Had it not been for the case of Jonathan Strong, he might never have attached himself to the cause.

A similar account may be given of Mr.Ramsay; for, if it had not been for what he had seen in the island of St.Christopher, he had never embarked in it.

It was from scenes, which he had witnessed there, that he began to feel on the subject.

These feelings he communicated to others on his return to England, and these urged him into action.
With respect to the second class, the reader will recollect that it consisted of the Quakers in England: first, of George Fox; then of the Quakers as a body; then of individuals belonging to that body, who formed themselves into a committee, independently of it, for the promotion of the object in question.

This committee, it may he remembered, consisted of six persons, of whom one was William Dillwyn.
That William Dillwyn became fitted for the station, which he was afterwards to take, will be seen shortly.