A LECTURE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE ISLINGTON PROTESTANT INSTITUTE, ON MONDAY, 26TH JUNE, 1848. BY THE REV. EDWARD HOARE, M.A., INCUMBENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, RAMSGATE. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE ISLINGTON PROTESTANT INSTITUTE, BY J. H. JACKSON, ISLINGTON GREEN; SEELEYS, FLEET STREET; HATCHARDS, PICCADILLY. 1848. Price One Shilling . ALEXANDER MACINTOSH, PRINTER, GREAT NEW-STREET, LONDON. President.—REV. D. WILSON, M.A. Treasurer.—GEORGE FRIEND, ESQ....

ADAMS, J. FRANCIS. HEISCH, REV. J. G. SPURLING, J. ATKINSON, R. M. HILL, REV. T. B. STOGDON, REV. A. H. BENTLEY, WILLIAM. LORD, JAMES. SUTER, E. BULLOCK, J. LOVELOCK, E. SUTHERLAND, REV. JAS. EDMONSTONE, REV. C. W. MACKENZIE, REV. W. B. THORNTON, HENRY. ELMER, J. MARSHALL, SAMUEL. VENN, W. W. ESCREET, THOMAS. NALSON, REV. J. WADDINGTON, JAMES. ESCREET, THOMAS, JUN. OVER, REV. EDWARD. WESTERN, W. FELL, REV. H. F. PAINE, WILLIAM D. WITHERBY, F. GREEN, JOHN. PECKETT, GEORGE. WILKINSON, CHAS., M. D.

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