The next reference to "Our Colony" comes from England. In the year 1701 there had been founded in London a Missionary society whose name was "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." It is still in vigorous existence, and from its letter book it appears, that on October 2, 1719, a petition sent by some one in Virginia was laid before the society asking it to assist these Germans; and it is clear that whoever penned the petition was hoping to turn these people to the Church of England. The letter from the Secretary of the Society to the writer says, "The letter book containing this petition is still in existence, although the original petition has been lost; no signatures appear to the petition in the letter book." The Secretary also says that the petition was referred to a committee, which reported March 20, 1720, "that they had read the case of the German families in Virginia and agreed as their opinion, that Virginia not being under the immediate care of the society, they cannot properly send a missionary thither, but are of opinion that 25 copies of the common prayer in the German language be given them by the Society." Which report was agreed to. Can anyone guess what these members of the Reformed church did with these books of common prayer? The petition in full follows: "The case of 32 Protestant German families settled in VA, humbly sheweth: that 12 protestant German families, consisting of about 50 persons, arrived April 1714 in VA, and were therein settled near the Rappahanck River. That in 1717, seventeen protestant German families, consisting of about four-score persons came and set down near their countrymen, and many more both German and Swiss families, are likely to come and settle likewise. "That for the enjoyment of the ministries of religion there will be the necessity of building a small church in the place of their settlement, and of maintaining a minister who shall catechise, read and perform divine offices among them in the German tongue, which is the only language they do yet understand. "That there went indeed with the first 12 German families, one minister named Henry Haeger, a very sober, honest man, of about 75 years of age, but he being likely to be past service in a short time, they have empowered Mr. Jacob Christopher Zollicoffer of St. Gall Switzerland, to go into Europe, and there obtain, if possible, some contributions from pious and charitable Christians, toward the building of their church, and bringing over with him a young German minister, to assist the said Mr. Haeger in the ministry of religion, and to succeed him when he shall die; to get him ordained in England by the Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop of London; and to bring over with him the liturgy of the church of England, translated into High Dutch, which they are desirous to use in their public worship. "But the new settlement consisting of but mean persons, being utterly unable of themselves to build a church and to make up a salary sufficient to maintain such assisting minister, they humbly implore the countenance and encouragement of the Lord Bishop of London, and others the Lords and Bishops, and also the venerable society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts; that they would take their case under their pious consideration, and grant their usual allowance, for the support of a minister, and if it may be, to contribute something towards the building of their church. And they shall ever pray that God may reward their beneficience both here and hereafter." (This petition may be found in Bishop Parry's Historical Collections, VOl. I, page 247. Bishop Mead also gives it in his "Old Churches and Families of Virginia.'" Article 34, with a curious omission which has propagated a singular mistake. He makes the petition read "arrived April 17 in Virginia," no year being given. This has since been quoted as stating that the colony arrived in Virginia on the 17th day of April. to make sure of this matter, the writer wrote again to the society, and the Secretary answered that the letter book reads" "Arrived April 1714 in Virginia." The day of arrival is not known.) TO BE CONTINUED.