"THEM ALSO:" THE STORY OF THE DUBLIN MISSION. BY THE AUTHOR OF "HOLLY AND IVY." "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. PREFACE. HAVING known much of the working of the Dublin Mission to Roman Catholics for the last sixteen years, I have often thought how interesting the record of its difficulties and successes would one day be. And so, from the very commencement, I have stored away copies of reports and magazines, and those small papers which, having created an interest for a while, give place to others of fresher interest. And now, from these sources, and all others within my reach, having taken counsel with all of the earlier labourers who are left, I have at length written the narrative; and I send it forth with the earnest prayer, that He who makes use of the weakest instrument, will take even this, and make it the means of stirring up many hearts to feel for the perishing souls around them, and of encouraging those who, by earnest efforts, according to the talents God has given them, are endeavouring to occupy till He comes. |