“The way appears plain for me to ask my friends to enter into the consideration of whether this, or what other time may be looked to for the accomplishment of my engagements of mind to visit again the colony of Sierra-Leone. The religious instruction of some of the dear children is near to my heart.

“A visit to Africa was what at one time I could not look at with much expectation that it could be effected on account of the want of strength of body, and, indeed, I had erased the name from a memorandum in which the prospect had been alluded to. Divine Power is all-sufficient, and He will give strength for whatever it shall be His pleasure to call for. Oh! that quietness and patience may be given in all situations through which, in life's pilgrimage, I may be called to pass; remembering that it is required of me to ‘bear all things,’ and that I am not to expect the favours that have been, and may yet be imparted, without accompanying trials.

“11th. In looking to the practice of singing in congregational concert there seems to be a difference as to the habit and constitution of people.[…]”