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mitted to him, and to others fully competent to judge of the 

 representation given, and now go forth with their sanction and 

 approval. 



May He who has given strength to complete a record, written 

 under the shadow of heavy grief, be pleased to add His abun- 

 dant blessing, and to illustrate afresh one of the laws of His 

 kingdom : " That which thou sowest is not quickened except it 

 die." 



J. A. W. 



ELM COTTAGE, 

 EDINBURGH, December 1860. 



