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MARY S. PEAKE,

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WITH I S i l l :

r U B L I I D X D B T THE

•-N T B A O T S O C I E T Y ,

C O N T E N T S .

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CHAPTER III . Opatoz «f JWijtoo. B«»lw art Bcboob.—lln. !-<**•

tTwtfMr.-IUngttf la ttw School..-Cbririmu !'.» BriJ. >

CHAPTER IT. lallcrr of II. . l ib.- KtU&w J07. — F w r U XMM«M.

— D r a i n — r n m I - C n d n l «

U a

MARY S. PEAKE.

CHAPTER I.

m » • rw»t*f.—a*—n—.—luagt—» cwrtttioM. — Tnym la tba Todib.— Vok* wua lb* CfatKfe.— U t a n far l b l'o-r.-M«rUfit.

THE subject of this narrative was bora

in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1828. Her maiden

name was Mary Smith Kclsoy. Ilcr moth­

er was a free colored woman, very light,

and her father a white man—au Eng-

. of rank and culture. .She was a

rely child in person and marmers,

arid as tbo prow up, developed traits of

character which made bor a universal fa-

Torite.

W

MARY a. PHASE,

ttlii-M she fit six yeara old, bor mother

adit her to Alexandria, for tltc pOTp attending MTIIUOI. She remained il MIIOOI about ton years, residing with !ior ami!, Mary I'; [pa occupied a

house belonging* to Mr-Itoliiii- Powlo, and B0U lii- toiilwieo. 'I'd.- genUotu his family wca' di • i Uu-ir

kindness to colored people. Ilo frequently bought »lavcs who wore in danger <•: wld Into I ;nI bunds, gave iUcm the! dom, mid --I tbon op In bunnest. John

. wan ono whom ho in ilii- way. Mary wa» a great pet

in Mr. Fowle'i family, and was treated almost like a daughter.

A Hclioolmato of hers, now raiding in

land, ny i Ihi .Hid a good •ttldent

'I bay lb* B time attended i school taught by • colored woman- Af torwaiii ded a colored Khool

THE COLOUKD TKACUE8. i

taught by wtii: I'lic last teach­

er was Mr. Nutliall. an Englishman. Ho

taught lill a law Of Congress eim': I i'CO Col-

D •

•

xaudria wax rctroccded ' • I nil oolorad

in iherity. Mary TO OOmpftUed to loavo

the wltool 111 consequence of bfllOg In-

!ii Virginia.

While lit Mhool, Mary acquired a R"0>1

id, in addition to ihta,

a knowledge of various kind* of needle­

work, and also drew-nuking. tfer aunt

wa§»-I- io, and uo doubt had

Enfloeuca on Mary. Hot

: also was coo? ' ' iry wea

two or throe years old. Under InOI

!i load uf general

reading and study, then* WM no book the

8 HABT S. PEA KB,

TIIIB t u her

i and U'Xi lnwik. and she eoro-

ge portion* of it t<> DM

Whoa HXteen yours old, having Qnttbod

her education, iba BT mother.

at Norfolk- Soon afterward, those reli-

gioim element! which had OXl

early childhood — grown with her growth

and strengthened with her •trengUi— t*e-

como dominant by the jtrace of God, and

•

m n gordoa, oon-

nectcd with n large old mansion, between

I I i Streets. In thai

garden was a dilapidated family tomb. It

ed un her mind tflW

go Into ftui tomb to proy. .\<

hour of ni^ht «lic sought this gloomy

abode of moldcring coffins and scattered

; and knelt in tba

liwipatv. Quickly

THE COLORED TEACHES. 9

and ctealthfy alio retnoed her *teps, and

harried lack to lior liomo. Y d ui

•li^riii. thla girl of nxtoon Ji.nl tin: eourage

k tho dismal place Again, and the

next night yet again, with

Bat nt length li^hi broke upon tho dark­

ness of llio tomb, and it became a place

of delightful communion with her Lord :

whouco it was utVimud etttftd " Mary's

porlor." At tliy midnight hour, -ho left

the tomb, and^ broke tho eilouco of tho

night wilh • juhi lant 'wng, fearless of the

patrol. Tho song waa this strain or Watts,

in which m;uiy n *aint has poured forth

his soul: —

" Stand up, my tool. «h»kc otf thy tr*n, A; . .• .I<1 the ffORprl •nnnr on;

Xlirth to the ptM of end!*** jny, J.*u«. lhj> p n l Copuin, '• goat.

•' Hell ind thy iim mln thy own*. lint ball and «in art nuqiiUhcd foe*|

Thy Jwui nailed them to th» emu, Acd lung the triumph • )«• be TOM.

JO ':\i:\ t, \-y\K::,

••Thru to my wml much fetidly on, P n u f o m r d t*. tUe hc**enlj f*t»j

There pMir »nil jqy r-tmtfl wig*. And gliitaiMg robci far conqorron will.

"Th«w ihall I wcw i tUrrj crown,

' l l i i j j l lh' ffTltCc;

Whfl* il •!..• tk ln

i.l*r*» prate."

| T h i s -irniii foil on ihd w a k i n g e a r s of

Imlioj in ilm l iotiw adjacent to the t o m b ,

mid llioy iiiijn au r i c i»

d ia l I 1 | this h o u r ? "

1W Uiej know tha q i i r i t - p ron

of llint soiifj. Soon a l t e r tola, Mary v e n t to visi t some

en te red tho

'i i.ic, the n o g ,

•not : . byDU of W e t t a : —

v. ilic forth Ifcy pi-'pel •'•nd», / Mr 1-ttJ. my HIF;K. my I

If I «m ClUtd in J(.u." I*»d», My tout •*» n#'« be 1" t.

•J

>

HIE CULOllElt TEACHER. I I

•• II - honor U m<r*n«l to aara

The meanest of hi* tb tq i t

All whom hi* h*wii!y Father Raw

Ilia handi •eeurdy horn.

- N t iltMfa nnr hell .1..11 B*cr rcmor*

Ilia favorlir* from hla hrca«;

Safe on lh<* h-wm of hit low

-• o r friend* opened (he door at the

found of the tender mono, and

looked on her face, und listened to her

wng, they were overcome, and could not

restrain their emotion*,

Soon afterward, she united with* the

; f--Ik, on Bute

Street. The pastor mus A.

tbe ohnrch from the

\ ; I till hia

death, about i heticaUjf

a good umn, end n father lo the colored

- a very Barnabas, '*w>n of consola­

t ion" indeed. A considerable portion of

1 2 MARY 8. PEA*K,

Ills church were colored people, and ho

would rWl tli-'jn ii ' •• meals

with il. ;r iitr.iir-, tem­

poral and spiritunt, with a true and zealoun

valo opinion was again-i it, but ho was

obliged to be cautious in the expression of

bis sentiment*, lie endured great trials

for tlii.s proscribed class, and was utmost a martyr in Uwir Iab*H| bi> pastorate having

begun y reotloo,

which atton and re-

i of privileges. Bat the Lord WOJ with liiin. and aoM him to Triumph.

be dejighfed to ri<it (in- poor in Norfolk, and especially the aged. A very old man, in the nib

to her door, und never wont empty away; and frequently at • Bho would go mid carry him l

in (he wmter the brought him •••

irmfnls. When he died, bo u i d be

im 18

Mury to ban all that belonged to M E Thnuirli be was scarce

note, \i i Her Christian course was marked with

usefulness. Settdenring devotion to the

glory of God and tbo good actcrized her earlier, as her tutor career. A deacon of the church on whom the wri­ter called when recently in Norfolk, rays •ho had a strong desire for til

of souls, and was often ftlund exhorting them to repentance. Other mom) Hit' church boro the I IDODJ to

her unifiirm CI I ai•:.;.

In 184 Iker, and bought .1 I;

Hampton, jrhi 1 itO the

town was burned bj 1 1861,

ii g lierself bj her needle,

of lore. . she originated

nevolont society, called the *• Daughters of

11 IUKT S. PEAKE,

lioaigued for ministration to the

nU tlio sick. I '

l l r house, like that of Alnry an

11 a placo of spiritual resort. There the pastor, dr..

i-inbcrs of the rhm-.h found con­

genial wM-ioty. Sbo enrly begun the ex­ercise of lior gifts as a tatel

•

i father,

William Thornton, and William Davis, all

now able and eloquent exhortei

•

I in--in-

. tlio ohurah. I

and adulta, through

eluding tin vigilonco of conservators of

aclng and prose

mtious fearless-

THE COLORED TfclCBUL I".

: i this in t l i" midst of till! illlituii-

UC9 BttOJldUlg ;i :l:'Hi.

In 1851, M >r. *ai m i n i Peakr, I ivo. Kii[ afu-rwnrd a

. pious,

and In U cora-

wUli whom sho lived happily till

md Wars affectionate

ag mind mi';

frame.

II.' lora to ipesk of bU

bar richly stored mind for nooh

tiulo. At his i

the would sTt for boon and r.lito Bible

alio gratefully ftoluiowledga ihnt llioy li;ivo

drawn larfflHy from tho same hlnrcliouse of

biblical and varied knowledge.

16 BURf 6. PEAKS,

CHAPTER II.

Oi—"IIIMIUI of Ik* MlMon a Tar*r*m Monro*.—

FltfUl Of tk* Krbrli rtam l l w p t o a . — U«nU«B Of Ik* To*n. —Tfc« r i tM m e q i M b j JV»rt—o

ADOCT iho first of 5 - ' i l , the

writer I Fortress

'. mil was quar-

i. a building 0 tirtwry.

Three months hcforo ihi-. the Onion troop*

. Hampton from Old

- connected with this cruut

have boon narrated to mo by eye-witnesses.

iroops wuro I1

aves, called, by Uio pooplo " rod men,"

from tli*-' color of thoir dress.

i rnalion seized tho

inhahii.i ton, when tho;.

lion troops *cre approaching. Many

TIIK COLORKP TKACIIF.lt. 1 7

of ill'.' ooloftd i !'!«' oron wtn in a riate of su&peu-e. All Hadi of stories hud been told in regard towhaVtln- Y:i:ik. tet would do with them. Yet* hope predoi , over fear. They could hanii tlio Yankees meant UMU U J tuum unmitigated far BUod the breasts of the

i bad boon loud boasts of what (hey would do; but vhen the red trowsers approached, their bravery all ran down into their nimble foot. The bnttery

rgd pUM which tin-y had !. and which mJ • great

; tn lli» Onl i tli'v

!. was drawn off lu their CODftudon, tin: bridge WJI- fir-'

then tli-i tire extinguished. K i,

i, uiid children ran screaming in every direction, crying, "They come! they come ! What »h:ill we do V

is a man within doors, gun in hand, pacing the floor in conitermitiou,

16 MAST 8. ITUEE,

ever and anon rattling to tho window, and casting a frjgilUHUd gUUKfl in tho direction of the road from the furl, till ho Mpiei the Turk-like looking forms, moving "double qui.'- :.irl» from tho

house, lorcaiuiiig, " Tln-y ui ire comiiii!I" Off bo fls**-*. villi Lb Don of fear, and in a few moments is *c*m no inure.

But in one boaM there are two indi-m mid calm: Mrs. I'eafco

i Daily sit alike un-iii, the

other In child-like sirflplieiiy. Mr>. W PMln'i mother. bj in ft iiei;-

. tho lady of MB, an intiumte friend, having groat

coiifidoiico in sister Walker's prayers, raid -ally, you must pray bi

• j as hard u i

Sally?"

TUK OOLOfW) THACBEB. 19

•• I pray that the Lord's will may bo done."

" You don't pray right, Sally," said one pf toast; "you urarf praj for Jeff Paris."

"Oh ," said -In.-, - 1 pray as well as 1 can, and as hard as I can. I am praying all Ihfl I

"That 's right," f>aid Lho oiber; "pray on, Sally — your prayer will surely bo hoard. You can't pray any heller prayer lhan you do. IV.n thai lho, I-orii'p will may ho dono: I a n mi* it i* lho Lord's will that lho Yankees should not come hero to disturb u s ; and I have faith to believe they will not. Pray on, Sally; pray as hard as you can."

" I will, in;i'ii!(i."

Tin.- pa sad on ; and nan

truing, just after tho sun lifts peeped above ihe horizon. 1-. The

I'ulh above Q*| UlO po.v

•etsor; and die, who would scarcely havo

SO KAOT $. nu

set foot on the ground for very delicacy,

and who would not have been seen riding

out, unless in a fino carriage, drawn by

Tine horses, elognntly harnessed, it now

beard colling for any old bono or mult.

and any rickety wagon or cart, wW

harness — any thing—any thing to take

hor out of the reach of the V..:

:-cs aro now turned

I

I I : . ' ia one of many interview* between

. " What's the matter, maM-

" O h , Uio Yankees in

are thoy 1 What ahall I

do, master '•'' with affected tokens ol

• •" the town as soon as you

can."

master, I'm afraid to lean I . iliccs! Do you think

• 21

•• Yet, 'Ji.>'ll toko you rod sell you off

to Cuba. Perhaps they'll kill you."

" Will they, mas te r?"

" Y e s , ! toll you; why don't you leave

tlio town, you rascal?"

"<'li. master, I don't know what to do.

You aa't a-going to leave us for the

Yankees to catch; an

" Yes, I'm off, and you letter bo off

with yourself—if you dou't I'll shoot

. master, don't shoot ino — don't

learo m o ! " "There thoy come!"

" W h e w , master, whero ? whore?"

• ' I can't stop—good by—you

be off!"

Itut Tuny laughs in his sleeve, and says,

with upturned eyes, " I ' m not ftfl

the Yankees I Bless God, old master's *

gone—hope hu'll never OOOM b»

m o r e ! "

2*2 IUH.Y 8. 1'EXKE,

The Zouaves. on " doiiblo quick," ap­proach nearer, ami up riilos one of the secession ists, in hot baste.

"What'i UM matter, ou ter 1 What's tlie mat te r ! ' iaqalr> Igent ne­gro.

" t 'li i, yon villain. You brought all ih : nn dis-

I in y.iii ; I iliMiii'lit ymi would Stick by us; but you do.-ort your best

friends in exl •-• won't liud •

••nil. ma tert vranl you stay and pro-

• \ . ; good by, you villuiu. I'm out iter be, very

quick." An'! on be Hie*.'

i are now crossing the bridge,

— now thoy enter the I

ay bow jwlitely to the colored p

woo oLeer them from doom aud windows.

THE COLORED TEACHER. 2 8

Now every fear is dissipated. Colored

no bent, and colored lips praise the

Lord. The hope that liad all along pro-

d o n b l t M over fear is more than nut, and th. ,';) of gladness. The

:. and tho place is soon

rom Uie

country :ir- tin I.

But bow din'.'reui willi tho white inlub-

itouU! Go with mo to the Sinclair estate

— a uiilo or two north of the tow:i

of tho officers rides up to the house, and

•ays,—

" D o you own this place?"

•• W.-ll, rj.-'.jvor up all yonr horses."

.-'.mi BimptOQf tin.- colored foreman, says,

"Boys, briny Dp

" Oh, sir, spare an old man !"

•' Hurry out |boM horses!"

" Oh, Sam, stand by mo ! Oh, dear, I

dlfl ' Don't Ictft uie! Don't leavo

m e ! "

24 MAST 8. PRASE,

Poor old man ! His ill-gotten riches nro

•ring* ; tfic d tJ »u has

I .to of a feme of its justice. «c win not withhold our nily.

Tlio colored people woro toon set to work in conducting the battery in Ifmnp-I.JII, tin

•iincnt, •

• i w i t h

a wil l , M ili •' impend

•

v : ter a

had elapsed, the battla »>f Big ' Von ; ond

arred. To ruvnforCO Uio army of tliti I'

a largo part of Ihc i'"i truss

ler, concluding that he hu-1

* •

ni l . OOLMHB TT.ACHEB. Sfi

fore* to bold

CTACUQI'-I II

on the ulher sido of the bridge. Kill

•

ttOTQ but a part of their goods;

in consequence of which

serious loss.

" VM Mr. lVake. IIo lofil a large part of his furniture, BI

; to order of Ih

General MagrudcT (o lire the place was ft gross exhibition uf vandalism. «

Tli«- in.TPidi iiy work began on tl

side of Uio village, and spread toward tho uiued in by I

•

ten of dor fi'll dead or wounded, and were

who visnened II raid it was an appalling

26 MABI a. n u

Tho evacuation look place on tba 7tfc

and tin' corjflaj-Tiifion on tho 8lll of Au­

gust. I arrived about a month afterward.

and on visiting Il-'tiii|it<iu. in company villi

tho pi'

•lily about half n d o m

had escaped. One large lioiiso lind had

its lloor fired, bat tltc Bra iii

gone out, without doing milch damage.

A large D M i.uii-Jiug, u Ufti

was aim standing uninjured. But the

f the village wa* a charred ruin;

ightly chimneys, and a few more

or lew dilapidated wall-, - u

i hoeu.

Thus tlio place ruiuaioed in abandoned

liii: with the

log of spring, the progress of our

ijwnod Hampton to rcoceir

•

during tho winter, had DM)

largo house*, overcrowded, should at onco

B t f M M H H I t t f l

TUB COLOM-.D TfcACUO. '21

build up UIQ ruins, and provide UicmsoWw^

homes. To this end, application was

mado for an appropriation of government

bunbn for past scrriccs. Bona lumber

was received in this way> and the I

' Uio camps by the soldiers, who

bad winter quarters hens, furnished Mill

more.

Quito a largo numlwr of neat cottages

liavo already been built. I encouraged

I !o to build these snail tea*

ou lottt belonging to the :

rebels, hoping that, if not claimed by

farmer owners, these homesteads would bo

unont.

Thus Haiupton is becoming quite a thriv­

ing, free settlement, supported by fishing,

Ip, Bar-

end farming. Colored people liavo

ited by owner .

will do well in keeping dairies, and oulli-

28 H»UY 8. PB4KB,

IMI, mill gathering its fruit, if nut mol

Tho old court-house walls, that nuf-TiTod tho lire, have been inclose) church and school house. Tho work was done by colored mcchauios. It seems fit that this place. whoro injustice ho* IKWII sanctioned by law, should he converted into a sanctuary of justice, righteousness. and free education.

We consider that wo are here trying test experiment with ex-tdavos.

They ii " httned loose,"

and arc -.(lifting for

nl-work and band-work. It is not to I-.' expected that on thfl "

•

Og dilli-; but wo fool it to bo a tiling of

• -i U> follow lead", and do the work of fuitb and lore,

Tin; (JUL

tearing the result with him. 1 ;

. '"ti in the refleotioa tbtf wo arc doing n representative work] ind • b the issue, the work will not l>u hunted up,

workers ptiniiitleil to -ulfer c»on tial loss. We know that our Ubor is not in vain in thy Lord.

8 0 MARY 6- PBAKE,

CHAPTER UJ.

Opmtot gfbhtWN ftrrl«.«rf fcl—Ii -Mr . fnto . T«fc*rr.-*!i»i1ajin Ibr gfctaol*.— Oirialinu FnUrU.

TIIF rolifrious find educational port of the mission boa been ono of blessedness and promi*o. And in this, as in orory tiling else, I havo aimed to (each self.

"itli tllO of the people in religious meet­

ings, I pto|Kisfld to commence Sabbath and week-day schools, wild mob tenchors as I had at hand. lloanvbQe,

,:y, getting perhaps sonio

bint of in-

Mi*. Peaks. Mtod her to teaofa ihem, as tho

had taught the children fa i! i

It was with much pltUteMton that I

THE C0LOHK1) TEACHER. S I

loomed dais I M M K . I sooo (bund from

ol'"' ••! . » i i ' . .1. tlial » 0

liarl iii bor a teacher of the ohoiooit spirit.

•nil of pocaUf onaUfioatton*. happy in having pupils aa ready to learn as to request instruction. Hoi

numbered at first only about half a dozen,

but in :i few <hys sbfl bad belnv

and sixty, Thoso scholars were found to

haro goiicrally very fair intellectual capa­

bilities, ttd a fow evi u r o tal­ents. \ ra little

no, but

• by the pel Dfttne of Daisy,

8ho learned to read simph* bsosoni fluently

in a veiv short time, Others also exhib­

ited a precocity which from day to day ro-varded and stimulated the ardor of this .

Mrs. 1'cake was OQ4 ith tho

ordinary routine of Lb« wovk-day school

room, but felt that the teacher of a D

3 - HART S. fBAKE,

MI to educate the chi ldren

•*-••!I u for tin)

•

and other olttMntary nligloui book

which ttn bad ' --'ho felt

t'i-4l i l l.- !• . iiii ik'i of tins week-day school

ouf,'ht to bfl l.ir^'.-ly projMml

l ioarsaU •>>

•

•

•

• j

nid especially ili.-i • >:' nuin-

lUUg, >liouUl 1«; iit'guii ami con-

• •!>' [ in iVi ' i l

uilh ),

• ;il knowl-

i young, hi

to kwakea l b

ittvntioa on QUI

Kol MUb6«d * i i l i having

j n o MO TWAinm. n Scripture- truths '-(mi mi tied to memory,

alio explained and inculcated Uiem, with

lino upon line and precept upon precept,

drawn from her own knowledge and expe-

u-.t think that Iliis 'j»irilu;tl

loftnotion inierfenvl in the least with the

other, but rather was a handmaid to it,

fontlsbing ft pleasant as well as profitable

. awakening mid developing heart

and nriud at once.

Mrs. Peako also considered singing an

important pai I

Among the favorite hymns tir-t learuod

and sung iu her school were. " 1

be an angel," "There [| a nappy land,"

" Around the throne of God in heaven,"

" Here we meet to part again,'' " In heaven

we port DO mow/1 and otbon of kindred

spirit, so familiar in the .Sabbath schools at

the North. How ardent was her desire to

win tho young Intellect and aflbetioni for

Jesus and )v . - - L-i«rt apnropri-

34 ' KB,

atcness may wo apply to her the poet's L a n g u a g e ^

I ' Tuirafiti.'til trie*. T« t«n|»t il» t*ir-fl«!$**t vfkpriDK I» ta* •*!«•. ©he tnnd «*di ail. rrfmvftl nub dull ilrUy.

. brtghto* •oild», mad led ihe <w»j."

taiico to the training of Uio ricing genera-

meal Bright

bo made UOOOg I

ton, Wd 'villi n ; i

ready to gratify the desire of a number of

-..•/rearing intiniiitiox. i • bo scarcely hue

i to read with con-

ora, «b« exhibited

•pirit, of Uw '

- *-ai confiued to her bod, her

:;'. . ba found around lwr, Jruw-

ing knowledge u it were from Iter very

lifo. Again and aguin did Dr. Browne. mrgvoo, who

for her like a brotli-. rider hor weakness, nnd hi:

•

•miliary.

i Roads. The.

room was iho I'roni rooavfij own family apartmont was tlto final

second story. It * ill over lw :t pUco about

It «;:- proposed tii.i:. •>!! (9)1 ii Unai <l.iy.

the dnfldren i

•

•

and reheaj-KulB. A largo n» i lod willi

a platform mi hour in (In- evening, tho room wa« i I

Bfl MA»T f». n u t i |

v i l l i coin- nd adults , and M I -

dicrs and officer.*. The programme opened

with IJK- : iy , 'ti» o f

thee." Ob tba account

prayed. Then the ahJhJran

very sweet music in solo, ^end-chorus, aud

chorus, sod at intervals (poke piccci in a

very com mend able manner , considering

that It was probably the first :,r

colored children in tlio 6

Mre. Pcaite'B « ;

f W n old, « n - the acknowledged

•tar of die Dvsnfng. She n o g -

a with the

She wing alono the whole of the

h y m n . " I m u u to '•• .in

I spoke of the contrast between the pres­

ent and the past. A year ago, H

d n f l HI B i m p t t q could enjoy a *oouo o f

this kind, bill Colored children

eluded. But now lime* have

•

THE COLORED TEACUEQ. 8 7

Tlio while man'* child is away, and tho

colored man's child is on ihc stage, and

swells the choral song. And this is but u

ininintiirc picture of what will \n: Tho

present is prophetic of tho future. Tho

few hundred children about Fortress Kott-

roe, now gathered into schools, after tho

pattern of this first school, ore types of one

million of children throughout tho sunny

South, on whom the sunlight of knowledge

is yet to shine.

After tlie concert exercises, the members

of tho school and others repaired to tho

Brown OotUg* B e r e w e w e n ooodnetod

into tho school room, which, like tho con­

cert room, wai» tastefully decorated with

evergreens; and wo fded around a long

table laden .with refreshments, and sur­

rounded wiih Chrisbmu trees, loaded with

good things, all gotten up simultaneously

by, and at tlm expense of, the colored

pOOplt MI the neighborhood. The viands

• n

V

88 MART a. n u n ,

l l>y • naaiiimous conwut it was declared a merry

On rliildron lUI -Mcrr/

Cliri-lm • •111*'

THE COLORED TEACHER. 3U

QBAFTBB IV.

nov«rutdik.—luuctom *&—FM»—n «.-«•*$•«.-lWih rvnrnl. — CoiwlatfoB.

mas fe-r

declined, and in a week or Iwo she w u

obliged lo suspend, and soon to give up

to »iiit.ii

clung with fiuoli MOM : 1 ted b-r

'iy, and was lliu bearer uf oJ

and oilier tokens from friend- i t lb

thing in our [tower was d

oboor her, and never were uiiuistoriugs

•t-lially bestowed, or nioro grate­

fully n

• i always been :i privilege, bill U»

-•'• was doubly precious duri

last illness. To MA bow a frail .

40 m a r s. PKAKB,

with an e.iquiMMv Mrrotji temperament,

could dclilwratch* ami calmly hid farowcll (0 QupUjr, |.iij»i-, .Hid : l uT ' i - l l * i l l t o 1 i - -I

through li) • knew and death, was a privilege and a blessing.

In her presence I wag a Icanior, ami, uiidor llm iusjiiruiii>u of bar word* and example. Q b for fresh

endeavors in tbo cause of God mm bom* ity. In ono of my visit*, .-die laid "in Owl 1 mutt givo her lore Co the cummiUoo in New York, and all the friends of the mis­sion; Unit aha had bid I her Saviour, and be had assured her thut

moid triumph; that wo wore sowing seed which would spring up and bocutno a tree, to overspread tbo wholo earth ; that wo should 1»0 a grcii: (0 this dowii-tri-would 1'iilfiH | | | <

"brother l«<ckwood, you

TH>. < UEB. 4 1

wil l succeed . :'•• I I d ma so th is

morning."

Fur two meld pravioai lo her death, she

seemed lo bo in tho " land •

•miiuins of the shepherds," where,

i], rite could clearly

descry the promised land. She hnd a

strong desire to depart mid be with I

which wu lar better than even IIM most

inlimiit<< earthly visit". Again and agnin,

as 1 called lo sco her, she assured m

she had had a fresh visit from her S*i foot,

and In- Inui told her t ,\as iho

bhuuld be, and she would be like him when

she should see him I h e knew

not whore in the universe heaven might

bo, but where her Saviour was. then would

bo her beared, fur tdiu would be witli

him.

Her constantly increasing cough and

ration, though not attended with

much pain, were, is usual, accompanied

42 MARY •• 1'I.AKi:,

with uneasiness, want of sloop, and great

•

I without • iiiniiniir. and await

! i will. She • . p of Joh, " All lliu day* of my

ill ! '.v t i i . h i ! •

G ;n'- i knew that toy H

At "ii- time, lior symptoms seemed more fhrorahlo, and I expressed a hope of hor

•• .v>." - i . ! rinj •• I have takon

I iliing on earth, and I WOUid ralhrr go, if

will; only I wan: to wail patiently: till he

mother told me th;ii. during the

tiWtt all farewell, irowell message

and the i-hurdi. and all • had tliu* sot her hi •. to die, or,

life, and -he was waiting the Munitions home. She said that

4S

die felt liko a little ehild in her ltoter*i «

arms; and if, by lifting a pebble, »ho could -in- would not do it.

Several days before her death, she re»

llonio

• " — a

hymn, with it- iuiu'.-Iunr tohcrfor itftolf and

i' -. \ - 1 repeated d

aod] again and again, with

peel tender - ud en^hiab,M Rest, rert, real! Oh, brother Lod I dull rwt , rest, rest! This weary bead shall

•om."

When 1 had | -tanw,—

" Sing, oh, «lng. yw hrir> of |1<*7-Shout your triumph u you no." —

she hurst out in nad as

If iliv miril would break away from tho ,

b o d / , u Oh, brother, 1 du l l iragl 1 dull

shout! Won't wo ring! Won't wo tboufc?

Yes, wo shall — wo shall sing and l b

44 I «KI:.

On Saturday morning, Fehnntry 22, ihe was in a Tory happy frnmo of mind, nod faid Uint dM l>ad bod :~ from

(floor; tin lin<l told her that he was QOratdg soon, and would fulfill her heart's desire in Inking her to him. Il"i D said, that duriinx the previous niirl had been constantly iinfilling up, and sometimes sho would cry oul, with great earno'i Jtaot."

Sho raqneitod mo to lug (br bur, ind I sung, -'The Shining Shore,*' and •* Home­

ward Bound." During tho tinging of tho

hut stanza of 11 -he was filled

with Joy.

UM harbor o f b n m i now «•• gild*.

Softly -«. 4.1ft huf tide. Wf'rt bona i t Uti I

H Ot-d • All our ijangm • / • o'vrl W* auad •nut* on Uir iloiiftej •tow | aiarj to Ood I w» will ahoot m m o n ,

!»W aS lu ! ! '

THE OOLIIHUI n*< a m 45

" Y e - . bOBM nt l u l l

Glory to God! Homo at b u t ! Oh, I

shall soon lie home — home—homo at

On the night of that day, about twelve

o'clock, her waiting, longm

bono. Washington's birthday was her

birthday to a higher life. AftOI tOXOJ I

•be was

permitted Ul rttri iiui>.'tly, till the midnight

cry struck upon bee ear, "Behold, tho •in coineth!" It f i

with her lamp trimmed ntnl burning.

Calling f>r hop mother, the throw herself

r embrace, as her spirit did into tho

•u r.

•I midnight, on all the ships in

Hampton Koads,— and win

us that the cry on shipboard i- distinctly

heard on shore, — the watchman cried

aloud, as usunl. -- ]'.-. 1. t'olook, and all's

we l l ! " Tln> Bound penetnted the Mck

ffl

r , u d Iho dying Invalid npiareatly

heard ' then breathed hor la*t sigh, and entered upon

itefa remains for the pooplo ...' G 11.

•

l>.itli, I railed, and band bar b iubud and v bearing Dp Q

. . i

could aniDa through iln.'ir team; though they wept. it waa not a* thoao who have no hope. In the ocrviws of the day, Uio bo*

wore remembered in fervent, tym-Iblt sorely af­

flicted, and vould ha '

iporory loss w u hor •A gain. In tba avaaiiig, n prayer

bold till midnight in tba bar body lay i bat all full Uk

•

I uur Father. hot Qod and

our God.

THB COLOItKI) TK.XOllll. (7

"11 Monday, ut de l • large

concmir$o MNmUttd :»< II-T funeral. Wo

met in her Mbool room. »t iho Brown Cot­

tage, ii ]

n g labors, and

UUK u lit pUoe for then leave-taking ror-

rieea. The occasion was ono of n

tnd joj, 'rii.- nrvkMirere begun uig, according to her roquet!, the

familiar hymn,—

•• I would not Mn *lw»y," —

to the tune of " Sweet Home," in which

it is generally mug by the people hero,

with tht; eluinis,—

••Home! Home! Kwwf. iwc*t homo I llim** no pUc» like hca*vn, ihtre'i no pU« lik«

hom«!"

The IfflpnadOD WW v.-ry tl |

u Fuller, of •

rogimont, of) - pray­

ing fervently fur the bereaved mother and

4 8 MART 8. RAJ

husband , and for little Daisy, » h u would

on« day realiM more than now a mother'""

wctrlli liy h-'t KM. W« Una U t t g , accord­

ing lo he r reques t . her favorite hymn,

" Tlio Christian':* H Q O M In ijljry," or

' ' • ' • • • ' • • .

m ) ; 0 — •• Tin.™ rciuaiuelh

therefore a r « t lo I tod." At

UM e o a d t n l f tl n n o n tin* chi ldren

w u g , —

«• nthr $ritt and pain j >• mart to part again i

la baa*"« ** pu t (to more. Oil. lt*l - i l l be joyful,

Joyfal. joyfal. Joyful. Ob. uiat win ba joyful,

- rMUtrn will t x ihfl.-.

Who h»*t • ou«hi "•* 1ftA by pxayar, Fiom »"T7 Sahbath *rbool.

Oh. tUt wlU b* joyful, far, •• TkaoVrf. loo. *ball B M I abora,

And out f iW« . whom vc b,**. Shall VOTt to pan no mora.

Oh. that -111 W joyful." to.

iili: COttOltP OU.QH1 B, 49

The ooffio «:is then opened, and wo look Uu ].i '. i.iok at a face

Iv linoaiimiiw I can ncvor forgot.

In long prooeniOD, In which her recent charge bore a prominent p*rti m aooonj-

pank'd her to her rating phofi. Tl

of Mir Npullun i« about a hundred yard*

north of UM seminary, on thy hank of 111.- iul- 1. A i

head, pri ..i.ilic evergreen foliago ov'.i tin- •oaVrooiad teoenwnt.

uiirauce

of her Immortality, the 17th n u n of tho

l lMh Psalm, - 1 mall no) die, but

Tin' 111:r r> -r.ii•.- yours of her earthly ftXfafr

enoe von bat ON praludt to • lift bojond •

ravage* of dftftth, her name shall livo in

memory.

In (Ml nupn.'tendiug memQir may its 4

60 KAHV - i

•nbjeal live ngain. nnil not in vain. May teacher* gather from her example fresh

•

Trcali bopulm in doing good. M.i> fboj >• advantages wlpcrior to »'f

of tar pmoribed raoo, take hood the batter improvement <>f tn«

liltlo Ifghl iip in the jndg> mont and BoMkuna Uwm.

. .irni children of pfOOfl parentage and CliriMinn •

a earliert year* havy not only ,i to Utp ill.' Saviour** name,

but to read it, pity the alavo child, shut mil from Midi advantages, and giro heed

to instruction, Ic-i, Inning man d, they bo beaten villi many

stripes. Let all who hare on intewt at "' "f grace rememl-T I U

may walk in I er's fooUtepii, as far a* she follow . only following more closely, attaining Mill

THE COLORED JlAOHtt. -")1

greater exeeUonoe, Mdltavtng ^lill grantor

nwifilTnnii. nrid winning a still brighter

crown of glory.

As thu enlarging hardest field whitens

into ripQOMS] may UM Lord of (ho harvest

send forth an increasing inimber of labor-

on . Gli, who will give car to tho echoing

cry, " Como over and help u s " ? Como to

tho harvest work, ami JTM too, «iih arms

full of golden shrii-. ml tho

harvest homo. Who will pftj tli<: hire of

the laborers ? Who will lend to tho Lord

UM capital noedfa] to in season and n i l I Fox looh thero shall

bo untold riches laid up in heaven. Aud

who will sustain those who b e v tin

and heat of tho day, by tho buoyancy of

This if* a work thrice blessed to

all concerned.

A l ' M . N D l \ .

metaoH ro i as FHBBDUEK.

ON U MW WM

Ilion in ltd :it PortTOM ii'.u by

the UvftKiin-r <>t* tbfl An Bociftiiun. n -| • oting thi hi bad

letter, : Hnll.T

• .• fttatc*, that, a-by ill.- public antborB

•

ion i"ili*' i

i • .)bmjn » ' i i i | i l . i i ] n i ' i i t . \

vat rcwivcl. and, io refci ' . i r e w . prcuKxl, Gtnrr:.' rim tlio-con-

(»>

54 IfMOUHX.

i n i M i i l - " iro>M I-- pcocaetad; t i ; .• I In g o v e r a n m t *<•[-' I nough W cultivate

i ; ami in UM

nvrar bo n f l b n d Ui return lata bondage, IIIITC w u DO Of'- ing *ny of

ihem tot Buteti T h e ©iconic 1 OMmdtC* f o f tfao OIUOCMUOII,

flMttagMg] v thcw awuranci*,

I I

- i ona ry to 'Anb ing toc ,

. • •

• ho had •uccevd*! >. .

OocdiiUy, b rorad the plait, and af-'iliiicB,

..ivood conferred wWl tl ! tmoag tbo frocii:

•

. • i

ing^u i jp i , . .

I nd iliruiiu-li

U M commit I«« in New York made orgeat ap-

i l ' r . I 5 5

: i .

I The latv lumviitcd Mm, M i r y S. 1'cako w u

B U d to tflnoh tu long iu he r i

•

vr% bora i"«'ii nnplo*f«d' chaplainf in the :ir my Mid piofl occawun .

Sabba th Mboot*| and ITcek-d*Jf whooU, have •

n o n t h l , and thou removed to another Geld. In h i i final report, ho itiitc*

• i t o a oongreg Haui'iton, where ilit* ftVBMgt I'iprir hundred; and to a congregation

[OORM, R B t l t 'li'- »V( :.'•.;•• - " • was about tliu aaino.

A day school wa» U-j.t in a bou II.tiii]>t<>n. (bnai

oVmi Tylar , vrfaioh wai wholly g iven up for

of thafiiodaiea Imttinb-•

Hampton, vfalah bad been fill parpoew, g»'>''niiuciit i the lamb) i iimiiT tin- oan

6fl Afnwnx.

ftii'l I I U I H U ' I I - T I .-.t OH* I ' m '

•

lil ' l . at a:: I •

•

•

•

• •

M m . fa b a n b w n coronniiiir,ii"«l with nj*anl to ifao :••

lily in o---qvjrlng Icnowkdga in tab in.(u*trj:il I

• ir c*»uraj B, ti

w i l l b o li •

•

• • •

the Tallin of (hi> little publication.

*

67

1

A jam • ••' l lnmptoo, Virginia, . . - \Y ;.. ii I '

«il hero, I found the chiMr n •

<J.-unU in tlii 'ir pOBOni Hid . i t t i tr , m i l ncem-

111_:Ij. ir. olllM I lo almort every • ] • •

w u k o d M M ; i'ti'l it •p f* , M " ' r

were l o o far pone U» 1" ..v.

th ing ii-- ' l i iMn-n at rdc Nor th .

d I bad reckoned wi thout my

hiMt In the p o m m s o f theM children.

- A t ' m was a

: hi (bttf fry e r a m om- h n n d n d and

I persons

T h a r I w o n i m n , in most

oilftM, quickly and eon. • ad ' h e i r

behavior m i h i I

•r. wliil.- in i

Sabbath-<O1KK>! MbolaM at !)*«• Nor th . And

they t o fully appraolata nij bumble

the i r 1- !

it load* I with ••rangea,

68 Amount-

I'-moiia, ag : and ot lur IW*tt w lo mention, nil testifying

ID mi', although I can do to Utile

1

at) tabool numbered about Ifl n. Udft of them weje

In color. . \ • •ritMM linn thoao who COUipOBw)

lay school: bright i

p«tIeoi >ii-! U t iny «ye«, ih"ui:li th .v * * n 'horribly black,' M » m o have called them, and very dirty .it

M detfptaod

HI.I wilh.ii t o UurfoOJ 10 Ic in i , t h a t I fill a tnii ' *ym|»ailiy for tlntn.

i.t< n h ive L.-i-t t l inn in dark-;. i ln< result

"They wishes lo b t taught ffrcl ; vi t . unlike aoroo

in-n, they ara pMkoi tad willing of -iiu'ly,

:.: in g t t t i ng (I.

1 have kno tad drill over a leUM (br two houri

Bt a time.

APPENDIX. 59

" l,.'t mi- relate to yoa .1 intli> incident that will ilUiMr.it-' tribal I I i. Ono day, ii i; uribrt, aoon after »•• Ian* i. i walking through the apper portion

: • ,irj a little voice laying UM alpha* bet, while anotlf PWi

• lini* it after UM lirnu I looked «, unklj around i" dlaoover from when*

• . . . , - |

W hj, •• tied -Hi the piazza of a largi; i hoaa* WOT* two of the blnckwt little negro catUrnt, OM about Mren, tho other not : 'i ' . >• .-- " '•! . Tha i M- r bad hi- u r n

ihroara id llu abnoet i form of tin- "tinT, and with an ojicu primer in the la| I erer* -'it ' I" ii An li.-.ur ;III-T. I retamed by the atnw kjwt, and wa» bota pl< nod and tai

•

"This desire, or rath* to leant to read, ti manlfeated by all. I have Hopped i lime, and have ironte-

olleoted a groaj abooi mi. and b a n made I at UM

after me ilowlj^leitar by tetter. • I can

•how ihi-m, ami as I turn I" i

00 Ari'ENIlIX.

ak do Lord, MS."

I or TUK FHKCOUBX.

•

: tl>.- ofanrcfa mwabwi had ukon

•

•

!•- Jiflhit of •

•

•

vcumiiJUhod.*

.HUM.

|, at least, tfloro than half of the "ni:.i

: i .-hi»i>. by I

. •

. (HUE. (Jl

nch llmt

Ea iba to •

out era i

measure. One, now adfaaa I In life, saiil, thai whan !»• pmjpoaod to hit

•

•

fully in i Mr, I. lienano-

•

•

wboai were some who luul

i a ecr-. HI handsome fonu, whi

highly. i i appeared to turn • • ihi'in-

and the whole population,

N u ; v i BLOQI

of the ;K ' d o •

qaonoo. The nkrion -1 i, after n dbc

62

It melted every heart. He appealed lo tli" n l a l a n p m i m who v o n in re)

down n b e U o a I land, and asked t h a n b o * th'-y. who

| DM taught to read the Bible, M I'.ini'.'i tbfl l."i 1'- l ' r - l ' r in in*Lii'\ ):.•::. I

T. when > poor, dr*|iUxil, ami bnavfof met; who, though denied the Bii-i

i til foiin.l tli.ir . ' -IH.IIM •• uri.l ooodaon Ll

•

iva, i In*

m l i |.: • virtual eman­cipation of fifteen or eighteen hninli.-promise of the emancipation of tour million*.

iillo lo gTOat,"

C i i r a r n MKKTIKG. Tbo mUaaowry w n . t r : " I . i - t T lmnday I

had an opportunity to obotrM I •talc of a eunaidcrahle number of Uio brctli-BM U laad a t

then* nndencattdliig u d p u d to Drdor awl pn [ |

rd i had bora

; TO1X. 68 ;

jnqiiinvl ln>w l:ir any of tfam oool I ;iii»!». One or two ropKod : :

."OIlM ,|i • • niorv.

- In tii«' •i;-.-M--j..n. hi • .• lakpri ••;••! !-• (be Sablntli, the tmirwrnnco

cause, :in'l otbtf mattttft0/Christian morality. Ill ili-r.r

of print* li'liiioiiiii-m, in tU «no-onrivc s- . bofbn pnbllfl • (in ilii^ pofnt on* brother atid ho H

idntooisJied :i neighbor of tbc • >ii t i n -

. nn-l hn bad aofcoowlfldged Ms fault, n ^ praaiBwd anandment Thodotj giving o&nderftj am! undoing wroogs, was

ml ha<l boon in.: I h a ohoreh |

t* power l- therefore, dectdcil •

bnreh iboald bo rent) ..liiiounlly."

One of the iiu-TiiU rs, :in<l Ht[lli"l ||i:if l ir )i:nl i.|i OM

iv n frnni the paltry. u d Urrenteood wltb tbb

>vi ma. ''.oMetb-

: •

i

•n of yon* old HI.! jiiunii, will town I u I od, I wti

niuioiig lo I. '"-ok. I klit'i'lr,! doWD I'V iiiv 1""'^. I,y !ln: l.il.l.-,l mill -i WOoM

) i Hull', I would bo thiin^ln -Vi,.i I ir mi...!, u d ;. • jrou v.

' we nro .

" • wi| • oafwbk of ttiuwlcdge.

. . . All «.' •

Mil )•:

I wfodora, Th r •

niiy."