A. I think, my friend, you are guilty of a great wrong against
God and humanity--I say it without wishing to be offensive and
it would be perfectly right for any one to free those you
wickedly hold in bondage. I am not here to gratify revenge, but
because I pity those who have none to help them.

Q. Do you consider this a religious movement?
A. The greatest service man can render to God.

Q. Do you consider yourself an instrument in the hands of
Providence?
A. I do.

Q. Brown, suppose you had every nigger in the United States, what
would you do with them?
A. Set them free.

Said Governor Wise of Virginia, 'Mr. Brown, the silver of your
hair is reddened by the blood of crime, and you should eschew
these hard words and think of eternity. You are committing
felony by these sentiments.' Brown replied, 'Governor, I have by
all appearances not more than fifteen or twenty years the start
of you in the journey to eternity, and whether my time has to be
long or short I am equally prepared to go. There is an eternity
behind and an eternity before, and this speck in the centre,
however long, is but comparatively a minute. The difference
between your tenure and mine is trifling, and you have all of you
a heavy responsibility and it behoves you to prepare more than it
does me.'