It is then my devout prayer that you may be led to discover, from the perusal of the following Letters, that there is in every human bosom a gradation of life, commencing with the FIRST CAUSE of all things, and proceeding through the soul, or instrumental cause, to its ultimate effect in the body, where it renders itself manifest by an indefinite variety of forms, of sensations, of appetites, and operations. And my further prayer is, that thus, by a serious attention to what is passing every day in your bodies, you may be led on, not only to the knowledge of that FIRST CAUSE, but also to such a measure of humility, of love, of adoration, of gratitude, of obedience, as may prove you to be involved in that higher prayer of your REDEEMER, where it is written, “That they ALL MAY BE ONE,
