' Dem was de first
kind words I eber hears from de white man, and after dat I springs right
up, like de wilted roses missy brought to life de oder day; and when de
Sea-flower come to us, I tink she sent to smooth ober de rough places,
dat hab been gathering trough de long years ob my life in slabery."
"Yours is a sad history, Vingo, and I am happy if I have helped to make
your pathway pleasanter; but do not look upon your life in slavery as
having been unprofitably spent, for the very darkness through which you
have come, serves to make brighter that glorious light which is now shed
o'er your way. Your sad tale has impressed me with renewed gratitude to
our Father for his mercies towards me; and while I thank him for the
many blessings which I have received from his hand, my heart shall also
praise him that with these joys have been mingled,--the purifying light
of his chastening love."
CHAPTER VII.
NATALIE.
"If ever angels walked this weary earth
In human likeness, thou wert one of them."
ANONYMOUS.
"'Mid pleasures and palaces, where'er we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
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