When our Civil War broke out, Dr.Hall (with John Bright and Foster and Goldwin Smith) threw himself earnestly on the side of our Union He made public speeches for our cause over all England, and opened his house for parlor meetings addressed by loyal Americans who happened to be in London.

He invited me to address one of these gatherings, but the necessity of my return home prevented my acceptance.

Two years after the close of the war he made his first visit to the United States.

He was received with enthusiastic ovations.

Union Leagues gave him public welcomes, Congress invited him to preach in the House of Representatives; he delivered an address to the Bostonians on Bunker Hill; and every denomination, including the Episcopalians and Quakers, opened their pulpits to him everywhere.