Appendix a. p. 17

From our Yearly Meeting held in London, by adjournment from the 20th. of the 5th. Month, to the 29th. of the same inclusive, 1840.

To the Yearly Meetings of Friends on the Continent of North America.

” Dear Friends,

” We think it a favour to us, and we accept it as an evidence that our Lord is mindful of us, that from one time to another, when thus assembled for mutual edification, and the renewing of our spiritual strength, we are in any small measure brought afresh to the enjoyment of that love which flows from God to man, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; and under its blessed influence quickened to exercise of mind, not only for the health and prosperity of all those professing the same faith with ourselves, but for the coming of the kingdom of God upon earth, and the universal prevalence of righteousness and truth amongst men. This love has often brought us in Christian compassion and tenderness of spirit, deeply to feel for that portion of the great family of man subjected to the degradation and cruelty of slavery.