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His end was eminently Christian. {97} "Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (1 Cor.xiii.
13) {98} This circumstance took place before the late abolition of the slave trade. {103} The day has since arrived, when the persevering efforts of Mr. Wilberforce to accomplish this happy purpose have been fully answered. _The slave trade is abolished_! The Church of God rejoices at this triumph of the cause of Christ over the powers of darkness. {105} In the course of conversation, he sometimes addressed me with the word "Massa," for "Master," according to the well known habit of the Negro slaves in the West Indies; and sometimes 'Sir,' as he was taught since his arrival in England; but the former word seemed to be most familiar to him. {107} A kind of shell-fish, which abound in the place where we were, and which stick to the rocks with exceeding great force. {121} Song of Solomon i.
5. {203} The foregoing conversation took place on September 22, 1808, and is faithfully related. J--- S---, the good old man, died in the Infirmary, in December 1808. ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANNALS OF THE POOR*** ******* This file should be named 19671.txt or 19671.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/6/7/19671 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties.
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