THE children’s SERVICES AT CAMDEN ROAD. 37 
children of Camden Road, he often referred to it as 
one of the happiest periods of his life.” 
At the moment of departure, whilst waiting for his 
cab, Mr. Comber scribbled a hurried note to his friend, 
John Hartland, in which he says, “Tell those children 
on Wednesday evening how much I feel leaving 
them, how dearly I should like to see their faces 
JOHN HARTLAND. 
again. God bless them.” And when he reached 
Liverpool, he wrote more at length : — 
“ Oh, I felt so lonely last night coming from 
Sheffield to Liverpool, and I took out some of the 
photographs of the dear little ones at Camden Road, 
and thought of and prayed for them one by one ; it 
was the next best to seeing their faces. And when 
I thought over the loving wishes they had expressed 
in their letters, and the assurances in so many of them 
