Excerpt from The Battlefield Reviewed: Narrow Escape From Massacre by the Indians I have been for some time impressed that it was my duty to write out a history of my life and labors, of my trials and successes, and the great goodness of my Divine Master toward me through all of my history; but more especially through the many years in which I was devoted to the Christian ministry. But the duty never became a reality until the anniversary of my birthday, when I had reached sixty-eight years. On that day it was so forcibly impressed upon my mind, that not a doubt remained as to its being present duty; when I left my room of devotion and entered upon my work. This occurred on the 6th day of December last; and from that time to this I have been engaged nearly every day (Sundays excepted) in writing out the present volume. It may interest my readers to know that the work of a lifetime is all written from memory. Not a scrap of memoranda have I had to assist me from the beginning to the end, and yet I have not wanted for names, dates, or even the language itself. Never before this had I fully appreciated the language of our Saviour in relation to the office of the Holy Spirit: "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance," etc. And I here record my gratitude to God for assistance so timely in this the day of my necessity, and for health and strength of body to enable me to complete my work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.