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  THE

  SHEEPFOLD AND THE COMMON.

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  DRAWN BY G. H. THOMAS.       ENGRAVED BY W. L. THOMAS.

  THE OLD SHEPHERD.

  Vol. i. page 2.]

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  Sheepfold
  and the
  Common
  OR
  WITHIN & WITHOUT.

  Blackie & Son Glasgow Edinburgh and London.]




  THE

  SHEEPFOLD AND THE COMMON:

  OR,

  WITHIN AND WITHOUT.


  VOL. I.

  "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
        me."--JOHN x. 27.

  "Them that are without God judgeth."--1 COR. v. 13.

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  BLACKIE AND SON:

  GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LONDON, AND NEW YORK.

  MDCCCLXI.


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PREFACE.


This Work was originally published, above thirty years ago,
under the title of the _Evangelical Rambler_. It has long been
out of print; and its republication at the present time has been
recommended, as calculated to assist in arresting the progress
of some popular errors and dangerous institutions, and in aiding
the advancement of truth and social happiness. This opinion was
strengthened by a knowledge of the fact, that, according to the most
accurate calculations, from sixty thousand to a hundred thousand
copies of the Work, under its original title, were issued from the
English press, whilst in America it obtained