SMALL MEANS AND GREAT ENDS.

EDITED BY MRS. M.H. ADAMS

Word of Truth, and Gift of Love,

Waiting hearts now need thee;

Faithful in thy mission prove,

On that mission speed thee.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY JAMES M. USHER,

No. 37 Cornhill.

1851.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

JAMES M. USHER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts

PREFACE.

From the encouragement extended to our worthy publisher on thepresentation of the first and second volumes of the Annual, we concludethat the experiment of 1845 may be regarded as a successful one, and thepreparation of a little work of this kind an acceptable offering to theyoung.

The present year, our kind contributors have afforded us a much moreample supply of interesting articles than could possibly appear. Weregret that any who have so generously labored for us and our youngfriends, should be denied the pleasure of greeting their articles on thepages of the Annual. Let them not suspect that it is from anydisapproval or rejection of their labors. Be assured, dear friends, weare more grateful than can properly be expressed in a brief preface. Ourwarmest thanks are due our old friends, who, in the midst of otherarduous duties, have willingly given us assistance. Let our newcorrespondents be assured they are gratefully remembered, although wehave not the pleasure or opportunity to present their articles to ourreaders in the present volume. They are at the publisher's disposal foranother year.

May the blessing of our Father in heaven rest upon the little book andall its mends.

M.H.A.