The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-04

asked me If they might be married, and |
I presume they were.'' III ,,8
..Whar will you take for her and the
children2" s }ijf
.If you want them for your own use /
will take 800; but I shall not sell Moses
nor them to go out of the State. :
II wish them all for my own use, and
will give you the 81 400"
MI. B. and Col. G.. then went to BIS
store, drew up the writings and closed
the sale, after which they returned to the
vessel; and Mr.. L. approached the negro.
who sat with his eyes fixed upon the
deck, wrapped in meditation OF the most
awful forebodings, and said:
swell Moses, Ihavo bought you.'
! Moses made low how, ana every
muscle in his face worked with emotion,
as he replied:
/ SIS you, NASSAU Where is I gwine,
4 NASSAU Is gwine to Geprgia2"
! mo" said Mr.. B., II am a merchant
here in this city. Yonder is my store,
and want you to attend on the store,
and have purchased your wife and
children, too, that you may not be sepa-
rated"
"Bress God for dat; and massa, kin l
4 60 to meetin' sometimes2"
"Yes, Moses, you can go to church
three times on Sabbath and every night
in the week, and you can pray as often
as you choose and as loud as you choose
1 and as long as you choose: ana every time
/ - Ino t hnp iy,t hn
church. / want you to pray for me, my
wife and all my children; for if you are a
good man your prayers will do us no harm,
and we need them very much; and If you
wish to, you may pray Tor every body Of
i nv name in the State. It will not iDjure
them" '9. ase .as
When Mr. B. was dealing out these
privileges to Moses, the Negroes eyes
danced in their sockets and his full heart
laughed outright for gladness, exposing
two rows of as even, clean worries as any
African can boast; and his hearts response
was, s'Bress God, Dress God all de time,
and Dress you, too, massa; Moses neber
thinks bout he gwine to hab all dis com
modationers; dis make me tink bout
Joseph in de Egypt" And after Moses
had poured few blessings upon Col. G.
and hidden him warm adieu, and re-
quested him to give his love and farewell
to his mistress, the children and all the
servants, he followed Mr.. B. to the store,
to enter upon the functions Of his new
office. -. .. ......
The return Of the schooner brought to
Moses his wife and children.
Early the next spring as MIR. B. was
one day standing at the store door, he
saw q man leap upon the wharf from the
deck of vessel, and walk hurriedly
toward the store. He soon recognized
him as Col, G. They exchanged saluta
tons, and to the Colonel's inquiry aftel
Moses, Mr.. B. replied that he was VI
stairs measuring grain, and invited hin
to walk up and see him. Soon Mr.. b
! attention was arrested by very confused
noise above. He listened and heared al
unusual shuff1ing of feet, some one sob
bling violently and some one talking yer.
u hurliedly; and when he reflected upol
Col. C.'s movements and the peculiar ex
preston Of his countenance. he becam
alarmed and went up to see what wa
d transpiring.
p When he reached the head Of the stair
/ he was startled at seeing Moses in til
middle of the floor down opon one kne.
with his arm around Colonel's waist, an
10 talking most rapidly, while the Colone
- stood weeping audibly. So soon as III
'e Colonel could sufficiently control his fee
"a ings, he told Mr.. B. that he had neve
IL been able to free himself from the infls
y ence Of Moses prayers, and that durin
~ the past year he and his wife and childre
y u had been converted to God.
.; Moses responded: '.Bress God, Mass
"a G., doe way up hea, neber forgit yC
y in my prayer; olles put de ole mas
!, side de new one. Bress God, dis NAL
"a Moses tink about Joseph in de Egg
40 again" ..... ..... ..... 49,. =. y.
The Colonel then stated to Mr.. B. tn
his object in coming to Baltimore was
buy Moses and his family back agai
~, But Mr.. B assured him that was out
: the question, for he could not part wi
him; and he intended to manumit Mos
and his wife at forty and his children
~ thirty years of age. ...Is .....
ne Moses was not far wrong in his rcfe
+-vs ence to Joseph. For when Joseph "
sold into Egypt, God overruled it to b
ny good, and he obtained blessings to /
cn good, and he obtained blessings tn
were far beyond his expectations:
with Moses, he eventually proved the
~ strument, in Gods hands, of saving I
vs. mans soul who sold him. #2@
nc Old Moses is still living, and at pr,
ent occupies comfortable house of
own and is doing we'll for both worlds.
!, n. Z. Graphic.
I'll Western Farm Life.
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