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and most formidable hindrances without, have, notwithstanding, but few misgivings as to the future. They have very great confidence, first of all, in certain vital qualities inherent in the race! They trust those universal and unfailing tendencies of truth, justice, and equity, which have ever attended their history on this continent! They look with no uncertainty to the large and loving brotherhood of countless Christians, of every name, in this land, whose hearts are alive with pity for the past sorrows of the Negro; whose prayers go up as clouds of incense for his restoration; and whose purses pour forth annually tens of thousands for his well-being and salvation! And they repose in quiet confidence upon the marvelous mercy and loving-kindness of a divine Delivere(illegible text)d Saviour, who has wrought out a most gracious and saving providence for them!
These succors and assistances cannot fail! They will surely serve to realize the qualities and justify the character implied in the epithet of Homer, when he speaks of
"Æthiopia's Blameless Race."
