Trinity College
Cambridge
12 Feb 1905
My dear Dr Howitt
I am much grieved
to learn from your letter
received today the very serious
condition of Mr Fison's health.
I trust he may rally and
that your next letter may
give more hopeful news. But
all his friends cannot help
being anxious.
I received the petition
from Spencer with the Australian
signatures, and it has been
signed by a number of
Wesleyan clergymen in this country. As the
statement in the petition
seem to me hardly full
enough. I have drawn up
another, on the same lines