Page:Negro servant, an authentic and interesting narrative of a young Negro servant.pdf/14

( 14 ) 'But this is not the first time you have heard these truths'

'No, Sir, they have been comfort to my soul many times since man hear goot minister preach in America, as me tell you last week at your house.'

'Well, now I hope, William, that since God has been so graciously, pleased to open your eyes, and affect your mind with such a great sense of his goodness, in giving his Son to die for your sake; I hope, that you do your endeavour to keep his commandments; I hope you strive to behave well to your Master and Mistress, and fellow-servants. He that is a Christian inwardly, will be a Christian outwardly: he that truly and savingly believes in Christ, will shew his faith by his works, as the Apostle says. Is it not so, William?'

'Yes, sir, me want to do so. Me want to be faithful. Me sorry to tink how bat servant me was, before the goot tings of Jesus come to my heart. Me wish to do well to my Mass, when he see me and when he not see me, for me know God always see me.

'Me know, da if me sin against my own Massa, me sin against God, and God be very angry with me. Beside, how can me love Christ, if me not do what Christ tell me.

'Me love my fellow servants, though, as I tell you before, they not much love me, and I pray to God to bless them. And when they say bat things, and try to make me angry, then me tink, if Jesus Christ were in poor Negro's place, he would not revile and answer again with bat words and temper, but he say little, and pray much. And so then, me say nothing at all, but pray God to forgive them.'

The more I conversed with this African convert, the more satisfactory were the evidences of his mind being spiritually enlightened, and his heart effectually wrought upon by the grace of God.

I continued for a considerable time in conversation