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Show PltLFAC£. breathe n humnni1.ing ami subduing influence, ftwornhlc to th~ <lt•n •lopmcnl of th grral principles of 'hristiHn hrotlwrh<HHI. 'fhc htuul uf henc1 ol~>ncc ii crery11 hrre "tr •kh~•l out, BCilrching into Hbust•s, righting \\Tong,., nllt·l inling distres."'<'~, and bringing to the kilo\\ lPJg-1' nnrl sympathic~ uf the wodtl the lo11ly, the opprc--rd, nntl the forgutlt•n. In this grnt't1d null •nwnt, unhappy Afric:\ nl I:L~l is n•mrmhrrcd; Africn, 11ho h~gnn tho rncc of ciriliz11tiun nn1l hum11n JH'ngre>>~ in th • tlim, gnty dn11 n of enrly time, hut who, for t•enluric<, hns In in bound nn<l hlcrtling nl tlw fuut of ci1 iliz tl nn1l 'hristinnizr< l humanity, imploring cumpn.•.•ion in min. Dul Ute h~nrl of tho tlmnitumlrHt'C, who lut1· been hrr con<tuerot'>', lwr hun! mn.,lt•rs, h:t>~ ttl lrn;:th brcn turn <I lowanl" lwr in llll'l'I'J ; anti il has bt•en srt·n how fttr nohh•r it is in rmtinrh to prntt•d the fct·hlt• than ln uppr~,, tlwm. 'l'hnnk, h•• lu God, the wnrld htlli nti:L'l outli1ctl tiH• slan•-tnuk! The ohj<'cl of lhl''" ,kf.fdteg i~ tu awaken sympathy 111111 fl·Piing fur tlu• ,\frit•an race, '" tlwy ,j,t among- u~ ; to show Uwir \\Tun~~ nnd sorn•'' ..;, unth:r a ~ysh\m !o>O Jlf'f'P"'~:\rily r•nwl HJHl unju ... t f\..i tt> PnEP \CP.. I' ll ,Jf'f,·at nrul do nwny thr goo.! r[rcf. nf nll that l'nn h•• nth·mpk•l for them, hy their he-l frit n•l•, untlt·r it. In dnin" thi , tht' nuthor l'tlll t(illt'l'rdy tli ... daim 1\Tl)' in' idiuu~ f1•t• lin~ tnwnnl~ tho~ indi' iduul who, uffl·n 11ithnut any fnull of tlwir 111111, nr• i111uhr•l in th~ trinl nrul t·mharrn.•·mt•nL~ of tl11• !.- •nl n·hliurH uf •laHry. E, t"'ri•·tl<'<' luL~ >Ito II n lu•r that Mmc nf tlH' rtnhlt·'l nf min•l< nn•l lwnrLi nn• nfi<•n tim>! in1oh•••l ; nn•l no "'"' ~""" hl'llt-r thnn th ·y <In, that 11 hal lila) lu• gatlwn·.I of thP 1·1 il< of '''" f'ry from kddwi lik<• tlw t', i~ ll<ll thr half that rnul<l ht• tuhl, nf thP un pt•nkahiP 11hnl•·· [n tlw nnrtlu·m tnt<· , lht• o n•pn·•<·ntatiun~ mny, pt·rhap , he thnu)(ht t'ari,·ntun·< ; in thr uutlu·m •tnt<· llr<' 11itnt• ,. 11h•l knuw tlu·ir ti•ldity. "hal pt·rsnn:d knn11 1•·•1 •11 tlu• nulhur hn h:ul, nf thr tmth of inri,lt·ut ~udt IL'i )u·rtl unl n:lah•1l, \\ill nppt•ar in it tilll<'. It i 11 t•umfurt t<J hop~, tc 0 11\:111)" of thLI 1\ uri• I' nrru\\ tUhl wrun,..... h•l\t', frum UJ.:I' t•) n '•', ht·t·n lht-•1 tluwn, .. .., ll time hall l'umc "hen ""kl\tdtc lmilnr |