THE STORY

OF THE

IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS.

PART I.

+

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROVIDENTIAL PREPARATION
WHICH LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SOCIETY FOR IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS

TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS

IN 1843.

BY THE REV. ALEX. DALL'AS, M.A.,

RECTOR OF WONSTON, 'HANTS.

AND HONORARY SECPFTAKY TO THE COCIETY

"The very hairs of your head are all numbered."-MATT. x. 30.
"Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's
And there was a great rain."-1 KINGS Xviii. 44, 45.

hand.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR

The Society for Erish Church Missions,

11, BUCKINGHAM STREET, ADELPHI;

AND SOLD BY

MESSRS. HATCHARD AND CO., PICCADILLY; NISBET AND CO.,
BERNERS STREET; SEELEY AND CO., FLEET STREET;
AND MACINTOSH, PATERNOSTER ROW.