Excerpt from Unpublished Letters Since my arrival in London I have heen so taken up with matters of husincfs, which could not he delayed, and with the hind attentionf of friends who ought not to he neglected, that though I have daily thought of you, 59� of my ohligations to write to you, yet till now I have not had itfairly in my power to do so. I was willing alfo to wait a little 699 see whether any matter worth communi cating to you might arise. But nothing of this hind has happened. The husinefs of the Society's ...
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Excerpt from Unpublished Letters Since my arrival in London I have heen so taken up with matters of husincfs, which could not he delayed, and with the hind attentionf of friends who ought not to he neglected, that though I have daily thought of you, 59� of my ohligations to write to you, yet till now I have not had itfairly in my power to do so. I was willing alfo to wait a little 699 see whether any matter worth communi cating to you might arise. But nothing of this hind has happened. The husinefs of the Society's mifsionaries in Connecticut'did not come on at their meeting the 17th as I expected 599 wished, 69� whether it will he hrought forward at their next meeting which will he on the 3rd Friday in 7anuary, I can get at present no information. Some think it will not come on at all as a good many of the clergy 59� some dignified ones, commend the Step that has heen tahen as a necefsary 59� proper measure. 4 friend told me, that in a conversation with the Bishop of Lincoln, his Lordship justified the matter without reserve, and said he saw no good reason either civil or ecclesiastical, whv my application here was rejected. 1 helieve I shall tahe my pafsage for New Yorh in the ship Triumph, Capt. Stout, - hoth the names, will] hope prove happily ominous, - who will f ail at the latest the [st of March. The Master is of my particular acquaintance, a friendly, ohliging man 55 a good Churchman 59� very anxious tohave the honor of carrying over the Bishop of all //merica. I pray God he may have a good voyage, not only for his own, hut alfo for the for whom you will suppo e, l have a great Regard. Must again expre/ s my hope that your sermon is printed and that shall not he cisappointcvl in my expectation of taking out 100 Copies with. Me to l'lease to draw upon me for the expence, 59� also for the expence of the Tracts 69� any other puhlications you shall thinl' proper to send me. Shall alfo he glad to have a variety in hind, if not a great nun/her, o every puhlication; think nothing that relates to the eau/e of lt'piscopacy too infigni/'icant or that can a/sist in forming �9 estahlishing an infant church, too trifling to fend to me. Livery thing in that way will he of use to me and will] ave me trouhle, and shall have enough to do with all the help l can get. L>'esides to have the same Instructions given in a different way, or the fame Doc trines incu/catcvl in a different mode, will not lay the foundation (j, nor prohahly produce that intimate and clo/e connection hetween the Scotch and Cmnufcticut Churc/uxs, which l earnestly wish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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