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48 Christian philanthropy, which is wise, mild, and indomitable. The negro is our brother and our ward: and God will hold us responsible for his training and for his end, temporal and eternal. He may, by suitable effort, become a blessing and an ornament to the earth, and by God's mercy, an heir of eternal glory And, O, in the great and solemn day of the Lord, when we behold millions of Africa's redeemed children with, crowns on their heads and palms in their hands, falling into the line of God's sacramental host, how will our hearts swell with, joy to think that we were permitted to bear even the humblest part in sending Christ's religion to their shores, and scattering the darkness from their minds.