Excerpt from The Power of Christian Benevolence: Illustrated in the Life and Labors of Mary Lyon The following memoir ought earlier to have been presented to the public. But it has not been in my power. It was not till several months after Miss Lyon's decease that I reluctantly consented to take charge of its compilation. I say reluctantly, not because I thought it an unimportant matter to bring out the private history of such a woman, but because my hands were already too full, and my health too poor. The result was, that before much progress had been made in the work, I sailed for Europe; not, however, until I had requested the trustees of the seminary to put the work into other hands. But on my return I found it still upon me, and I have urged it forward as rapidly as the pressure of other duties has permitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.