I feel deeply the love which prompted you to send me a complimentary certificateEditorial Note: McCrackan was invited to take the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education. for the next term of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College. The honor is great and I feel overwhelmed by the sense of responsibility which it brings. But the voice of God is speaking. Mrs Augusta E. Stetson, through whom the Truth has come to me, handed me your letter tonight. I shall leave for BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts tomorrow, full of gratitude and wonder at the great blessing which has come to me.

As a boy I often passed along the road from ConcordEditorial Note: Concord, New Hampshire to St. Paul's School, where I was from 1878 to 1882 and again in 1886-1887 as a teacher. Every part of the road is familiar to me, and the spot where your own "Pleasant View" is situated comes before my mind as I write.

I pray that I may be worthy of the great work which lies before me, and that I may eventually be able to prove to you the sense of gratitude which fills me.

Dear Mother, accept the respectful affection of one of your children