ng of which confirmed me in my
convictions, and aided me to a better knowledge of the good Book of
Providence.

After some twenty years of experience, I began to teach the principles of
interpretation embodied in these discourses. Some three years ago I
began to give a series of sermons on the Ten Lost Tribes. I soon found
my own congregation, as well as the public, were interested and profited
with the same, as was manifest from the large and constant attendance
thereon. By personal interviews and letters, I have been gratified to
learn that many have been savingly and truly converted to God through
these Discourses. Especially has this been the case with those who were
infidel in faith and action towards God and His Word. I have received
hundreds of letters thanking me that the key of interpretation presented
had made the Bible an interesting and easily understood book. The
interest created gave rise to numerous requests for copies of my sermons.
The notice by the public press now and again intensified the interest and
increased the demand. To meet this desire I made arrangements with the
editor and proprietor of a weekly paper called the _Champion_ to publish
my evening Discourses. At once the arrangement was found to be
profitable to him, agreeable to me and admirably suited to the public.
So for more than a year the _Champion_ has been my faithful messenger on
this line, and will continue to be. It is a weekly paper, published at
132, Nassau Street, New York; price one dollar per year. I am not
personally interested more than this. With its politics and other matter
I have nothing to do; but for the sermonic matter I hold myself
responsible. I feel free to express my pleasure in the wonderful
increase of its circulation. I am glad it goes all over the States, the
Dominion of Canada, and is in goodly demand in Great Britain.

After I had been preaching on this subject for some time, I made,
fortunately, the acquaintance of a name-sake of mine, Mr. Joseph Wild, of
Bay Ridge, near Brooklyn. On this subject I found him remarkably well
posted. He had lots of books, pamphlets, papers, and maps on the matter,
any or all of which he gave me liberty to use. Through him my attention
was called to the valuable writings of our English brethren on this
point, Edward Hine, Rev. Mr. Glover, M.A., Rev. Mr. Grimaldi, M.A.,
Philo-Israel, and a host of others, whose writings have helped me very
much. Our English fri