between us till this Red Sea be crossed, and thy redeemed, now sighing, bleeding, weeping, shall shout and sing, for joy, the bold anthem of the free."
A deep vein of genuine piety pervades nearly all
the productions of Bishop Payne. As a pulpit orator,
he stands deservedly high. In stature, he is rather
under the medium size, about three fourths African,
rather sharper features than the average of his race,
and appears to be about fifty years of age. He is very
popular, both as a writer and a speaker, with his own
color. The moral, social, and political standard of
the black man has been much elevated by the influence
of Bishop Payne.
WILLIAM STILL.
The long connection of Mr. Still with the anti-slavery
office, in a city through which fugitive slaves had to
pass in their flight from bondage, and the deep interest
felt by him for the freedom and general welfare of
his race, have brought him prominently before the public.
It would not be good policy to say how many
persons passed through his hands while on their way
to the north or the British dominions, even if we knew.
But it is safe to say that no man has been truer to the
fleeing slave than he. In the first town where I
stopped in Canada, while on a visit there a year since,
I took a walk through the market one Saturday morning,
and saw a large sprinkling of men and women
who had escaped from the south. As soon as it was