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 19 Addressing myself to the Negro, I said, ‘ William, tell me who made you?' ‘ Got, the goot Father.’ ‘ Who redeemed you ?’ ‘ Jesus, his dear Son, who died for me.’ ‘ Who sanctified you ?’ ‘ The Holy Ghost, who teach me to know the goot Father, and his dear Son Jesus. ‘ What was your state by nature ?’ ‘ Me wicked sinner, me know noting but sin, me do noting but sin ; my soul more black tan my body.’ ‘ Has any change taken place in you since then ?' ‘ Me hope so, Massa, but me sometime afraid no.’ ‘ If you are changed, who changed you?’ ‘ Got the good Father, Jesus his dear Son, and Got the Holy Spirit.’ ‘ How was any change brought about in you ?’ ‘ Got make me a slave when me was young little boy.’ ‘ How, William, would you say, God made you a slave ?’ ‘ No, Massa, no; me mean God let me be made a slave by white men, to do me good.’ ‘ How to do you good ?’ ‘ He take me from the land of darkness, and bring me to the land of light.’ ‘ Which do you call the land of light; the West India Islands ?' ‘ No, Massa, they be the land of Providence ; but America be the land of light to me; for there me first hear goot minister preach.’ ‘ What does the blood of Christ do ?’ ‘ It cleanse from all sin. And so me hope from my sin.’ ‘ Are then all men cleansed from sin by his blood ?’ ‘ Oh, no, Massa.’ ‘ Who are cleansed and saved ?’ ‘ Those that have faith in him.’ ‘ Can you prove that out of the Bible ?’