This is proof that he is willing to give up all to God, and for the sake of God.

Not to do this, was, in my estimation, and in the opinion of all the slaves, an evidence of half-heartedness, and wholly inconsistent with the idea of genuine conversion.

I had read, also, somewhere in the Methodist Discipline, the following question and answer: "_Question_.

What shall be done for the extirpation of slavery?
"_Answer_.

We declare that we are much as ever convinced of the great evil of slavery; therefore, no slaveholder shall be eligible to any official station in our church." These words sounded in my ears for a long time, and{153} encouraged me to hope.