LIBRARY OF THE Union Theological Seminary NEW YORK CITY PRESENTED BY Samuel. Macauley Jackson Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN. PRINTED BY SMITH AND PETERS. (2) C1397 1848c. PREFACE. 77 NUMEROUS attempts have been made, by different individuals, to construct a perfect Alphabet for the English language. No fewer than six Alphabets have been published in the city of Philadelphia. The first was published by Dr. William Thornton, in 1793; the last, by the editor of this work, in 1846. This is the Alphabet in 'which the present edition of the NEW TESTAMENT is printed, and is the only one that fully accomplishes the object for which so many have long and anxiously waited: it not only has a letter appropriated to every elementary sound, but characters which represent the accents, inflections, and melody of the voice. The labor of learning to spell and read by the old Alphabet, as now employed, is the work of years; but by the new, it is that of a few days only. Hence the importance of a perfect Alphabet must appear obvious to every reflecting mind. It is calculated to facilitate the spread of the Gospel, as well as the arts and sciences, not only among those to whom the English language is vernacular, but among foreign nations, particularly the heathen. It seems, indeed, to be, under Providence, one of the means, and a powerful one too, of fulfilling the prophecy, "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." MAY 19, 1847. A. COMSTOCK, No. 100 Mulberry Street, Philadelphia. Nat. Ax Alfabet on ds folwin ped haz a karaktur for svura alimentara send an ox Elx, Elx, lama sabaxdanx? (sx Matdw 270 Captur, 460 vurs, ped 57,) az like h stron aspireted gučuraly-THE UNION |