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Rh and when the books are opened and their deeds of love for the Master made known, they will hear the welcome sentence, "Come ye blessed of my Father, enter into the joys of my Lord," and they, amid the swelling song of the redeemed and harps of angels, will enter in to come out no more.

It was in the old aristocratic city of Alexandria, Va., that Zelia R. Page, nee Ball, first saw the light of day. She was not a slave. She was reared by her mother, a woman of remarkable ingenuity and foresight, who, during the dark days of slavery, helped many a poor bond-man on his way to Canada. At one time, while living with a wealthy Southern family in Washington City, she kept concealed for one week in the attic six slaves, waiting for the pass-word to march. This mother, seeing and knowing the degradation and misery of slavery, was determined that her daughter should know as little of it as possible. She, having faith in the girl’s future, was deeply interested in her education. Having many friends in New England, and knowing of the educational facilities that colored youth had in that section of the country, she made up her mind to take this child to New England, but the question was how to