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tions of imprisonment. A consciousness of the purity of his 

 motives, however, amply compensates him for all these and 

 much more. 



The indulgent reader will pardon the intrusion of these re- 

 marks. They have been deemed to be necessary, in conse- 

 quence of certain misrepresentations which some persons have 

 either wilfully or ignorantly put forth, as to the author's con- 

 tinued attachment to the truths of Revelation. 



April 5, 1832. 



