In Mr.M'Clutchy it is possible I may be mistaken; in Mr.Hickman it is possible I may be mistaken--I am not infallible--I am frail--a very sinner, but not removed wholly, I would trust, out of the range of grace.

My Lord, I say again, that, as a conscientious man, and as far as mere human reason--which is at best but short-sighted--enables me to judge, I am truly cheered in spirit by this, I trust, providential change in the agency of your property.

My Lord, in my various correspondence, I generally endeavor to make it a rule not to forget my Christian duties, or, so to speak, to cast a single grain of the good seed into the hearts of those to whom I am privileged to write.

The calls of religion are, indeed, strong upon us, if we permitted ourselves to listen to them as we ought.

Will your lordship then pardon me for reminding you, that, however humble the instrument, I have before now been the honored means of setting your godly examples of charity before the world, with the single-hearted purpose and hope that it might imitate your virtues.