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INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,

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THE CHRISTIAN'S LEGACY;

OR,

BIBLE DIRECTORY.

BY THE REV. WILLIAM JACKSON.

THE CHRISTIAN'S LEGACY having gone through 10 editions, in a short s.p.a.ce of time, the writer has no other apology to offer for the 11th edition, than a belief of its proving useful to _all_ Christians of every denomination.