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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. tl. on of t1 . ll ,. 08 bcinO' appropriatcu to their usc. 10 ga 011 o There w 11 011 ever~ y body cl ·c had partaken of the ' . d tl 0 benediction had been pronounced, COlUll1UlllOll, an l the 1nt.n 1. s t cr sa1· a , " Cotne down, no\v, n1y colorc<l fn.c u d s. ,, Tl 1cy ol>"cy cd~ the sunun0n ·., and partook of b d d Wl· 110 the rca an ' i'l commcn1orat1on of the n1cck .~. . an d 1o w1 y J csu S , Wl10 said ' " God 1s your Father, and all ye are brethren." ( The Church and Slavery. XIII. TilE CIIUUCII AND L.AVERY. AFTER the alar1n caused by Nat Turner's insurrection had . nb ·iucd, the ·ln.veholder. can1e to the conclusion that it would lJe \vell to give the .·lave · enough of r eligious in ·trnction to keep then1 fro1n nn1rdering their n1astcr . 'l'he Epi copal clergyn1an offered to hold a, separate service on nndays for their Lenefit. IIis colored n1en1bers ·were very fe\v, a1u..l al o Yery respectable- a fact \vhich I pre ·un1e had sorne \vcight wiLh hi1n. The difiiculty wa to <lc ·i<le on a t\nital>le place for then1 to wor. ·hip. The ~Iethotl i~t an <1 Daptist churches achnitLecl then1 in the afternoon; hut their carpets and cu ·hi on \vere not o co. -tly a· tho.-e at the Episcopal church. It \vas at la 't decided that they s,wuld meet at the house of a free colored 1nau, who was a 11101nbcr. I was invited. to attend, becau e I could r ead. Sunday evening c:une, anJ, t ru. t ing to the CO \~er of n i o·ht, I Ycntnred out. I rarely YenLnred ouL by daylight, for I alway ·went \Vith fear, expecLing at every turn to encounter Dr. Flint, ·who \vas ure to t urn n1e back, or orc1er n1e to his office to inquire ·where I got n1y bonnet, or 01ne other article of dres.-. \Yhen the l~ov. :Me. Pike can1e, there 'verc son1e t wenty persons pre - cnt. 1'ho reverend gentlen1an k nelL in prayer, then seated hi1nself, ancl requested all pre ent, who could read, to open their book , \vhile he gaYe out the portions he wishcJ then1 to repeat or re~pond to. |