BY THE

REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A. M.

LATE RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE.

A NEW EDITION, ENLARGED, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR,

BY THE REV. JOHN AYRE, A. M.

DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO THE EARL OF RODEN.

"Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the Poor."

Psalm lxviii. 10

NEW YORK:

J. & H. G. LANGLEY, 57 CHATHAM STREET.

MDCCCXLI.

ΤΟ

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ.

THIS LITTLE WORK

DESIGNED TO BEAR A TESTIMONY, DRAWN FROM REAL

FACTS AND OCCURRENCES,

TO THE

INFINITE VALUE OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH,

When received in the Heart and exemplified in the Conduct,

IS DEDICATED,

AS A TOKEN OF GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE REGARD, WHICH

THE AUTHOR ENTERTAINS TOWARDS A CHARACTER

SO LONG AND JUSTLY APPROVED,

AS

THE FAITHFUL MONITOR OF THE RICH, THE TRIED

FRIEND OF THE POOR, THE UNWEARIED

SUPPORTER OF RELIGION, AND THE

ACKNOWLEDGED BENEFACTOR

OF MANKIND.