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sea port town.
The sun shone
upon the windows of the build
ings and the flags of the ships
with great brightness, and added
much to the splendour of the
view.

I thought of the concerns of empires, the plans of statesmen, the fate of nations, and the horrors of war. Happy will be that day, when he shall make wars to cease unto the end of the earth, and peace to be established on its borders!

about ten miles in circumference, bounded by high cliffs of white, red, and brown-coloured earths. Beyond this lay a range of hills, whose tops are often buried in cloudy mists, but which now ap peared clear and distinct. This chain of hills, meeting with another from the north, bounds a large fruitful vale, whose fields, now ripe for harvest, proclaimed the goodness of God in the rich provision which he makes for the sons of men. He prepares the In the mean time, let us be corn: he crowns the year with thankful for those vessels and in- his goodness, and his paths drop struments of defence, which, in fatness. They drop upon the the hands of God, preserve our pastures of the wilderness, and country from the hand of the ene- the little hills rejoice on every my, and the fury of the destroy-side. The pastures are clothed er. What, thought I, do we not with flocks; the valleys also are owe to the exertions of the nu-covered over with corn they merous crews on board those shout for joy, they also sing. ships, who leave their homes to fight their country's battles, and maintain its cause, while we sit every man under his vine and They that go down to the sea fig-tree, tasting the sweets of a in ships, that do business in great tranquillity unknown to most waters: these see the works of other nations, in those days of conflict and bloodshed!

As I looked upon the numerous ships moving before me, I remembered the words of the Psalmist ;

the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and On my right-hand, to the south raiseth the stormy wind, which and southeast, the unbounded lifteth up the waves thereof. They ocean displayed its mighty waves. mount up to the heaven, they go It was covered with vessels of down again to the depths; their every size, sailing in all direc- soul is melted because of trouble. tions. Some outwardly bound to They reel to and fro, and stagger. the most distant parts of the like a drunken man, and are at world; others, after a long voy-their wits' ends. Then they cry age, returning home laden with unto the Lord in their trouble, the produce of other climes. and he bringeth them out of their Some going forth in search of the distresses. He maketh the storm enemy. Others sailing back to a calm, so that the waves thereof port after the hard fought engage- are still. Then they are glad, ment, and bearing the trophies of because they be quiet: so he victory in the prizes which ac- bringeth them unto their desired companied them home. haven. O! that men would

At the southwest of the spot praise the Lord for his goodness, on which I was riding, extended and for his wonderful works to a beautiful semi-circular bay of the children of men." Ps. cvii. VOL. II....No. 8.

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The Negro Servant then oc-votion. The Creator appeared curred to my mind. Perhaps, in the works of his creation, and To the believthought I, some of these ships are called upon the creature to hoHe bound to Africa, in quest of that nour and adore. possesses most infamous object of merchan-er, it is doubly so. In- a covenant right to the enjoyment dise, a cargo of black slaves. human traffic for a nation, that of nature and providence, as well All things bears the name of Christian! Per-as to the privileges of grace. His haps these very waves, which are title-deed runs thus : now dashing on the rocks at the are your's; whether Paul, or Apfoot of this bill, have on the shores ollos, or Cephas, or the world, of Africa borne witness to the hor- or life, or death, or things prerors of forced separation between sent, or things to come; all are wives and husbands, parents and your's; and ye are Christ's, and children, torn asunder by merci- Christ is God's." less men, whose hearts have been

I cast my eye downwards a litcommon tle to the left towards a small hardened against the It is surfeelings of humanity by long cus-cove, the shore of which consists tom in this cruel trade. "Blessed of fine hard sand. are the merciful, for they shall rounded by fragments of rock, obtain mercy." When shall the chalk cliffs, and steep banks of endeavours of that truly Chris- broken earth. Shut out from hutian friend of the oppressed negro man intercourse and dwellings, it be crowned with success, in the seems formed for retirement and On one of these abolition of this wicked and dis- contemplation. I unexpectedly observed a man graceful traffic?* As I pursued the meditations sitting with a book, which he was which this magnificent and varied reading. The place was near two scenery excited in my mind, 1 hundred yards perpendicularly approached the edge of a tremen- below me: but I soon discovered dous perpendicular cliff, with by his dress, and by the black coIlour of his features, contrasted which the Down terminates. dismounted from my horse, and with the white rocks beside him, The breaking that it was no other than my netied it to a bush. of the waves against the foot of gro disciple; with, as I doubted the cliff at so great a distance be- not, a Bible in his hand. neath me, produced an incessant joiced at this unlooked-for opporThe sea-tunity of meeting him in so soliand pleasing murmur. gulls were flying between the top tary and interesting a situation. I of the cliff where I stood, and descended a steep bank, winding the rocks below, attending upon by a kind of rude staircase, their nests, built in the holes of formed by fishermen and shepthe cliff. The whole scene in herds' boys in the side of the cliff every direction, was grand and down to the shore. impressive: it was suitable to de

The day has since arrived, when the
persevering efforts of Mr. Wilberforce to
accomplish this happy purpose, have been
The slave trade is abo-
fully answered.
lished. The church of God rejoices at this
triumph of Christ over Belial.

I re

He was intent on his book, and did not perceive me till I approached very near to him.

"William, is that you ?" "Ah! Massa, me very glad to How come Massa into see you.

this place? Me thought nobody | sinner's ransom. You can say in here, but only God and me." the words of the hymn,

"I was coming to your master's house to see you, and rode round by this way for the sake of the prospect. I often come here in fine weather, to look at the sea,

and the shipping. Is that your

Bible?"

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"I am glad," said I," to see you so well employed. It is a good sign, William."

"Yes, Massa, a sign that God is goot to me; but me never goot to God."

"How so?"

"I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.'

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"O yes, Sir, me believe that Jesus die for poor Negro. What Negro, if Christ no die for him. would become of poor wicked

But he die for the chief of sinners, and dat make my heart sometime quite glad."

"What part of the Bible were you reading, William?"

"Me read how de man upon the cross spoke to Christ, and Christ spoke to him. Now dat man's prayer just do for me. "Me never tank him enough: Lord, remember me.' Lord, remember me never pray to him euough : poor negro sinner: this me never remember enough, who is my prayer every morning, and give me all dese goot tings. Mas-sometime at night too; when me sa, me afraid my heart is very cannot tink of many words, then bat. Me wish me was like you.' me say the same again, Lord, re“Like me, William? Why, member poor Negro sinner." "And be assured, William, you are like me, a poor helpless sinner; that must, like yourself, the Lord hears that prayer. He perish in his sins, unless God, of pardoned and accepted the thief his infinite mercy and grace "pon the cross, and he will not pluck him as a brand from the reject you; he will in nowise burning, and make him an instance cast out any that come to him.” of distinguishing love and favour. "No, Sir, I believe it; but There is no difference; we have there is so much sin in my heart, it make me afraid and sorry. both come short of the glory of God: all have sinned." Massa, do you see these limpets,* "No, me not like you, Massa; how fast they stick to the rocks me tink nobody like me, nobody here? Just so, sin stick fast to feel such a heart as me.' my heart."

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"Yes, William, your feelings, "It may be so, William, but I am persuaded, are like those of take another comparison: do you every truly convinced soul, who cleave to Jesus Christ by faith in sees the exceeding sinfulness of his death and righteousness, as sin, and the greatness of the price those limpets cleave to the rock, which Jesus Christ paid for the and neither seas nor storms shall separate you from his love." In the course of conversation, he some- "Dat is just what me want." "Tell me, William, is not that very sin which you speak of, a

times addressed me with the word "Massa," for "Master," according to the wellknown habit of the negro slaves in the West Indies; and sometimes, "Sir," as he was taught since his arrival in England; * A kind of shell-fish, which abounds in but the former word seemed to be the most the place where we were, and which sticke familiar to him. to the rocks with exceeding great force.

burden to you? You do not love in Christ, will show his faith by it you would be glad to obtain his works, as the Apostle says. strength against it, and to be freed Is it not so, William ?" from it, would you not?"

"O yes; me give all this world, if me had it, to be without sin."

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Yes, Sir, me want to do so. Me want to be faithful. Me sorry to tink how bat servant me was, before the goot tings of Jesus Christ come to my heart. Me wish to do well to my Massa, when he see me and when he not see me, for me know God always see me.

"Come, then, and welcome to Jesus Christ, my brother; his blood cleanseth from all sin. He gave himself as a purchase for sinners. He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. "Me know, dat if me sin He was wounded for our trans- against mine own Massa, me sin gressions; he was bruised for against God, and God be very anour iniquities; the chastisement gry with me. Beside, how can of our peace was upon him, and me love Christ, if me not do with his stripes we are healed. what Christ tell me. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Come, freely come to Jesus, the Saviour of sinners."

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"Yes, Massa," said the poor fellow weeping, me will come but me come very slow; very slow, Massa; me want to run, me want to fly. Jesus is very goot to poor Negro, to send you to tell him this."

"But this is not the first time you have heard these truths."

No, Sir, they have been comfort to my soul many times, since me hear goot minister preach in America, as me told you last week at your house."

"Me love my fellow-servants, though, as I told you before, they not much love me, and I pray God to bless them. And when they say bad tings, and try to make me angry, then me tink, if Jesus Christ were in poor Negro's place, he would not revile and answer again with bat words and temper, but he say little, and pray much. And so then, me say nothing at all, but pray God to forgive them."

The more I conversed with this African convert, the more satisfactory were the evidences of his mind being spiritually enlightened, and his heart effectual"Well, now I hope, William, ly wrought upon by the grace of that since God has been so gra- God. ciously pleased to open your eyes, The circumstances of the place and affect your mind with such a in which we met together, congreat sense of his goodness, in tributed no little to the interestgiving his Son to die for your ing effect which the conversation sake; I hope, that you do your produced on my mind. The little endeavour to keep his command-cove or bay, was beautiful in the ments; I hope you strive to be- extreme. The air was calm and have well to your Master and serene. The sun shone, but we Mistress, and fellow-servants. were sheltered from its rays by He that is a Christian inwardly, the cliffs. One of these was stuwill be a Christian outwardly; he pendously lofty and large. It that truly and savingly believes was white as snow, its summit

hung directly over our heads. I that he was very desirous of conThe sea-fowl were flying around forming to them. He appeared it. On the other side, and be- to me to be well qualified for rehind us, was a more gradual de-ceiving the Sacramental pledge clivity of many coloured earths, of his Redeemer's love; and I interspersed with green patches rejoiced in the prospect of beof grass and bushes, and little holding him no longer a "stranstreams of water trickling down ger and foreigner, but a fellowthe bank, and mingling with the citizen with the saints, and of the sea at the bottom. At our feet household of God."

the waves were advancing over "God," said I to him, "has shelves of rocks covered with promised to sprinkle many nagreat variety of sea-weeds, which tions," not only with the waters swam in little fragments, and dis-of baptism, but also with the played much beauty and elegance dews of his heavenly grace. He of form, as they were successive- says, he will not only "pour waly thrown upon the sand. ter upon him that is thirsty," Ships of war and commerce but, "I will pour my Spirit upon were seen at different distances. thy seed, and my blessing upon Fishermen were plying their thine offspring.' trade in boats nearer to the shore. "Yes, Massa," said he, "he The noise of the flowing tide, can make me to be clean in heart, combined with the voices of the and of a right spirit; he can sea-gulls over our heads, and now purge me with hyssop, and I and then a distant gun fired from shall be whiter than snow." the ships as they passed along, added much to the peculiar sensations to which the scene gave good gift." birth. Sometimes the striking of I was much pleased with the oars upon the waves accompa-affectionate manner in which he nied by the boatmen's song, met spoke of his parents, from whom the ear. The sheep aloft upon he had been stolen in his childthe down sometimes mingled their hood; and his wishes that God bleatings with the other sounds. might direct them by some means Thus all nature seemed to unite to the knowledge of a Saviour. in impressing an attentive observer's heart with affecting thoughts.

"May God give you these blessings, and confirm you in every

"Who knows," I said, "but some of these ships may be carrying a missionary to the country I continued for a considerable where they live, to declare the time in conversation with the Ne-good news of salvation to your gro, finding that his Master was countrymen, and to your own gone from home for the day, and dear parents in particular, if they had given him liberty for some are yet alive."

hours. I spoke to him on the "O! my dear father and monature, duty, and privilege, of ther: my dear gracious Saviour;" Christian Baptism; pointed out exclaimed he, leaping from the to him from a prayer-book which ground as he spoke, "if thou wilt I had with me, the clear and but save their souls, and tell them scriptural principles of our own what thou hast done for sinnerschurch upon that head, and found but-"

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