TO

CHARLES JAMES FREAKE, Esq.

OF CROMWELL HOUSE, SOUTH KENSINGTON,

THIS VOLUME IS (BY PERMISSION)

Respectfully Dedicated,

IN RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANT AND MUNIFICENT LAY ASSISTANCE IN THE
WORK OF CHURCH EXTENSION IN THE SUBURBS,
AND OTHER NUMEROUS CHRISTIAN, CHARITABLE, AND CATHOLIC-SPIRITED EFFORTS
FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY,
AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF HIGH PERSONAL ESTEEM BY

THE AUTHOR.

Dear Sir,

It was said of one of old, “He loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.” It is no less a pleasure than a duty to recognize genuine patriotism; and wherever it exists in its highest character, it is associated with zeal for the extension of the Church of God commensurately with the nation it loves. Although, Sir, your habitual modesty would not allow you to invite the commendation, I cannot forbear according it to you, that by the blessing and providence of God you have realized the ideal. Having contributed largely by honourable enterprise to the extension of the suburbs themselves, you have been mindful of the spiritual interests of the population. Two handsome churches—St. Paul’s, Onslow Square, and St. Peter’s, Onslow Gardens—are due to your Christian thoughtfulness and generosity. Some men can only project such works, and leave others to execute and pay for them; but you, Sir, have been endowed with the will and the power to do all these yourself; and you have done them with that unaffected zeal and good will to men, which, as it commands our admiration, will not fail of the blessing of Heaven. On various other good works of Christian charity for the education and improvement of the physical condition of the poor, I need not now dwell. They are well known to your neighbours, and to all who daily share their benefits, and will not be forgotten in time to come. For these reasons I have deemed it appropriate to dedicate to you this work, in the subjects of which you take so deep and practical an interest. Praying that your useful life may be long preserved to us an example and blessing to many,

I am, dear Sir,
Yours sincerely,
WM. PEPPERELL.

Charles J. FREAKE, Esq.