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From Hiram Wilson

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
March
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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t St Cathamnks, 3, J844. . Dear B'-oihct .- Having spent the last eea son in England, forthe purposee of promoting the highest interests of the refugees in this country from American bondage and oppressïon, I fee! callcd upon lo announce that their cause isnow prosperiug na higher degree than at any former period during the kt seven years. I cannot at present give your readers a full account of their condition and prospectas that work, wbicli I shall perfora in due time, with the greatest pleastis reserved for iny 'annuul Report of he-Canada mibsioi), which it is hoped, will soon come hcfore tl. e Chrisiian public. Our school?, nine or ten in numbr, are in a prosperous state, and the Manual' Labor institute at Dawn having received important aid fröïh England. is likely to meel the warmest expéctations of its friends. Gould y ou be present with us uppjj. our premisos but for a day, to witness, in a log house, the moming and evening devotiorts of a household of 30, including the sludents, teachers and laborers, to witness the solemn and respectfuJ attention to the readin? of the sacred seriptures, the jiyfu] chanling of glad hozannas (o the King of kings, and the meekness and reverence, and chüd-like simplirity with wbHch the social band are wont to bow before the divine throne yuü would joyfully turn your eyes to heaven, and give thanks to God thai, in a wiJderaesP. a nucleiis was already formed, around wbich immortal interests are beginning to cluster.- Your joy would be wrought upto the grgater intensity with the Ihöught that most of these devout worshippers of the Living God, who are preparing themfelveá by ihe cullivation of their rainds for eminent usefuTuess in liis vinyard, were but a short time since grinuing in the hornd prison-huuse of pluvery". Al present, we are a little stroitened fop room, having recently ]ost a building that was nearly finished, by. fire. Jt was erected prmcipally by meansfurnished from the State of fifaity?, and dc-eigred to aceommodate a considerable number of femules unier the care of Miss Coburn. The loss wo ld perlinps fall a little short of S200. We confidentiy expect that ampie means will be furníshed for rebnilding in ihe spring. My uifesion to Eng'and, tho' not very successful, was by no means a failure. By reason of the general distress in the country among the poor, and tlie pressure of ten thousand claims 11 pon the benevo'ent, my collect'ion3 we're sinall, .smounting to a little more than $1100 besides my expenses, which were necessarily' heavy. I sueceeded, over, m a wa kening an interest in the minds of many British ph.lunthropists, which wiil i dbubtless bring sübstantiaT, permanent aid to the cause. 1 obtaied also a grant from the 1 Briiish and Forein Bible "Society of 200bles anci 500 Tetaments for gratuitous distribution among the destitute poor of color who have learned to read. Tfiis may be regnrded as a favorable beginning in the way of furnishing ihe peopla vvith the bread of Ijfe.As wc are about lo eniarge our premlses by the purchase of an ndditionar 100 seres of laúd, and expecting ío buüd ín t.'ie spring, ít appenrs necessary that I should ppend most of my time at home. Although n limifed amonnt oT mcans have been procured in Eugland for the purpose of eiilarging the premiíes, erectng bnilding's, Sce., still fhe necessity of hav ing help for the support of laborers is as ness'mg ns ever it has boen. I am liapyy to announce to the Christian public hat the Re'. Josiah Ilonson, a colored man f inlegrity and more tlian ordinary capacity or useftilness in the cause of humañity, is duy authorized by the Institution Committee to olicit on i:s behalf, and is moyt cordiallyommended to the f 'riouds oí the slave, as eminently doserving their confidence and support. May God bless him abunrlantly, and succeec his eflbrts the preeent winter, in plending nt the same lime the cause or' tlie siave, and of the refuerces from bondage. On behulf of the oppressed, I renmin vonr sincere friend, Anti f'eHinv laborer,

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