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poor African slave! The most respectable men in Great Britain and America were not ashamed to seek to him for council and advice.

18. Thus we see how his persevering industry and economy, with the blessing of Providence, procured him wealth. His wisdom, sobriety, integrity, and good conduct made him many friends. His zealous labours for the honour of his Maker, and for the benefit of his fellow-men, gave him a peaceful conscience. And an unshaken belief in the mercies and condescending love of his heavenly Father, afforded in his dying moments that calmness, serenity, and peaceful joy, which are a foretaste of immortal bliss.

19. The following is an extract from his address to his brethren at Sierra Leone:-" Beloved friends and fellow-countrymen, I earnestly recommend to you the propriety of assembling yourselves together to worship the Lord your God. God is a spirit and they that worship him acceptably, must worship in spirit and in truth.

20. "Come, my African brethren, let us walk in the light of the Lord ; in that pure light which bringeth salvation into the world. I recommend sobriety and steadfastness, that so professors may be good examples in all things. I recommend that early care be taken to instruct the youth while their minds are tender, that so they may be preserved from the corruptions of the world, from profanity, intemperance, and bad company.

21. " May servants be encouraged to discharge their duty with faithfulness: may they be brought up to industry, and may their minds be cultivated for the reception of the good seed which is promised to all who seek it. I want that we should be faithful in all things, that so, we may become a people giving satisfaction to those who have borne the burden and heat of the day in liberating us from a state of slavery.

22. "I leave you in the hands of Him who is able to preserve you through time, and crown you with that blessing which is prepared for all who are faithful to the end." This appears to be the simple expression of his feelings, and the language of his heart.

23. When you have read this account of your brother Paul Cuffee, pause and reflect. Do not think because you cannot be as extensively useful as he was, that you cannot do any good. There are very few, if any people in the world but what may be useful in some way or other. If you have health, you may by your industry, sobriety, and economy, make yourselves and your families comfortable.

24. By your honest and good conduct you may set them and your neighbours a good example. If you have aged parents, you may soothe and comfort their declining years. If you have children, you may instruct them in piety and virtue, and in such business as will procure them a comfortable subsistence, and prepare them for usefulness in the world.

SOLOMON BAYLEY.

1. THE following sketch is taken from the very interesting narrative of Solomon Bayley. The fore part was written from an apprehension of duty, the latter part, with those respecting his mother, and his two daughters at the request of Robert Hurnard, who became acquainted with the author in 1820, while he resided at Wilmington, Delaware; and after his return to England, had it printed, the profits arising from the publication, was designed to be transmitted to America, for the benefit of this aged couple, who live at Camden.

2. In the narrative of his own life he says, "The Lord tried to teach me his fear when I was a little boy; but I delighted in vanity and foolishness, and went astray; but He found out a way to overcome me, and to cause me to desire his favour, and his great help, and although I thought no one could be more unworthy of his favour, yet he did look on me, and pitied me in my great distress.

3. "I was born a slave in the State of Delaware,

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