Incidents in a busy life An autobiography

Excerpt from Incidents in a Busy Life: An Autobiography
Mr. Bullard has kindly asked me to write a few words which may accompany the book which he now sends into the world. An introduction seems superfluous. Very few men are better known in the churches and homes of New England than the revered author of these personal sketches. Far beyond the bounds of the states in which his life has, for the most part, been spent, and beyond the shores of our country, his name and face and work are familiar. He has had the great advantage of coming to us in our childhood when the mind readily gains impressions which do not pass away. Into my own boyhood, as I recall it, comes the recollection of the tall man with his white hair and sunny face, his genial voice and winning manner, with the wise lessons which he taught and illustrated in a way which was all his own. He had the faculty of saying things so that they stayed where he placed them, and not only preserved the memory of the man, but made his words a living force in the young life. Now, in the fullness of years, he still walks among the churches, and children are listening to a man whom their grandfathers and grandmothers knew and admired.
Mr. Bullard has already written a valuable book upon Sabbath-schools, their history and methods; a book rich in information and suggestion. It seems fitting that he should add to that another work which should give more of the man himself. Many will be glad to know of his childhood, of the things which happened to him when he was a boy, of the varied incidents which have had their place in a life which has been long and industrious and successful. All this can be found in the modest pages of this book. The man thinks aloud, and changes his recollections into words. The story is told in his own manner. Every one who knows the tones of his voice will hear them as he reads. Mr. Bullard always knew how to tell a story, and he has well used his gift in his own biography. All this will be manifest to those who turn these leaves.
As I have this humble part in sending the book on its errand of love, I am sure that I express the feeling of a great company of men and women in thanking the author for all he has done for generations of boys and girls and in asking for him many years of the same service.
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