"My dear Friends and Benefactors,
I venture to dedicate this little Book to you, for more reasons than one. I would have it stand as a memorial of my gratitude for all the affectionate intercourse which you have permitted to exist between the sons of St. Philip and yourselves; an intercourse which has been bound up with the dearest, because the most sacred interests of your lives. For four years and more you have made our cause your own, and have rejoiced in our successes, and been anxious in our anxieties, as if they had been yours ; while on our side, your griefs and cares, your sorrows and trials, you well know, have been taken upon ourselves, according to the poor measure of our love, and lightened, so far as heart can lighten heart in Christ. " Digitized by Google