CONVERSATIONS

ON

The Parables

OF

THE NEW TESTAMENT.

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ON

The Parables

OF

THE NEW TESTAMENT;

FOR THE

USE OF CHILDREN.

SECOND EDITION.

"And with many such parables spake He the word unto them,
as they were able to hear it.

"And without a parable spake He not unto them: And when
they were alone, He expounded all things unto His disciples."
MARK iv. 33, 34.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET, BERNERS STREET.

MDCCCXXXII.

PREFACE DEDICATORY.

To MRS.

My dear,

IN dedicating my little work to you, I feel that I secure one indulgent, and (you tell me I may add) one approving Reader. I am aware of the difficulty of the task which I have undertaken: I am conscious how impossible it is to unfold the full beauties, and the hidden meanings of the Parables of the

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