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Rh Bestowed upon thee for a noble end;

And for the use of which account must be

Returned to Him who lent them. May this thought

Preserve thee in his fear, and may the praise

Be given only to his mighty name.

And if, returning to thy native land,

By thee beloved, though dark with crimes that stain

Her boasted freedom, thou art called to prove

Thy true allegiance, even then go forth

Resigned to suffer,—trust thy all to Him

Who can support thee, whilst a still, small voice,

Within thy breast, shall whisper, "All is well."

Mr. Remond was welcomed on his return home, and again resumed his vocation as a lecturer. In stature he is small, spare made, neat, wiry build, and genteel in his personal appearance. He has a good voice, and is considered one of the best declaimers in New England. Faultless in his dress, and an excellent horseman, Mr. Remond has long been regarded the Count D'Orsay of the anti-slavery movement. He has written little or nothing for the press, and his notoriety is confined solely to the platform. Sensitive to a fault, and feeling sorely the prejudice against color which exists throughout the United States, his addresses have been mainly on that subject, on which he is always interesting. He is a good writer who embodies in his works the soul and spirit of the times in which he lives,—provided they are worth embodying,—and the common sympathy of the great mass is sounder criticism by far than the rules of mere scholars, who, buried up in their formulas, cannot speak so as to arrest the attention or move the heart. Adaptation without