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Rh And thus the children of Cash are scattered over the face of the whole earth. The Negro race is to be found in every quarter of the globe. Stolen from their homes, and reduced to abject vassalage, they are gathered together by thousands and tens of thousands, and even millions, in lands separated, by thousands of miles, from the primitive seat of their ancestors, and the rude hamlets of their sires. Now it is with respect to the Negro race, as thus scattered abroad through the world, as well as dwelling in their homes in Africa, that I shall apply my text: my purpose is to show that, in the merciful providence of God, the Negro race is fast approacing the day of complete evangelization. And as proof of this position, I shall call your attention,—

I. To secular evidences of its correctness and truth, manifested during the last fifty years. II. To the spiritual progress of the Negro race during the same period. III. To the unusual spiritual solicitude exhibited in the race, during this period, and at the present time.

I. In the first place, I am to refer you to secular evidences—to some temporal providences, that are alike recent and remarkable; which show that the day of the regeneration of Africa and her children is fast drawing nigh. We stand now, my hearers, in the central period of the present century: we are living in the year of grace eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Now just go back with me to the commencement of this 13