Recollections of a Long Life

Transcribed from the 1894 Hodder and Stoughton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org.
BY JOHN STOUGHTON, D.D
AUTHOR OF “ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND,” “STARS OF THE EAST,” ETC., ETC.
London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW
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Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
THIS VOLUME OF RECOLLECTIONS IS DEDICATED TO MY LIFE-LONG FRIEND THE REV. JOSHUA CLARKSON HARRISON, WHOSE WISDOM HAS AIDED ME IN PERPLEXITY, WHOSE SYMPATHY HAS CHEERED MY SORROWS AND ENHANCED MY JOYS, AND WHOSE CONSTANT FRIENDSHIP HAS BEEN THE PRIVILEGE OF MY FAMILY AS WELL AS MYSELF.
J. S.
More than forty years ago I edited the autobiography of the Rev. W. Walford. This book, which fully answers to its name, is a remarkable production, entering into the secrets of the author’s soul, unveiling the struggles and sorrows of a mysterious experience.
The work now published is of a very different kind. It really relates to others more than to myself, and brings within view some incidents of religious history and aspects of personal character more interesting than any confined to my own experience. It presents associations during a long period spent in various work, in distant journeys, and in friendly intercourse with many distinguished persons.
I enter into no theological discussion, or any relation of spiritual conflicts, the results of such introspection, as the autobiography of my departed friend describes. I only give recollections of what I have seen and heard, especially in relation to those whom it has been my privilege to regard as more or less intimate friends.