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230   UNCLE HARRY.

24. I squeezed his hand, and assured him of my affectionate remembrance, and requested that he would pray for me, and for the preachers of the gospel generally. "O!" said he,"may God Almighty bless all the dear ministers of Christ, and enable them to call many poor sinners to the dear Saviour! O! I do love to hear of souls' coming to Christ; and it is my daily prayer. Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven!" With that the old man took leave.
25. I confess that I have often since wished to see him and hold communion with him. There was about him, a spirit of piety and benevolence, of humble zeal and fervent hope, of meekness and submission, which I have rarely seen equalled. At the same time, there was a degree of intelligence, and an extent of religious knowledge, which in his condition, really surprised and delighted me.
26. I saw here one of the triumphs of divine grace. I was made to appreciate the value and excellence of that religion which could take a poor slave, and so transform him, that he was well nigh fitted to be a companion of saints in light and of just men made perfect. And since I saw him, I have often prayed, that after the days of my wandering shall be over, and all the sufferings of my life shall be endured, I may obtain a share in the rest, and a lot in the inheritance, which I have no doubt are prepared for Uncle Harry.


DESCRIPTION OF WASHINGTON.   231

CULLY'S DESCRIPTION OF WASHINGTON
AT THE TIME OF HIS MARRIAGE.

"AND so you remember when Colonel Washington came a courting your mistress?" said the biographer to old Cully in his hundredth year. "Ay, master, that I do," replied this ancient family servant, who had lived to see five generations. "Great times, sir! great times! Shall never see the like again!" "And Washington looked something like a man, a proper man--hey, Cully?" "Never seed the like, sir--never the likes of him, though I have seen many in my day--so tall, so straight! and then he sat on a horse and rode with such an air! Ah, sir, he was like no one else! Many of the grandest gentlemen, in their gold lace, were at the wedding, but none looked like the man himself."
2. Strong, indeed, must have been the impression which the person and manner of Washington made upon the rude, untutored, yet susceptible mind of this poor negro, since the lapse of three quarters of a century had not sufficed to efface them. Does not this statement fully acknowledge the capacity and retentive faculties of an [[italics]]African?[[/italics]]

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