Harry--we mean Harry the preacher--is busy getting his wife
and children ready for market. He evinces great affection for his
little ones, has helped his wife to arrange their apparel with so
much care. The uninitiated might imagine them going to church
instead of the man shambles. Indeed, so earnest are many good
divines in the promotion of slavery, that it would not be unbecoming
to form a connection between the southern church and the southern
man shambles. The material aid they now give each other for the
purpose of keeping up the man trade would be much facilitated.
However, there is a chance of Harry being sold to a brother divine,
who by way of serving his good Lord and righteous master, may let
him out to preach, after the old way. Harry will then be serving his
brother in brotherly faith; that is, he will be his brother's
property, very profitable, strong in the faith with his dear divine
brother, to whom he will pay large tribute for the right to serve
the same God.
Harry's emotions-he has been struggling to suppress them-have got
beyond his control; tears will now and then show themselves and
course down his cheeks. "Never mind, my good folks! it is something
to know that Jesus still guards us; still watches over us." He
speaks encouragingly to them. "The scourge of earth is man's wrongs,
the deathspring of injustice. We are made bearers of the burden; but
that very burden will be our passport into a brighter, a juster
world. Let us meekly bear it.
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