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A SONG FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

During the recent visit of the Jubilee Singers in Washington, they were invited by Frederick Douglass to spend an evening with him at his house. He had attended their Concert the previous evening, and expressed himself enthusiastically with regard to it. Said he: "You are doing more to remove the prejudice against our race than ten thousand platforms could do." During the evening he said: "I can remember songs that I heard fifty years ago, when a slave." A strong desire was expressed by the Singers to hear some of them, and, to their delight and the surprise of his family, he sang the following song:-

Run to Jesus-shun the danger-
I don't expect to stay much longer here:
He will be our dearest friend,
And will help us to the end-
I don't expect to stay much longer here,
Oh I thought I heard them say
There were lions in the way-
I don't expect to stay much longer here.
Many mansions there will be,
One for you, and one for me-
I don't expect to stay much longer here.
Run to Jesus-shun the danger-
I don't expect to stay much longer here.

The Singers were so much pleased with the new "Spiritual," that they soon caught the melody and joined him in the refrain, and while they were singing it the notes were taken down by the Musical Director of the Company. Mr. Douglass afterwards said: "It was while singing this song that the idea of escaping from slavery was first suggested to my mind. As the thought grew upon me, the song became more and more a favorite, and I used to sing it about the plantation continually. My master was very well pleased, for he thought I was thinking about heaven, but I was thinking all the time about that other country up North."

Thus, under the influence of this song, he at last gained his freedom, and the world gained Frederick Douglass.

This song will be given by the Jubilee Singers at their Concert in
CITY HALL,
ON THE EVENING OF
TUESDAY, MARCH 23d, 1875.
Tickets now on sale at Stockbridge's.
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Tucker Printing House, Portland.