*.6 OF THE Rev. WALTER BALFOUR, AUTHOR OF LETTERS TO PROF. STUART, AND VARIOUS OTHER PUBLICATIONS. BY THOMAS WHITTEMORE. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY J. M. USHER, No. 37 Cornhill, 1852. BX. 14 cop, 2 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by JAMES M. USHER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 9510 27-2 PREFACE. I have been induced to prepare the Memoir of Rev. Walter Balfour, by the solicitations of several of my ministering brethren. I had known him, ever after his arrival in this country. He took up his residence amid the scenes of my youth; and it was permitted me to see every step of his progress. The predominant moral qualities of Mr. Balfour were honesty, love of Scripture truth, a fearless spirit of inquiry, and independence to assert and defend what he believed. His knowledge of the Scriptures was extensive; and the works he produced, although not all regarded by the writer as faultless, were very valuable, and have |