# The Future of Africa

the
FUTURE OF AFRICA:
being
ADDRESSES, SERMONS,
etc., etc.,
delivered in the republic of liberia.
by
REV. ALEX. CRUMMELL, B.A.,
queen's college, cambridge.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER, 124 GRAND STREET. 1862.
"Joy to thy savage realms, Africa! A sign is on thee that the great I AM Shall work new wonders in the land of Ham; And while he tarries for the glorious day To bring again his people, there shall be A remnant left from Cushan to the sea. And though the Ethiop cannot change his skin, Or bleach the outward stain, he yet shall roll The darkness off that overshades the soul, And wash away the deeper dyes of sin. Princes, submissive to the Gospel sway, Shall come from Egypt; and the Morian's land In holy transport stretch to God its hand: Joy to thy savage realms, Africa!"
—Rev. William Croswell, D.D.
JOHN F. TROW, printer, stereotyper, and electrotyper, 48 & 50 Greene Street, New York.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by CHARLES SCRIBNER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
PREFACE.
Most of the papers contained in this volume were addressed to public assemblies in the Republic of Liberia, and, at their request, a few of them have already appeared in print. The remaining articles, now for the first time published, relate, in an equal degree, to the interests of Africa and the negro race. They were prepared, on their several occasions, under a keen sense of responsibility, in the new field of duty on the coast of Africa, whither God has called several thousands of the sons of Africa from their former American homes. They are now published with the humble but sober conviction, that the trains of thought they present are worthy the attention and consideration of the people to whom they were addressed; if, perchance, they should prove undeserving the notice of others.
The Author, however, feels that they are somewhat fitted to two important ends; namely, first, to show that the children of Africa have been called, in ​the Divine providence, to meet the demands of civilization, of commerce, and of nationality; and, second, that they are beginning, at last, to grapple with the problems which pertain to responsible manhood, to the great work of civilization, to the duties and requirements of national life, and to the solemn responsibility of establishing the Christian faith amid the rude forms of paganism.
The Author cannot let this volume go forth to the public without tendering his best thanks to very many friends, both clerical and lay, who, during his sojourn in this country, have either aided him in his collections for the "Liberia College," or have interested themselves in the publication of this volume, or have bestowed upon him personal attention and kindness.
He trusts he may be excused for mentioning, in this public manner, his deep acknowledgments to the Rt. Rev. Bishops Eastburn, and Potter, of Pennsylvania; to John P. Crozer, Esq., of Philadelphia; to Wm. B. Dodge, Esq., of New York; and to Wm. Coppinger, Esq., of Philadelphia; and especially to those two gentlemen who have favored him with great kindness, through many years, in Africa as well as America—Benjamin Coates, Esq., of Philadelphia, and the Rev. S. H. Tyng, D.D., of New York.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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