THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN'S DAILY WALK. BY SIR ARCHIBALD EDMONSTONE, BART. LONDON: JAMES BURNS, 17, PORTMAN STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE. 1840. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following pages were suggested by the delightful little treatise of the "saintly" Herbert, "The Priest to the Temple, or the Country Parson;" but neither from that, or from Mr. Roberts' popular work, "The Portraiture of the Christian Gentleman," am I aware that I have at all borrowed my materials. My object has been to present a course of Christian conduct in the higher walks of life; I have endeavoured, therefore to confine myself, as far as possible, to what may be considered strictly practical. I have a strong feeling against a layman engaging in controversial topics; and in declaring my adhesion to Church principles, I understand such principles as were asserted by our Reformers and their illustrious successors, and upon which the Church |