Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before.

Where The Scriptures Speak, We Speak; Where The Scriptures Are Silent, We Are Silent.

Who Hath Not Own'd, With Rapture-smitten Frame, The Power Of Grace, The Magic Of A Name.

United States, Your Banner Wears Two Emblems--one Of Fame; Alas! The Other That It Bears Reminds Us Of Your Shame. Your Banner's Constellation Types White Freedom With Its Stars, But What's The Meaning Of The Stripes? They Mean Your Negroes' Scars.

Oh, How Hard It Is To Find The One Just Suited To Our Mind!

What Though My Winged Hours Of Bliss Have Been, Like Angel Visits, Few And Far Between.