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LONDON:

J. UNWPN, GRESHAM STEAM PRESS,

BUCKLERSBURY.

PREFACE

TO THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

ANOTHER year has rolled over us; and although we cannot trace the pathway of our little work, nor hear the many remarks made about it in the eighteen thousand families we visit monthly, yet have we a few of its foot-prints to encourage us.

Our little periodical wins its way; not only does it maintain its standing in these truly trying times, but it enlarges its borders-for we know it has an echo in mothers' hearts. We are told that many look for its appearance with eagerness and delight, and that amidst their many trials and sorrows they expect something from "THE MOTHERS' FRIEND" to comfort them-something to guide and direct; and it gives us a pleasure, which more than compensates for all our care and anxiety, to know we do not labour in vain.

We have tidings to cheer us from missionary fields— from Scotland, from Ireland, and from our own happy isle; hence we have abundant encouragement to proceed in our work; and, God helping us, we will go forward cheerfully. May His Holy Spirit accompany the reading of its pages,

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