—true ones, all will admit—but it was solely from a desire to strengthen the love of the children of the Church for her system, usages, and privileges.

I have endeavored to defend the Church in the words of her well-known writers, as far as it was practicable, often placing their sentiments in the months of my characters, chiefly that of Mr. Bellamy, the Rector of Litchfield who, in the eleventh chapter, is made to quote extensively from a multitude of authors.

The class of readers borne particularly in mind in writing this book, embraces those preparing page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ] paring for Confirmation, it having been the devout desire of the author to assist in acquainting them with the foundation of the Church in which they profess to believe, and in contending for "the faith once delivered to the Saints."

J. M. P.

ROCHESTER. N. Y., 1859.

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