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—19— possible to futurity. The same spirit of the Latin poet runs through those beautiful lines of Francis:

In conclusion, I have a word for African youths. Africa ours by divine gift, and we are responsible for her prosperity according to the proportion of advantages and light given us. We have great advantages. The eye of the civilized world is upon us. This moment the Germans, English, French, and Americans are on our continent. We can say that they that are with us are greater than those that are against us. We must not be discouraged by the noise of our detractors, for they too will soon be made to pity us.

John Newton, the great African slave-dealer in the Plantain and Bananas islands, was miraculously turned by God to a preacher of the gospel, and he was both the patron and adviser of William Willberforce in his great struggles for the abolition of slavery. Charles Sumner, the Wilberforce of America, was struck down in congress whilst defending the black man; and we have on record the names of many missionaries who gave their very life for the good of Africa. The vast number of missionaries throughout our continent and the numerous expenses and exertions of American missionaries in Sherbro alone prove that God has raised up friends for us. Rev. D. K. Flickinger has manifested from his repeated visits, some of which were undertaken at his own expense, and his zeal at home in lecturing for the good of Africa, a yearning desire for the elevation and salvation of our race. May he have his reward. William Wilberforce was shot at in London, and