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lxviii. 31.—"Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God."

requested to plead this evening on behalf of the Society established in this country, for the education of the Negro race in the British West Indies. I most readily comply with this request, because I regard this as one of the chief among the charities of England; and because I feel, that to advocate the claims of this Society is, as it were, to plead for my own life and blood, and to vindicate my own personal interests and advantages.

I use the paragraph which I have announced as my text, since it is singularly appropriate to the objects of this excellent association, and, also, remarkably coincident with the train of thought I purpose presenting to your consideration. The Ladies' Negro Education Society aims at and desires the mental and spiritual regeneration of the Negro race in the