"
"As we have conversed a good deal upon this subject," said Mr. North,
"perhaps we may bring our conversation to a close as profitably as in
any other way by your telling us, summarily, what you think of this
whole perplexing subject; what would you have me believe; how ought a
Christian man, who desires to know and do the will of God, to feel and
to act with regard to it? Good men, I see, are divided about it; I
respect your motives, I approve many of your principles, I cannot object
to your conclusions, in the main. Let us know what you consider to be,
probably, the ultimate issue of the whole subject."
"I will do so with pleasure," said I.
"But," said Mrs. North, "let us wait till after dinner."
"As the storm is over," I said to her, "I must go home, but we will have
one more council fire, if you please, and end the subject."
So in the afternoon, my kind friends gave me their attention while I
made my summing up in the next and concluding chapter.
CHAPTER X.
THE FUTURE.
"It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind rest in providence, move in
charity, and turn upon the poles of truth."
LORD BACON.
"Slavery, as human nature now is, cannot be otherwise than one of the
Almighty's curses upon any race which is subject to bondage.
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