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Show 110 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. very dirfercut clergyn1:.u1 took his place. The chan.ge ~ , \~er · anTccahlc to the colored people, 'YhO .'atd, \\ a y 0 "GnJ. hns ~cui u · a good nuut th1· s tn· ne. ' ' 'l'l1 cy l oYccl hitn, ,~nd their chilJ.rcn follow cl hin1 for a f'n1.ilc or a kind word. Even the slaveholder.· felt hi .· influence. lie brought to the rectory fisc slave . llis 'vife taught thC1n to read and write, and to uo u seful to her nucl thCtnscl ve . A · soon as he was eLtled, he· turn0d his attention to the needy slaves around hi1n. Ilo urgccl 1.1-pon his parishioner tho cluty of hav~ng a n1eeting exprcs~ly for thCln ev0ry S~tnday, ~\·tth a sern1on adapted to their cornprchcns10n. AJtcr nru ch argu- 1nent and iru portun ity, it was ftna1ly agreed that they 1111o·ht occnpy the gu1lery o[ the church on Sunday ev~ning. . ~!any colored people, hitherto unaccus- ) torncd to attend church, now gladly \vent to hoar the ~~~~$=~- go pel preached. 1'he ·crn1ons were '-'i1nplo, and they under toocl tllcn1. ~foreovcr, it wn. the first tin1e they had uYer been adJ.rcs cd as hun1an being'. It was not long ucfore hi, white parishioners began to be dissatisfied. lie ·was accu ed of preaching bettor sern1ons to the ncoToes than he did to then1. lie honestly con-b fessccl that he lJestowed 1norc pains upon those scnnons than upon any others; for the slaves were reared in such ignorance that it was a difficult task to adapt hiinsclf to their co1nprchension. Di · ·on ions arose in the parish. So1ne wanted he should preach to thmn in the evening, an<l to the slaves in the afternoon. In the 1nidst of these dispntings his wife died, after a very short illness. Ilcr slaves gathered round her dying bed in great sorrow. She said, " I have tried to do you good and protuote your happiness; and if I have l •. I l The Church and Slavery. Ill failed, jt has not been for ·want of intcre.t in your welfare. Do not weep for Hle ; uut prepare for the new duties that lie ucfore you. l lcaye you all free. May we 1ncct in a better \Vorhl." 1lcr libcratc<l .·laves were sent away, \vith funds to estalJlish thcn1 co1nfor tauly. rrho colored people ·will long lJless tho lllClllory of that truly Christian \VOD1a11. Soon after her death her hu ·band preached his farewell scnnon, and 1uany tears were ·hod at his departure. Several years aCtor, he pa · od through our town and preached to hi: for1ner congregt,tion. Iu hi · afternoon sennon he addres eel tho colored people. " ~fy frieuus," said he, " it afford , n ; great happine · to have an opportunity of speaking to you again. For two years I ha vo been striving to do ·on1e thing for the colored people of' lllJ 0\Vll pari ·h; hut n othing i · yet accotnplished. I have not even preached a ennon to thetn. Try to live according to the word of God, n1y friends. Your skin is darker than 1nine; but God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins." This \vas strange doctrine fron1 a southern pt~lpit. It was very offcn ·ive to slaveholders. They smd he and hi wife had 1uado fools of their slaves, and that he preached like a fool to the negroes. I knew an old black 1nan, whose piety and childlike trust in God were beautiful to ·witne ·s. At fiftythree years old he joined the Bapti t church. IIe had a n1ost carne t desire to learn to read. IIo thought he should know ho\Y to serve Go<l better if he could only read the Bible. lie ean1e to n1e, and Legged 1nc to teach hi1n. IIo said he could not pay me, for he had |