SER. XXVI. REV. DR. LELAND. SER. XXVII. REV. MR. BALDWIN Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827. THE NATIONAL PREACHER: OR _ORIGINAL MONTHLY SERMONS_ EDITED BY REV. AUSTIN DICKINSON, NEW YORK. * * * * * POSTAGE--_One Cent and a half_, not over 100 miles; _Two Cents and a half_, any distance over 100. TO THE REVEREND CLERGY:-- The undersigned proposes to commence another Periodical, of original plan and character, provided that adequate pledges of supplies shall be furnished. The Work to bear the following title, or something similar, viz.: =THE AMERICAN PASTOR'S JOURNAL:= OR _Original Sketches of real Characters, Conversations, and striking Facts. Furnished chiefly by Clergymen._ The following imperfect sketch of topics to be embraced, may serve to illustrate the plan:--1. Instances of very early piety.--2. Striking results of Parental faithfulness, or unfaithfulness; of filial respect, or disrespect.--3. Cases of individuals raised from deep obscurity, or wickedness, to eminent usefulness.--4. Remarkable cases of conviction.--5. Cases of great hardness of heart, from resisting convictions.--6. Distinctly marked cases of submission and conversion to God.--7. Cases of awful relapse into sin.--8. Cases of strong temptation and trial.--9. Cases of strong faith and confidence in God.--10. Peculiarly manifest interpositions of Providence, in mercy or judgment.--11. Instances of the wrath of man being made to praise God.--12. Cases illustrative of the influence of piety on the intellectual powers.--13. Instances of extraordinary beneficence or covetousness.--14. Death-bed scenes, of the Christian, the backslider, the infidel, the universalist, the profane man, or the worldling.