Foreword

This book is dedicated to the descendants of Rev. John D. Rossier who came from Switzerland in 1854 and eventually settled in northern Vermont.

He was the father of 14 children and had at least 42 grandchildren. Many of us can look back at our parents or grandparents and in the character of these people we can recognize the traits instilled by the dedicated, faithful man whom God used to do His work.

There has never been a period of time in the history of the world when there has been such drastic changes as in the last few generations. In this short span of time, the mode of travel has come from horse power and steam power to jet and out-of-space travel. Our writing and recording techniques have come from the straight steel pointed pen with an ink well to the seemingly endless capabilities of the sophisticated computer. When you think of the hundreds of years that have gone by in ages past with hardly any progress in the way people lived, we have to feel fortunate to have seen this span of time. Some of the Rossier families have lived long lives, well into their 80's and 90's but others had their lives cut short. Some, in their prime years, others so young that they were never to experience what it is like to have a family of their own. Every day we take a step down the path way of life, a step we can never take again. We are guided by our own experience, by knowledge of those who went on before us, and by the hand of God. Let us now reflect as we follow the Footprints In Our Path!.

Gifford O. Rossier

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