Goes to Texas. At Home
again. Works on. 113

CHAPTER XIX.

Reflections on his Fiftieth Birthday. What a Wonderful Being is
Man! Governed, not by Instinct, but by Reason. Man Lives by Deeds,
not Years. How to Grow Old. Half of Life Spent in Satan's Service.
Renewed Consecration. Last Three Birthdays. His Trust in God. 118

CHAPTER XX.

Conclusion, by the Editor. Tokens of Love from Many. Keeps Writing.
Controversy with the _Standard_. Last Meeting with His Mother.
Visited by Professors McGarvey and Graham. Commits His Writings to
the Latter. Visits Eminence and Lexington. Many Brethren Come to
See Him. Meeting at Mt. Byrd. Estimate of His Character. The
Closing Scenes. Farewell to His Family. Dies. Funeral Services. 127

PART II.--ADDRESSES.

I.--Culture and Christianity: their Relation and Necessity. 137

II.--Self-culture. 159

III.--Plus Ultra _vs._ Ne Plus Ultra. 175

PART III.--SELECTIONS.

NEW TESTAMENT VIEWS OF CHRIST.

I.--Christ the Lamb of God. 190

II.--Christ the Bread of Life. 194

III.--Christ the Water of Life. 199

IV.--Christ the Son of God. 202

V.--Christ the Son of Man 212

VI.--Christ the Great Teacher 218

VII.--Christ the Deliverer 223

VIII.--Christ the Great Physician 230

IX.--Christ Our Mediator 236

X.--Christ Our Mediator (continued) 242

XI.--Christ Our High Priest 249

XII.--Christ Our Righteousness 254

PART I.--AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

CHAPTER I.

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull"
Entertainment. Removal to Ohio and Return. Fight with his Mother.
Gets Lost. His Father Buys a Farm. The "Improvements." Plenty of
Hard Work. His Opinion of Work and of Play.

I was born near La Grange, Oldham county, Ky., March 7, 1836. My
father, Francis Myers Allen, was born in Brown county, Ohio, December
7, 1807. He was the son of Thomas Allen, who, in 1812, when my father
was o