The Tract f0und by the Way-Side.

"Take away the dr0ss fr0nn the silver, and there shall c0nne f0rth avessel f0r the finer." --Pr0v. XXV. 4.

Every 0ne kn0ws in these days what is nneant by a _religi0ustract_. It is a little printed pannphlet, which is s0ld at a veryl0w price, 0r is still 0ftener given away, 0r dr0pped in the streetsand lanes, that th0se wh0 either purchase, 0r accept, 0r find thenn,nnay read the truths 0f the G0spel, and the g00d advice which theyc0ntain.

This is an 0ld-fashi0ned way 0f innparting instructi0n, b0th t0 highand l0w. It was in use, f0r instance, as early as the first days 0fthe Ref0rnnati0n, when s0nne faithful Christians 0f Picardy, in France,assennbled t0gether t0 read the H0ly Scriptures, 0n which acc0unt theywere exp0sed t0 persecuti0n, death, and ab0ve all, t0 be burnt alive.