The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-24
LECTURE BY REV. A. A. CONSTAN
TINE, IN BROOKLYN.

Mr.. EDToR:-The Rev. A. A. Constan-
time lectured on Sabbath evening, the 18th
inst, in Sloan Church, REV. A N. Free
man pastor.) After the preliminary SER
vices, the pastor introduced Mr. Constan-
stine as brother laboring with heart and
! hand for the civilization of Africa.
Mr., Constantine commenced his lecture
by quotations from the Bible, showing that
THE descendants of Ham first peopled Afr-
lea, and that they soon became the. greatest
nation on the face of the earth. He then
burned to the outline of Africa, which was
behind him, and pointed out the river Eu-
pirates, saying that, by the Prophet Isa-
siah, God had pronounced curse upon the
| land shadowing with wings, which is
i beyond the rivers of Ethiopia" &c Isa-
3iah, chap. Is, gerSes and p This curse
was the result of Gods displeasure at the
sidolatry of the Egyptians To confute the
arguments of those who believed the curse
permanent, he quoted the Goth verse OF
the 10Th chapter Of Isaiah. The lecturer
said his object i'll introducing these remarks
/ was to show the fallacy of the reasonings
sof those who believed it was and" ever
would be in vain to attempt to remove the
curse or its affects. His opinion was that
Africa would yet be the FIRST in greatness
sof all the nations of the world.
The speaker then related anecdotes of
the natives, illustrating their,susceptibility
to religious impressions, and their aptness
in initiating. The natives of Africa he be-
'lieved to be superior, mentally: morally ]
and physically. He urged she necessity
Of sending " God-mcg t,'uS'-,as the natives
call the true Christian missiorary-to Af
RIGA, to effect good, as the natives were
keenly alive to the difference between true
land false Christian actions on the part of
their teachers.
He then spoke Of the cotton trade, say
ling that England few years ago estab-
lished an agency near the mouth of the
river Niger, and sent out hundred cotton|
|glns. Eleven thousand pounds of cotton
were produced. More gins were then sent
to the depot, and last year one hundred
thousand pounds was the result. The ma
tive chiefs, finding the cotton trade SO pro-
|htable, have, with the assistance of the
English government and the Christian mis-
isionaries, nearly abolished the slave trade
cotton grows in that country wild, and sol
|abundantly as to be- inexhaustible butt
the trade need not be confined to cotton, |
for the fertility Of the soil and the mineral
riches of the country, together with its &C.
feasibility from all points, renders it unpar-
''alleled for commercial purposes.
The lecturer then made stirring ap-
lpeal to the audience to assist the African
Civilization Society's efforts in Africa, say.
ling that by the civilization of that country
and the development of its commercial
Ipowers, the slave-trade would be brokepl
down, and slavery done away with. He
CLOSED by presenting book for subscrip-
ton for any amount, S25 making the do.
nor life member.
The tenor of Dir. Constantine's lecture
was that Africa is to be the instrument for!
the destruction of slavery in this country j
and the elevation of the colored people.
When he retired, Mr.. VIM. J. Wilson
begged to have few questions answered
to wit: "Can one hundred of our colored|
men, the best selected, compete, in a com
mercial point, with any one hundred men|
to-day in Abeokuta 7" "Can men living
In axfraroo 4-o,,oo1 -~.I