Mr. F. G. Burgess was a native of Tilehurst, near Reading, being born in that village in the year 1847. When but 11 years of age he found his mother sitting in her chair, dead, her death being due, it is believed, to heart failure. Shortly after this, on the re-marriage of his father, he left the parental roof and started life on his own account. This life appears to have been a very chequered one. After spending a year or two in the country, be found his way to London and took his own course in sinful practices.

Dear Mr. Editor,—I have been born twice; firstly, in the village of Tilehurst, near the Town of Reading, Berks. My life has been  a chequered one. At the age of eleven I found my dear mother sitting in her chair dead. Her sudden exit was probably caused by heart-disease. Shortly after this, upon my father's remarriage, I left the parental roof, and have from that time been getting the bread that perisheth by the sweat of my brow. After spending a year or two in different places in the country, I went to the Metropolis, where for several years I was left to plunge into sin. My only wonder is that God did not banish such a Wretch from the earth. Returning to the Town…