LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY S. LIPPINCOTT LATE OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A MINISTER IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."- PHILADELPHIA: WM. H. PILE'S SONS, PRINTERS, 422 WALNUT STREET. 1893. PREFACE. The reader will bear in mind that this work has been prepared for the press at the request, and by direction of some of the relatives of M. S. L. These felt desirous to preserve her writings in a form more convenient and more permanent than that of manuscript, also to give to the many who had known and loved her, an opportunity to learn something of her inner, as well as of her outer life. In the hope that it may prove acceptable to her friends without, as well as to those within the circle of kindred, and to some even beyond the limits of personal acquaintance, it is submitted to such as may feel inclined to peruse it. |