This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...to be chaired. I wish the boys were here to 'pursue the triumph and partake the shout.' "I saw the sun rise in gold out of the sea, with Portland in the foreground, this morning. I never saw any thing so grand or so sublime. I am quite well and very cheery." 22 258 GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKES CHAP. XIX. CHAPTER XIX. 1833. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...to be chaired. I wish the boys were here to 'pursue the triumph and partake the shout.' "I saw the sun rise in gold out of the sea, with Portland in the foreground, this morning. I never saw any thing so grand or so sublime. I am quite well and very cheery." 22 258 GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKES CHAP. XIX. CHAPTER XIX. 1833. GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKES THE SLAVERY QUESTION.--LORD HOWtCK's RE-SIGNATION.--ANXIETIES.--QUESTION OF COMPENSATION AGITATION IN THE COUNTRY.--DELEGATES. Mr. Buxton began this year--the most important of his life--by publishing a brief address to the members of the Established Church, in which he invited them, together with the principal dissenting bodies, to unite in setting apart the 16th of January as a day of prayer on the subject of slavery. In his own prayers it was never forgotten. Just before the session commenced he thus refers to it in one of his papers. "Northrepps, Sunday, Feb. 3, 1833. "I go to London to-morrow. Parliament meets on Tuesday, and I have reason to hope that the King's speech will declare that Government has resolved to effect the total and immediate emancipation of the slaves. "This then is a season, if ever there was one, for fervent prayer to Thee, Almighty God, that the light of thy countenance may rest on that good cause, and on me, one of its advocates. "Now that I am about to quit this peaceful haven, and embark on a tumultuous sea, what provision and safeguard of prayer do I desire to carry with me? "Grant that I and all of us, may be strengthened with might by Thy Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith. That is my prayer as to the spirit which may reign within. And my general prayer as to our external actions is the collect of the day, fourth Sund...
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