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Multitudes of subconsciously-remembered ideas from friends and speakers and books go into the making and phrasing of any writing intended to cover a vast subject for popular use. To all of them an author would, if he were able, give grateful thanks for the help which they have been to him in his thinking. But only their ideas and not their names remain. He can, however, acknowledge the gracious kindness of those who read the first manuscript in 1935 and enabled him, by their suggestions, to avoid some of the pitfalls inevitably attendant upon generalization, and to indicate matters which he had neglected to treat. The Rev. Drs. Frederic M. Adams, Edward R. Hardy, Otis R. Rice, Howard C. Robbins, George A. Trowbridge, and Williams L. Savage, Esq. did this friendly service, and I am grateful for their generously-given help.

Forty years on, only two of these friends are alive today. As the Church and the world have continued increasingly to grow and change throughout this period, the necessity has arisen for a complete revision of the text. The Rev. Dr. Cotesworth P. Lewis and Mr. Timothy J. Kenslea of the Editorial Department of Morehouse Publishing have read the present manuscript and made challenging criticisms which have been eminently helpful. To them, as well as to the many down the years who in person or by letter have made suggestions about the book, I am deeply grateful.

J.B. BERNARDIN

All Saints’ Day, A.D. 1977,

Williamsburg, Virginia.