HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE MISSIONS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE North American Colonies, PREVIOUS TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES: CHIEFLY FROM THE MS. DOCUMENTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. BY ERNEST HAWKINS, B.D. FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S, AND SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE "She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1845. TO THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS OF THAT APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH HAS SO GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HERSELF TO BE "INDEBTED, UNDER GOD," TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND "FOR HER FIRST FOUNDATION, AND A LONG CONTINUANCE OF NURSING CARE AND PROTECTION," These Historical Notices ARE RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, IN THE EARNEST DESIRE THAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CHURCHES MAY EVER REMAIN INSEPARABLY KNIT TOGETHER IN ONE COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP, TO THE INCREASE OF BROTHERLY LOVE, AND THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. |