been subjected, and to labor with zeal in the work which will then
devolve upon us of educating and elevating them.

My story is not one of UNUSUAL interest. Thousands and ten of
thousands equally affecting might be told, and many far more romantic
and thrilling. What a day will that be, when the recorded history
of every slave-life shall be read before an assembled universe!
What a long catalogue of martyrs and heroes will then be revealed!
What complicated tales of wrongs and woes! What crowns and palms
of victory will then be awarded! What treasures of wrath heaped up
against the day of wrath will then be poured in fiery indignation
upon deserving heads! Truly, then, will come to pass the saying
of the Lord Jesus, "The first shall be last and the last first."

Then, too, will appear most gloriously the loving kindness and
tender mercy of God, who loves to stoop to the poor and humble,
and to care for those who are friendless and alone. It seems as if
our Heavenly Father took special delight in revealing the truths
of salvation to this untutored people, in a mysterious way leading
them into gospel light and liberty; so that though men take pains
to keep them in ignorance, multitudes of them give evidence of piety,
and find consolation for their miseries in the sweet love of God.

It is the dealings of God in guiding one of these to a knowledge
of himself, that I wish to relate to you in the following chapters.



CHAPTER II.