FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
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SINGING CAMPAIGN 
 
 FOR 
 
 TEN THOUSAND POUNDS; 
 
 THE JUBILEE SINGERS IN GREAT BRITAIN 
 
 REV. GUSTAVUS D. PIKE. 
 
 APPENDIX CONTAINING SLAVE SONGS. 
 
 REVISED EDITION. 
 
 FOR SALE BY THE 
 
 AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, 
 56 Reade Street, New York. 
 
 1875. 
 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by 
 
 The American Missionary Association, 
 in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
 i 
 
TO THE 
 
 RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, KG., 
 
 OP ENGLAND, 
 AND 
 
 THE HON. GEO. H. STUART, 
 
 OF AMERICA. 
 
 IS AN HUMBLE TOKEN OF THEIR NOBLE PHILANTHROPY 
 
 IN BEHALF OF THE JUBILEE SINGERS, 
 
 AND THE RACE THEY REPRESENT, 
 
 THIS VOLUME IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED 
 
 BY 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
PREFACE TO AMERICAN EDITION. 
 
 A previous volume narrated the history of the 
 campaign of the Jubilee Singers id America: this 
 gives their experiences in Great Britain. Their re- 
 ception there was so remarkable, and their success so 
 great, that the simple details seem to be all that is 
 needed. The episodes introduced as conversations 
 with a friend are not foreign to the subject, but are 
 intended to show withal the intimate relations between 
 the Christian education of the Freedmeo and the 
 evangelization of Africa. 
 
 The introduction was kindly furnished by Rev. E. 
 M. Cravath, Field Secretary of the American Mission- 
 ary Association, one of the founders of Fisk University. 
 
 One of the plates prefixed to the volume gives the 
 portraits of the Singers with the names designated 
 beneath, and the other plate represents Jubilee Hall, 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Appended to the book are the slave songs sung by 
 the Jubilee Singers, including a number of pieces 
 never heretofore published. 
 
 G. D. P. 
 
 56 Reade St., New York, Marcli 1, 1875. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Jubilee Singers are students of a University 
 whose founding was connected with the close of the 
 war and the opening of the great effort for the Chris- 
 tian elevation of the Freedmen. 
 
 In June 1865, Maj. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas held the 
 grand review of his victorious army of veterans which 
 ie had concentrated at Nashville, when the war 
 ended, preparatory to mustering them out of service. 
 One of the large hospital buildings in that city, from 
 which the sick and wounded soldiers of the retir- 
 ing army were withdrawn, became soon afterwards a 
 fountain of life, light and inspiration to the struggling 
 Freedmen. 
 
 The officers' quarters became the home of an earn- 
 est band of Christian teachers ; the sick wards, which 
 had been left empty by the return of the soldiers to 
 their homes and friends, became school-rooms for 
 hundreds of eager children ; and the dead-house be- 
 came the store-room of supplies for the naked and 
 suffering. 
 
vi Introduction. 
 
 In the October following the retiring of the arm; , 
 the half block of land and the hospital thereon were 
 purchased for the purpose of establishing a Christian 
 school for the education of the Freedmen — and it is 
 a notable fact that the four men who were personally 
 connected with the work the first year, had all been 
 in service with the army, in the department of which 
 Nashville was the base of operations. 
 
 The formal opening of the school took place Jan- 
 uary 1866, and from the very first, the pupils and the 
 public were informed that the Institution had been 
 founded with a view to permanence, and that it would 
 provide for the most advanced wants of those who 
 should seek its advantages, until regular collegiate 
 and professional training should be given. 
 
 Without question this was the first institution 
 established in the South for the Freedmen with this 
 distinct and avowed purpose. During the six years 
 from its beginning to the departure of the Jubilee 
 Singers, uninterrupted prosperity was enjoyed. The 
 catalogue of 1870-71 gave the number of different 
 pupils in attendance during the year as 477, and at 
 the Annual Commencement of that year the Collegiate 
 Department was organized bv the entering of a 
 Freshman class of four. 
 
 But with all this success there had been this con- 
 stantly increasing occasion of anxiety : the site and 
 buildings which were admirably adapted to the work 
 
Introduction. vii 
 
 of the first few years, were entirely unsuited to the 
 permanent uses of the Institution. The grounds were 
 limited, and too central in the city, and the slight 
 frame buildings were fast going to decay. A com- 
 manding site near the city, ample for the future of 
 a great university must soon be purchased, and per- 
 manent buildings erected. The raising of the large 
 sum of money required for this purpose must be pro- 
 vided for. At the close of the school in 1871, it was 
 felt that the time had come when in some way the 
 effort must at once be made. The question anxiously 
 asked, How shall this be done? was answered by 
 a proposition from Geo. L. White, the Treasurer, to 
 undertake this work by giving concerts with a band 
 of Singers selected frota among the students. Mr. 
 White had become connected with the school at its 
 opening — being then in Government employ in the 
 city — by voluntarily offering to give without compen- 
 sation a part of each day to the teaching of vocal 
 music. In his subsequent and permanent connection 
 with the institution he had organized a large choir of 
 singers, from whom he proposed to select a band 
 whose gift of song had been developed incidentally, 
 and to use it, to save in the time of its necessity, the 
 institution that had sheltered and instructed them. 
 
 The plan being approved by the Trustees, the 
 company was selected and the summer spent in special 
 training and preparation. They did not propose to 
 
viii Introduction. 
 
 appear before the public as professional musicians : 
 the time had been too short and opportunities for 
 culture too limited for them to compete with those 
 who through the aid of the labor and study of cen- 
 turies had brought music to its present state of per- 
 fection. Instead of this they interpreted the spirit- 
 ual and religious power of the songs of the slaves of 
 the South, and thus touched the hearts of the Chris- 
 tian people everywhere and secured their s} 7 mpathy 
 and liberal aid. 
 
 The Singers left Fisk University October 1871 and re- 
 turned in time to attend the Commencement exercises 
 the last of M^y 1874; having given two seasons of con- 
 certs in the United States and one in Great Britain. 
 Tne history of the heroic struggles of the first three 
 months and of the marvelous success of the remain- 
 ing four months of their first year, has been publish- 
 ed in the book entitled "The Jubilee Singers and 
 their campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars," more 
 than 30,000 copies of which have been sold in the 
 United States and Great Britain. The sketch of the 
 Campaign in Great Britain, with its remarkable prov- 
 idential openings and triumphant results, is given in 
 the volume now in the reader's hands: the net result 
 of the three years was $90,000, with which the perma- 
 nent site of twenty-five acres has been purchased and 
 Jubilee Hall nearly completed. 
 
Introduction. j x 
 
 The University is in pressing need of another build- 
 ing, and of an endowment for the support of its pro- 
 fessors. Up to the present time, the sums raised by 
 the Jubilee Singers, have all been expended on the 
 grounds and building ; the ordinary expenditures, 
 above receipts from students, having been met from the 
 Treasury of the American Missionary Association, of 
 New York City, under whose auspices all the move- 
 ments of the University have been conducted. 
 
 The Association is, in its origin and history, iden- 
 tified with the efforts of American and British Chris- 
 tians for the overthrow of slavery and the evangeliza- 
 tion of Africa. When the war opened the w r ay for 
 direct labors among the ex-slaves in America, it sent 
 a large force of missionary teachers, who gathered 
 Christian schools and formed churches in nearly every 
 Southern state. More than forty thousand pupils 
 were at one time taught in its schools. 
 
 It became manifest very soon that the progress of 
 the people warranted more permanent methods. The 
 people themselves were to become helpers in their 
 own elevation. The rapid progress of the colored 
 pupils demanded higher grades of schools in which 
 they might be prepared as preachers, teachers, and 
 leaders. Hence the opening of normal schools and 
 colleges and the planting of churches. This policy 
 has been pursued with most cheering results, as is 
 witnessed by the growth of these institutions, the 
 
x Introduction. 
 
 approbation of the people of the South, and the large 
 number of colored teachers — male and female — which 
 these schools have sent forth, together with the thou- 
 sands of pupils they are now teaching. 
 
 The statistical tables published by the Association 
 show that it has under its care in the South fifty-three 
 churches, seven chartered institutions, some of them 
 with permanent buildings, of which Fisk University 
 (as shown in the plate) is a favorable specimen, seven- 
 teen normal and thirteen common schools. The church 
 members number 3,227; the pupils in its schools 
 10,000; and those taught by its former students are 
 estimated at 64,000. 
 
 The growth of this work is somewhat indicated by 
 the increase of the Association's expenditure, from 
 $16,517, the amount appropriated for 1862, to $273,- 
 088, which was paid out for Freedmen during 1873; 
 and also by the fact that since the war of the rebel- 
 lion began, it has collected and disbursed for the 
 establishment and maintenance of its missions more 
 than $2,736,280, or upwards of £500,000. The good 
 already accomplished by such an institution as Fisk 
 University cannot be stated or estimated ; its student 
 teachers for the year 1874, numbered 110. They taught 
 an aggregate of 10,000 pupils, and earned $20,000. 
 
 To establish permanently a University for the col- 
 ored people of the South, to educate the teachers of 
 their schools and the pastors of their churches, and 
 
Introduction. xi 
 
 thus to lift up the race in this country and to turn a 
 tide of Christian civilization to the shores and into 
 the heart of Africa, is the object of the Jubilee Sing- 
 ers, the purpose of Fisk University, and the grand 
 aim of the American Missionary Association. 
 
 E. M. C. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Reorganization at Nashville — Preparations for two companies — Con- 
 solidation — Invitation to Philadelphia — No place for us in the In-na 
 — Reception at "Washington — Negroes refused reserved seats at 
 Baltimore — Invitation to Princeton — "Whites and Blacks separated 
 in Church — Invitation to give Farewell Concert at Boston — Letter 
 from the Governor of Tennessee — Prejudice shown by Steam Boat 
 Companies — Farewell to America. • - • • • 1 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 English interest in Africa one reason for the success of the Jubilee 
 Singers •••••••••17 
 
 CHAPTER HI. 
 
 Arrive at Liverpool — Rev. James Powell — Introduction to Dr. Allon 
 — Visit to the Earl of Shaftesbury— He arranges for Private Concert 
 — Report of first meeting held in London — Invitation to the Duke 
 of Argyll's— Commanded to appear and sing in the presence of 
 Her Majesty the Queen • • • • • - 26 
 
 CHAPTER IY. 
 
 Methods of work considered— Meeting in Union Chapel — Dinner and 
 conversazione of the Congregational Union — Annual meeting of 
 Freedmen's Missions Aid Society —Singers at Newman Hall's Sunday 
 Service— Concerts at Surrey Chapeh St. James's Hall, and Hanover 
 Square Rooms — Soiree of theNational Temperance League — Opinions 
 of the Press — Crystal Palace — Effect of Singing in Central Transept 
 — Chorus by Five Thousand Children- • • • - 42 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 London hospitalities— Mr. Samuel Gurney, of the Society of Friends — 
 Visit to Botanical Gardens — Mr. George McDonald — Singing at a 
 feast for the poor — Invitation to sing before the Prince and Princess 
 
Contents. xin 
 
 PAOX 
 
 of Wales— Breakfast with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone—Letter 
 by the Rev. Newman Hall— Singing on Sunday at Mr. Spurgeon's 
 Metropolitan Tabernacle — Tea with Mr. Spurgeon — Concert at the 
 Tabernacle — Departure for Scotland - - - - - 63 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Journey to Hull — "Wilberforce Monument— Private Concert arranged 
 by the Rev. W. C. Preston — Sunday Services — Open-air Service for 
 the poor — Visit to training ship for boys — Successful Concert — 
 Welcome to Scarborough by the Rev. R. Balgarnie — Private Concert 
 —Great open-air Sunday School gathering— Preparations at New- 
 castle — Rev. H. T. Robjohns — Enthusiastic reception — Moody and 
 Sankey at Sunderland — Importance of Patronage — Co-operation of 
 Messrs. Common and Campbell — Crowded house • • • 90 
 
 CHAPTER YII. 
 
 Visit to Castle- Wemyss — Welcome by Mr. and Mrs. John Burns — 
 Singing at Garden Party — Address by Lord Shaftesbury — Reports 
 of the Press — Service of Song at Gourock — Rev. David McRae — 
 Concert at Greenock — Crowded house — Ex-Provost Morton's treat 
 to working boys — Bailie Campbell — Bill of lading for cargo of 
 slaves — Meeting at Hellenburgh ..... 103 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Work done in Ireland — Opinions of the Irish Press — Irish interest in 
 the Freedmen — Giant's Causeway — Londonderry — Historic associa- 
 tions — Work in Scotland — Welcome to Glasgow by the Lord 
 Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council — Crowded house — Address 
 by the Lord Provost — Visits to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen- 
 Private Concert to distinguished persons — Welcome to Edinburgh 
 by the City Government — Dinner with the Lord Provost— Letter 
 from Dr. Hanna to Thomas Nelson — Sir Peter Coats — Presents of 
 Paisley Shawls — Paisley Concerts — The Land of Burns— Dinner at 
 Auchendrane — Critique by Mr. Colin Brown • - -119 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Revival work — Moody and Sankey — Religious convention at New- 
 castle—Report by the Rev. H. T. Robjohns — Revival meetings in 
 Edinburgh — Continued interest of the Jubilee Singers in revival 
 work ------... I4f 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Darlington — Donations for Rooms — Singers at York — Alderman 
 Leeman, M.P. — Private Concert at Bradford — Sir Titus Salt — Pinan- 
 
xiv Contents. 
 
 PAOB 
 
 cial success at Leeds — Mr. John Crossley, M.P., of Halifax, promises 
 carpeting — Second visit to Hull — Portrait of Wilberf orce — Mr. John 
 Bright — Mr. J. P. Barlow, of Bolton — Donation for rooms — "Welcome 
 to Manchester — Plan of work — Richard Johnson — Great financial 
 success — Sickness — Concerts at Liverpool — Rev. Hugh Stowell 
 Brown — Concerts at Sheffield and elsewhere— Death of Mrs. White 
 — "Welcome to Cambridge — President of the Midland Railway — 
 School Board Agitations — Missionary Meeting - - - 159 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 Effects of the Campaign on the Singers — "Work done in "Wales — Mr. 
 Samuel Budgett of Bristol — Donations for rooms — George Miiller 
 — Plans for visiting Orphanage — Visit to Bath — Welcome back to 
 London by Mr. Spurgeon— Presentation of books at the Concert in 
 the Metropolitan Tabernacle — Work at Brighton and Southampton 
 — Closing of the Campaign at Exeter Hall, London — The Earl of 
 Shaftesbury — Address by the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D. — Address and 
 presentation by Mr. Ransome— Reply by Mr. Holmes, of the Jubilee 
 Singers— Closing address by Lord Shaftesbury— Return of the 
 Singers to Nashvilte ..«•-•• 182 
 
 JUBILEE SONGS. 
 Prefacb ...------205 
 
 Songs 207 
 
 Index • • ■»•••••• 287 
 
THE SINGING CAMPAIGN 
 
 FOR TEN THOUSAND POUNDS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 FAREWELL TO AMERICA. 
 
 ' IpROM my earliest manhood I entertained the idea 
 **- that if a person would accomplish a successful 
 life, it would be fortunate for him to possess three 
 things : the first was a renewed heart, the second, a 
 liberal education, and the third, wealth. I argued 
 that with these attainments he would become philan- 
 thropic, and gain a useful position among men ; more- 
 over, I believed that the education furnished by 
 schools would be enlarged and made more valuable by 
 travel. When, therefore, the Jubilee Singers' Cam- 
 paign for X 10,000 in Great Britain was ended, I hailed 
 with joy the advent of my friend the doctor, who 
 joined me in London, for a journey to the orient. I 
 had not seen him since the story of the campaign for 
 
2 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 $20,000 was published, and was happy to hear of the 
 interest he had taken in its sale. 
 
 " The fact is," said the doctor one day, as we were 
 gazing at a polished shaft in memory of Captain 
 Speke, Victoria N'yanza, and the Nile, "I stimulated 
 you to write that book, and believe that it has been 
 of service to the American Missionary Association in 
 its efforts on behalf of the African race : would not 
 a second volume, narrating the experiences of the 
 singers in the United Kingdom, encourage American 
 Christians to continue their labours for the coloured 
 man, and help him to become as much an object of 
 respect as he has been of prejudice and hatred ? 
 I am a master of stenography," he went on to say, 
 " and if you will narrate the history of your move- 
 ments since we last were together, I will take notes 
 and we can at our leisure prepare them for the 
 press." 
 
 As by a comity of intercourse there is continuity 
 of fellowship, I assented, provided that he would 
 record his own observations during my recital; to 
 this, after a modest apology, he accorded a pleasur- 
 able acquiescence. . I hoped, therefore, for many valu- 
 able suggestions from his ripe reflections on missionary 
 work, and in this I was not disappointed. Among his 
 peculiarities was one respecting lofty eminences, either 
 on mountains, hills, or towers. He argued that sharp 
 elevated points of land, or artificial structures, broke 
 
Farewell to America. 3 
 
 the atmosphere and purified it ; the winds, he said, 
 that travel over mountain peaks, being lifted above 
 the low grounds, were free from miasma, and develop- 
 ed the best type of character. He maintained also 
 that our Creator had bestowed especial honour on 
 hills and mountains. When He was about to give the 
 law to Mo3es, he said, He did not visit him upon a 
 plain, but on Mount Sinai ; and when he sent His 
 Son to exemplify the Law, and fulfil it, " seeing the 
 multitude, He went up into a mountain, and taught 
 them." Mount Horeb, Mount Zion, the Mount of 
 Olives, Mount Calvary, — indeed, all the sacred hills 
 in scripture story — were species of apostles, with 
 their boon of wealth and influence, to his reverential 
 mind. Following this impulse, we usually sought an 
 elevated spot for our extended conversations, and 
 when on a visit with him to the Crystal Palace, he 
 asked me to ascend one of its towers, for a survey of 
 London, and for rest ; while I should relate to him the 
 incidents of the Jubilee Singers' farewell to America. 
 "The Jubilee Singers,' 7 1 said, "were reorganized at 
 Nashville, after the completion of their first campaign, 
 and the company enlarged to fifteen, for the purpose 
 of accommodating smaller places with a quartette now 
 and then, where it would not pay to send the wholo 
 company. Indeed, it was our purpose to monopolizo 
 the Jubilee Singers' bnsiness, arguing that, if Prof. 
 White would use his superior skill and taste in teach* 
 
4 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ing companies of our students in the south how to 
 sing their old slave songs in the best possible manner, 
 the American Missionary Association could supply the 
 demand for the singers throughout the country, and, 
 by such agencies, do much towards building up her 
 many institutions, for the Christian education of the 
 Freedmen. It was with this purpose in mind that two 
 companies were trained during the summer months of 
 1872, and put into the field in the autumn of the same 
 year. We had not, however, a sufficient organized 
 working force for so extensive a business as two com- 
 panies required, and the attempt to carry on this work 
 without, only overcame and discouraged us. Accord- 
 ingly, by the first of January, it was decided to unite 
 our two companies and form a class with eleven of the 
 best singers, and return the others to their homes ; it 
 was also decided about this time to inquire earnestly 
 of one and another, in whose prudence and wisdom 
 we could confide, concerning the expediency of making 
 a venture in Great Britain, for the completion of the 
 amount needful for Jubilee Hall, of the Fisk University, 
 Nashville, Tennessee. The fact that we purposed to 
 embark upon such a mission spurred on our friends in 
 America to aid us. There is so much appreciation of 
 heroism, that men lavish laudations on those who pur- 
 pose it, and the benedictions bestowed upon the com- 
 mencement of an enterprise are often as grateful as 
 those bestowed upon the victors returning with the 
 
Farewell to America. 5 
 
 spoils. We took every opportunity, therefore, of in- 
 forming the public that the Jubilee Singers would 
 give grand farewell concerts in different towns before 
 leaving for Europe. Several of these were significant, 
 as to the usefulness of our mission, in overcoming 
 prejudice ; and especially those given in Philadelphia. 
 Early in January I had been reflecting seriously upon 
 projecting a series of concerts in that city, when I 
 found myself one night suddenly awakened from a 
 deep sleep with this thought in my mind, 'Visit 
 George H. Stuart and others : their interest in the 
 Freedmen may prompt them to co-operate in prepar- 
 ing the way for the Jubilee Singers to visit Philadel- 
 phia, and give a series of concerts for the benefit of 
 Fisk University." The idea seemed practicable, so, 
 after securing letters of introduction, I called upon 
 Mr. Stuart the next day at his office and submitted 
 the inquiry. He kindly invited me to spend the 
 evening at his house, and after canvassing the sub- 
 ject, suggested that I should draw up a petition, and 
 submit it to Horatio Gates Jones, Esq., inviting the 
 Jubilee Singer troupe to Philadelphia, and that he 
 would accompany me to his office the following day. 
 This was accordingly done, and through the agency of 
 Messrs. Stuart and Jones the subjoined invitation was 
 signed and published as an item in the Philadelphia 
 and New York papers : — 
 
6 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 "'Philadelphia, Jan. 8th, 1873. 
 
 " ' Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, President of Trustees of Fisk Uni- 
 versity, Nashville, Tennessee. / 
 
 < ' Dear Sir, 
 
 " ' We have learned with pleasure of the remarkable suc- 
 cess of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University. Their endeavour 
 to earn $70,000 for the aid of the University meets our warmest 
 approval. 
 
 " 'The renown of their achievements at New York, Brooklyn, 
 the World's Peace Jubilee at Boston, and other places, where 
 they have attracted vast throngs of people to listen to the 
 peculiar songs they have brought out of bondage, awakens in 
 us great enthusiasm in their behalf. The fact that within less 
 than a year they have earned more than a third of the amount 
 they are seeking, assures us their efforts will be crowned with 
 success. Will you not oblige us by visiting our city at an early 
 day, in company with the singers, that our citizens may enjoy a 
 series of their concerts ? 
 
 " ' We remain very respectfully yours, 
 " ' George H. Stuart. A. Whilldin. 
 
 Jay Cooke. John Wanamaker. 
 
 Lemuel Coffin. Richard Newton. 
 
 Edward Hawes. James Pollock. 
 
 Horatio Gates Jones. M. Simpson.' 
 
 " The influence of this petition was magical. At that 
 time Jay Cooke was the foremost banker in America, 
 Bishop Simpson was a masterly power in the Method- 
 ist Church, Richard Newton, D.D., stood without a 
 rival as the author of a large number of sermons, and 
 books for children, and -was rector of one of the most 
 influential Episcopal Churches in the country. Indeed, 
 each of the signatures indicated a representati ve man, 
 and many of them had a national reputation. 
 
Fake well to America. 7 
 
 " The fact that the Jubilee Singers were to he in a 
 measure the guests of such men was enough to ensure 
 a grand reception. The Academy of Music in Phila- 
 delphia is the most elegant and commodious of any in 
 the country. Notwithstanding that it had been re- 
 fused to a U.S. senator, some months before, because 
 of his colour, the influence of the gentlemen inviting 
 the singers was sufficient to secure it; and the fact 
 that the coloured band were the first representatives 
 of the African race ever permitted to appear on its 
 platform, made the advent of the concert an epoch in 
 the history of the city. The Hon. George H. Stuart 
 entered into the business of this series of concerts 
 with all the enthusiasm of his benevolent nature. Jay 
 Cooke occupied a prominent place in one of the boxes, 
 and Mr. Horatio Gates Jones was as untiring in every 
 particular as though the success of the whole enter- 
 prise rested upon him. 
 
 " The vast building was thronged from floor to ceil- 
 ing, and afforded a most magnificent spectacle. 
 
 "My business associate, Mr. Isaac W. Hutchins, had 
 spent two days and a half in attempting to secure accom- 
 modation for the students in some hotel, but had failed 
 altogether, and finally was compelled to lodge them in 
 a coloured boarding-house ; so, in thanking the audi- 
 ence for their generous patronage, I improved the 
 occasion, by calling their attention to the prejudice 
 against colour that was yet to be overcome. I told 
 
8 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 them it happened to us as in days gone by to One 
 whom angels welcomed, that there was no room for us 
 in the inn ; that Mr. Hutchins found no hotel pro- 
 prietor brave enough to risk the odium he might incur 
 it he lodged negroes. The audience was one of the 
 grandest of the season in every way, and was at a 
 high pitch of enthusiasm when this statement was 
 made; and their murmurs of disapproval were very 
 significant. Many moments had not transpired when 
 a man of gentlemanly appearance came to me, and 
 said that I was mistaken ; that he was the proprietor 
 of one of the largest hotels in the city, and had not 
 declined to receive the singers. I explained that he 
 was away when Mr. Hutchins called, and if my state- 
 ment was unjust I would correct the error. Before 
 the close of the concert, therefore, I made it known 
 that the Continental Hotel, which scarcely had a 
 superior in the world, would entertain the coloured 
 students ; this announcement was received with great 
 approbation, while a report of the circumstance found 
 its way into the papers, and served to create a healthy 
 opinion among the hotel-keepers. Subsequently the 
 singers took up their quarters at the Continental, and 
 were treated with much attention both by proprietor 
 and guests. The series of concerts inaugurated by 
 these methods were the most successful of any ever 
 given by us in America. From Philadelphia we pro- 
 ceeded to Washington, where we received an ovation 
 
Farewell to America. 9 
 
 in the Association Hall that nearly resulted in a riot, 
 so great was the throng of people. On our return, we 
 stopped at Baltimore, memorable for its riot in the 
 early part of the rebellion. 
 
 " Air. Hutchins had secured the use of the Masonic 
 Hall, a beautiful building in the central part of the 
 city, and through the agency of my friend, the Rev. 
 Cyrus Osborne, had arranged for the sale Of tickets at 
 a first-class music warehouse. The ticket-seller took 
 the liberty of assuring the whites that no negroes 
 would be admitted to the body of the hall, and 
 declined to sell reserved scat tickets on the floor to 
 the coloured people. On our arrival, learning these 
 facts, as much to our dissatisfaction as to the negroes, 
 and ascertaining that neither the proprietors of 
 the hall, Mr. Hutchins, nor Mr. Osborne had provided 
 for, or assented to, any such arrangement, I went to 
 the hall-door, relieved the ticket-seller, and, stationing 
 myself in the box, proclaimed that any person wishing 
 a seat in any part of the house could have it by pay- 
 ing the advertised price, and further, that if the ushers 
 and doorkeepers demurred, they would be discharged 
 and others employed. A few coloured men bought 
 reserved seat tickets, and occupied places in the body 
 of the house without giving, so far as I know, the 
 slightest offence. Indeed, the applause of the audience 
 was so frequent and hilarious throughout the evening 
 that it seemed as though we never would have done 
 
10 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 with the programme. The proceeds of the concert 
 were remarkable, considering the pro-slavery history 
 of Baltimore. 
 
 " About this time I received a letter signed by Pres. 
 McCosh and the faculty of Princeton College, asking 
 the singers to visit Princeton, and give a service of 
 song in one of their churches. As the state of New 
 Jersey had been a scene of many trials to Mr. White 
 on account of prejudice against the colour of his band, 
 we were glad to have such complimentary notice ; and 
 I availed myself of the opportunity to fix a date for 
 accepting the invitation. It was not possible for me 
 to be present on the occasion, but I afterwards learned 
 that Prof. White found, on his arrival with the stu- 
 dents, a portion of the church reserved for the coloured 
 people; while all authorities absolutely refused them 
 admittance elsewhere. Mr. White and the singers 
 were naturally very indignant, and would gladly have 
 given up the concert, had it not been too late. They 
 proceeded, therefore, with a determination to utter a 
 protest. Prof. White felt that, after giving concerts 
 for two seasons without being subjected to such an 
 indignity, even in a public hall, it was a grievance 
 not to be passed over in silence when asked to make 
 an invidious distinction in a church of Christ against 
 the very class of people who gave the performance, 
 and especially when this demand was countenanced 
 by the distinguished educators of a Christian College, 
 
Farewell to America. 11 
 
 who might be presumed to hate all manner of preju- 
 dice with a holy hatred. So at an interval during 
 the concert he expressed his sentiments without re- 
 serve. The singers were kindly treated by President 
 McCosh, and I have no reason to suppose that he 
 approved of the injustice shown; indeed, every one 
 seemed captivated with the music, and charitable 
 towards the students ; while Mr. White, for the time, 
 was obliged to bear a censure that shall some day be 
 glorified to a crown, when the night of prejudice has 
 passed away. 
 
 "About this time farewell concerts were given in 
 Mr. Beecher's church, Brooklyn ; in New York City ; 
 Newark, N. J.; Boston; Providence, and elsewhere. 
 Prior to the one at Boston, I received the following 
 letter, which was presented to me through the kind- 
 ness of Mr. Briggs, who had acted in concert with 
 Messrs. Curtis, Bacup, and B. W. Williams, chief of 
 the American Literary Bureau, in providing for the 
 4clat of the last appearance of the singers in New 
 EnMand : — 
 
 "'Boston, Feb. 26th, 1873. 
 "'Rev. G. D. Pike. 
 
 " ' Dear Sir,— 
 
 ' ' ' Understanding that the Jubilee Singers from Fisk 
 University, whose concerts afforded us so much pleasure last 
 season, are about to visit Europe in the endeavour to add to 
 the fund already secured by their efforts in aid of the Univer- 
 
12 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 sity, and being desirous to testify to our hearty sympathy with 
 the cause in which they are engaged, we would respectfully 
 request that, in addition to the two concerts already advertised 
 to be given in this city, they give a grand farewell Concert in 
 the Music Hall, on the evening of March 2Gth. With our best 
 wishes for their future success, we remain, 
 
 " 'Very respectfully yours, 
 
 11 ' Thomas Russell. John Bacup. 
 
 Alex. H. Rice. Edward E. Hale. 
 
 George B. Lorixg. Wendell Phillips. 
 
 William Claflix. Phillips Brooks. 
 
 Edward ]S t . Kirk. Wm. Loyd Garrison. 
 
 " 'And many others.' 
 
 "This invitation, with the reply signed by Prof. 
 White and myself, was published in the papers. The 
 price of reserved seats was fixed at one dollar, and the 
 movement assumed a very popular aspect. Although 
 the evening for the service was rainy, the house was 
 well filled. Brief addresses were made, and farewell 
 benedictions given by the Mayor, and other distin- 
 guished persons who occupied the platform. The 
 financial result exceeded that of any previous concert 
 given by us in Boston ; and I think it is not too much 
 to say, that no young people ever bid farewell to their 
 country laden with so many attentions and good 
 wishes as these children of recent bondage, who had 
 been so admirably illustrating the elastic energy of 
 the Black man, when afforded an equal opportunity 
 with others in the race of life. If the good wishes of 
 
Farewell to America. 13 
 
 the American people could have purchased for the 
 singers success in Great Britain, their triumph would 
 have been assured. 
 
 "Already I had provided myself with letters of re- 
 commendation from the Governors of five of the Xew 
 England States ; and Prof. White had received one 
 from the Governor of Tennessee. I also had letters 
 from Henry Ward Beecher, George H. Stuart, George 
 McDonald, Mark Twain, General John Eaton, U. S. 
 Commissioner of Education at Washington, General C. 
 B. Fisk, and many others. I will only give in this 
 place two of these letters ; the first is the one sent to 
 Mr. White by the Governor of Tennessee, as indicating 
 official sentiment in a State where, only a short time 
 previous, the people were hostile to the elevation of 
 the negro ; the other, that of Mark Twain. 
 
 1 " Executive Office, State of Tennessee, 
 
 '"March 25th, 1873. 
 "'To whom it may concern. 
 
 " ' The Jubilee Singers, under charge of Prof. 
 Geo. L. White, purpose sailing for Europe in a few 
 days, in the interest of Jubilee Hall, of Fisk Univer- 
 sity, in contemplation of being erected at Nashville, 
 Tennessee. ... I need not say that the work in 
 which they are engaged commends itself to the hearty 
 approval of every philanthropist and friend of educa- 
 tion and religion, and I bespeak for them the largest 
 sympathy, patronage, and encouragement. They are 
 
14 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 pioneers in a great movement by the coloured people 
 to educate themselves, and the experiment is looked 
 to with interest. This class of our population needs 
 to be educated, and that subject is beginning to re- 
 ceive the attention its importance demands. The em- 
 barrassments in the South, growing out of the great 
 loss of property by the late war, are rapidly disap- 
 pearing; but we are yet poor, and I sincerely hope 
 that the efforts of this party may be fully rewarded 
 by their contemplated visit to Europe. 
 4 "Jno. C. Brown, 
 
 "'Governor of Tennessee.' 
 
 Hartford, March 10. 
 
 To Tom Hood, Esq., and Messrs. George Routledge 
 & Sons, London : 
 Gentlemen : 
 The Jubilee Singers are to appear in London, 
 and I am requested to say in their behalf what I know 
 about them — and I most cheerfully do it. 
 
 I heard them sing once, and I would walk seven 
 miles to hear them sing again. You will recognize 
 that this is strong language for me to use, when you 
 remember that I never was fond of pedestrianism, and 
 got tired of walking, that Sunday afternoon, in twenty 
 minutes, after making up my mind to see for myself 
 and at my own leisure how much ground his grace the 
 Duke of Bedford's property covered. 
 
 I think these gentlemen and ladies make eloquent 
 music — and what is as much to the point, they repro- 
 
Farewell to America. 15 
 
 duce the true melody of the plantations, and are the 
 only persons I ever heard accomplish this on the pub- 
 lic platform. The so-called " negro minstrels " simply 
 mis-represent the thing ; I do not think they ever saw 
 a plantation or ever heard a slave sing. 
 
 I was reared in the South, and my father owned 
 slaves, and I do not know when anything has so moved 
 me as did the plaintive melodies of the Jubilee Sing- 
 ers. It was the first time for twenty-five or thirty 
 years that I had heard such songs, or heard them 
 sung in the genuine old way — and it is a way, I think, 
 that white people cannot imitate — and never can, for 
 that matter, for one must have been a slave himself in 
 order to feel what that life was and so convey the 
 pathos of it in the music. Do not fail to hear the 
 Jubilee Singers. I am very well satisfied that you 
 will not regret it. Yours faithfully, 
 
 Saml. L. Clemens. 
 Mark Twain. 
 
 " But," interrupted the doctor, " how about the de- 
 parture of the singers ? " 
 
 " Previously to my sailing," I said, " I had spent two 
 days at New York endeavouring to secure a good pas- 
 sage for them. I did not inquire at all the first-class 
 steamship companies, but, so far as I did inquire, I got 
 refusals, as the agents feared the passengers would 
 not like to have negroes to accompany them in the 
 cabins. Sick at heart, I went on to Boston, where I 
 hoped a better atmosphere might prevail. There I 
 
16 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 found no difficulty in getting them booked by the 
 Cunard Steamer, 'Batavia,' upon which boat they 
 were treated with much consideration by the officers 
 and passengers, during the entire voyage." 
 
English Interest in Africa. 
 
 CHAPTER II, 
 
 ENGLISH INTEREST IN AFRICA — A REASON FOR THE 
 SUCCESS OF THE JUBILEE SINGERS. 
 
 T I ^HE doctor and I found, on making inquiries about 
 ~*- the best routes to the continent and the East, that 
 much we had anticipated respecting the remoteness of 
 foreign countries was dispelled. We could go to Brus- 
 sels in ten hours, to Paris in ten hours, to Geneva in 
 twenty-eight, to Italy in thirty- six, to Rome in two 
 days, to Egypt in six days, and to the Holy Land with 
 but seven days' travelling. This information really took 
 from us a good deal of enthusiasm, and so unsettled 
 our minds that it would not have added materially to 
 our bewilderment if we had been told, as well, that we 
 might go back in a week not only to the old places but 
 to the old times, and see Joseph selling grain in Egypt, 
 or, indeed, mother Eve dressing her hair on the banks 
 of the Euphrates. We were disappointed in learning 
 that we need take nothing for our journey, for we could 
 buy anything we might wish in any of the continental 
 or oriental cities. A rubber suit might be convenient 
 
 if there were rains in Palestine. Nv pistol, or dirk, no 
 
 2 
 
IS The Singing Campaign. 
 
 cooking apparatus, or supply of condiments, nothing 
 but bank of England notes in abundance, with a 
 " Murray or two"; so the half-day before our departure 
 for Paris was on our hands, and the doctor suggested 
 
 ' Bo 
 
 that we should ascend to the golden gallery of St. 
 Paul's, where, from an elevation of three hundred and 
 fifty feet, we could take a farewell survey of London, 
 from a site sacred for worship for more than a thou- 
 sand years, and renowned for the finest Protestant 
 Cathedral in the world. On this historic spot the 
 doctor proposed that we should spend an hour, while 
 I answered a question he had often asked, which was, 
 " What English interest in Africa had to do with 
 the remarkable success of the Jubilee Singers in 
 England ? " 
 
 " That interest/' I said, " was a special Providence 
 in our favour. The English are very fond of explora- 
 tions and discoveries. Living on a narrow island, 
 .hey stretch their aims and arms over the broad earth 
 any part of the globe not entirely discovered or ex- 
 plored is to them a golden opportunity to add to the 
 extent of their domains and the glory of their achieve- 
 ments. Africa has been a land of unknown possibili- 
 ties to them ; they have believed ' its sunny fountains 
 rolled down their golden sands.' What wealth is 
 concealed in her fastnesses ? What paradise is enclosed 
 in her vast interior, guarded by the lion, the elephant, 
 the rhinoceros, and the hippopotamus, with swamps 
 
English Interest in Africa. 19 
 
 and miasma as their bulwarks of defence ? What 
 mountains, under an equatorial sun, tower heavenward 
 to altitudes where rests the eternal snow ? What 
 lakes contain the springs from which issue forth the 
 mighty Nile, the Niger, and the Zambezi ? What 
 people dwell in haunts wrapped in sacred mystery ? 
 What form of beast resembling man lurks to destroy, 
 defying ordinary methods of defence, and bold to push 
 his conquest till his enemies perish at his feet ? What 
 birds, what flowers, what fruits, what spices, what 
 woods, what metals ? Indeed, what may there not be 
 in realms unknown, or lakes or mountains unexplored ? 
 These questions come home to British Islanders. They 
 stimulate to great enterprise. 
 
 " Eighty years ago Mungo Park landed on the banks 
 then returned to England, and astonished the nation 
 then returned to England, and electrified the nation 
 with his stories of African regions. Such interest was 
 awakened that henceforth the explorations of Africa 
 were conducted by Government, and immense sums of 
 money were expended. 
 
 "Five thousand pounds were placed at Park's disposal, 
 and with forty white soldiers he pursued his discoveries. 
 Clapperton and the Lander brothers went forth, and in 
 their turn kept alive the interest awakened by Mungo 
 Park, until the questions about the Niger were settled. 
 "Bruce, a native of Scotland, wandered in Africa and 
 elsewhere for years, and gave to the world the story 
 
20 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 of his travels, which read like a romance, and excited 
 the wonder of the young and the suspicions of the 
 old, till every paper made common cause in ridiculing 
 him as an unworthy authority respecting African 
 regions ; but nevertheless he did much to sustain an 
 interest in African explorations; indeed, before his 
 death, we are told that ' African travel became a 
 mania that affected all enterprising minds/ First, 
 public curiosity seemed interested in the Niger and 
 the west coast; but later on, great enthusiasm was 
 manifested in ascertaining the source of the Nile. 
 Expeditions were sent out, and money expended with- 
 out stint, till the tales of the travellers would fill a 
 library. The numerous books on Africa were sure to 
 be purchased with great avidity, and to reward the 
 author with rich returns : I have heard it said that 
 the profits realized by Dr. Livingstone on one of bis 
 publications amounted to ten thousand pounds. These 
 things have been transpiring for seventy-five years. 
 
 " Another influence had been at work as well. The 
 English people are liberty-loving, and earnest in 
 charitable and humane enterprises. No nation in the 
 world has such absorbing interest in relieving the un- 
 fortunate and alleviating the suffering of mankind; 
 her asylums, her hospitals, and other benevolent 
 institutions are thick as the stars, and as brilliant in 
 her history. Where sufferiDg is the greatest, there 
 her eye turns with lightning rapidity, and her heart 
 
English Interest in Africa. '21 
 
 goes forth with great gushes of sympathy and affection. 
 The horrors of slavery, therefore, were sure to arrest 
 her most earnest attention : her great statesmen gave 
 to it their ripest reflections, her distinguished philan- 
 thropists achieved their highest fame when battling 
 for its overthrow in every land. The name of Wilber- 
 force is held as sacred in consequence of his labours 
 for emancipation as the names of great reformers who 
 were true to the faith, and suffered as martyrs for 
 the overthrow of Roman Catholicism. Even the John 
 Brown song was the famous music of the British 
 soldiers in the Ashantee war of 1873 on the west 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 "Dr. Livingstone, in his travels through the southern 
 portions of Africa, taught the natives to believe that, 
 when they were sure a traveller was an English- 
 man, they might know he detested slavery. But still 
 further it must be added that, during the past fifteen 
 years, the efforts of Burton, who made his journey 
 across Africa ; of Speke and Grant, who discovered 
 Victoria N'yanza; and of Sir Samuel Baker and his 
 wife, who journeyed to the Albert N'yanza; and of Dr. 
 Livingstone, Dr. Moffat, H. M. Stanley, and others, 
 have flooded the country with a fresh enthusiasm by 
 their untiring efforts. The present generation has 
 6een supplied with information and conjecture suffi- 
 cient for a literature in itself. 
 
 " A new revelation respecting the lake system of 
 
22 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 Central Africa has electrified the world. During all 
 these years the church had not been asleep ; the pious 
 people had taken as much interest in the salvation of 
 the souls of the poor pagan as the explorer had in his 
 wonderful country. The Church Missionary Society 
 had established a large number of schools and missions, 
 and now expends about $95,000 per year in Africa. 
 Last year there were under training more than fifteen 
 thousand children in school as the result of their 
 labours. The London Missionary Society since 1816 
 has been extending its missions on the west coast and 
 in other places, and by its wide operations has done 
 a great work, and at present is expending $36,000 per 
 annum. The Wesleyan Missionary Society is in ad- 
 vance of every other, and expends now $125,000 yearly, 
 and sustains seventeen thousand children in its schools 
 in Africa. The Baptist Mission in 1873 expended 
 $13,000 for African labours. Many other missions, 
 some of which are of a more private character, expend 
 in the aggregate $31,000 annually. When we sum up 
 the different amounts, we find the English give in 
 money $300,000 per year for the conversion of the 
 Africans, besides the sons and daughters needful to 
 carry on the work. The educational influence of so 
 much given and received is very great. At the anni- 
 versary meetings, which are crowded with throngs of 
 people from all over the land, the missionaries on visits 
 from Africa to their fatherland are welcomed with 
 
English Interest in Africa. 23 
 
 great enthusiasm, and their narratives of African life 
 listened to with the deepest interest by the apprecia- 
 tive audience. As the beating of the heart sends the 
 blood merrily to the remotest part of the body, so the 
 pulsations of these great anniversary meetings of foreign 
 missions send out intelligence, enthusiasm, and life, to 
 the ends of the United Kingdom. The grandest con- 
 vocation in the world is a great missionary meeting, 
 and men who participate in it become inoculated with 
 a new life, which never entirely dies out. Such influ- 
 ences as these I have mentioned had been preparing 
 the way for a mission like that of the Jubilee Singers. 
 When I arrived in London I found that Sir Bartle 
 Frere had just returned from the east coast of Africa, 
 where he had been, as an agent of the Government, to 
 negociate for the suppression of the slave trade. 
 Public meetings were held, and the enthusiasm mani- 
 fested at his success of the most cheering character. 
 He seemed to me to be the lion of London just at that 
 time. The Rev. Charles New, a Wesleyan missionary, 
 had returned from the east coast, at which place he 
 had made explorations, penetrating to the interior as 
 far as the snow mountains in the vicinity of the equa- 
 tor, and his labours were being made known and his 
 name prominent as a speaker and writer. The Ashan- 
 tee war was going on, and the daily papers, through 
 their war correspondents, fed their readers with a 
 course on Africa nearly every day, and even the thea- 
 
24 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ires did not consider a play complete unless somewhere 
 they introduced the king of the Ashantees." 
 
 " I have noticed," said the doctor, " some of these 
 things already. Did you not observe Madame Tussaud 
 advertising her wax-works by flaming notices an- 
 nouncing that she has portrait models of Livingstone 
 andH. M. Stanley?" 
 
 " To be sure," I said ; M and almost as much honour 
 has been bestowed upon Sir Garnet Wolseley since his 
 return from his African war as though he were another 
 Moses, come up from Egypt." 
 
 "And," continued the doctor, "doubtless the fact that 
 the British govern a portion of Southern and Western 
 Africa adds to their interest very considerably." 
 
 "Yes," I said; " and as they need Egypt for a half- 
 way house to India, and as the passage-way for their 
 vessels is through the Suez Canal, it is certain the 
 land of pyramids, diamonds, pearls, and gold, has not 
 a finished history in respect to its Government." 
 
 " Just so," said the doctor. " And when I attended 
 the funeral of Dr. Livingstone, and saw his bones 
 deposited in "Westminster Abbey, Nonconformist 
 though he was, when I saw England in mourning for 
 that great man, whose name was too sacred to be 
 supplemented by any title it was in her power to 
 bestow, I took heart in praying for Africa." 
 
 " I, too," I said, " have had many occasions of men- 
 tioning one name and another, as I have appeared 
 
 
English Interest in Africa. 25 
 
 before thousands of the people of this country ; and 
 whenever I have mentioned the name of Livingstone 
 I have found a response that told me that he and his 
 labours were loved as though his enterprise was the 
 affair of every large town in the three kingdoms." 
 
 "This field was indeed made white for your har- 
 vest," said the doctor; "my question is abundantly 
 answered. Let us go down from these heights and 
 take our departure for Paris." 
 
26 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 CHAPTER ni 
 
 WELCOME OF THE SINGERS TO LONDON. 
 
 VTT^HILE the doctor and I were on our way to 
 * Paris, we were impressed with the difference 
 in the general appearance of France from England and 
 the more settled portions of America. 
 
 " I think," said the doctor, " that Catholicism does 
 not promote the general good appearance of the rural 
 districts. I understand that out of about thiity-six 
 millions of inhabitants in France, nearly thirty-five 
 millions are Catholics." 
 
 "Education," I said, "is not general or liberal in 
 Catholic communities, and so the mass of the people 
 are not elevated ; furthermore, charitable institutions 
 unconnected with the Church or State are almost 
 unknown. The inhabitants of a country must have 
 their better qualities of mind developed by normal 
 and free acts of benevolence in order to give a moral 
 beauty to their institutions. Catholicism levies taxes : 
 Protestantism depends upon the application of those 
 loving principles which elevate the whole moral nature, 
 when money or labour is needful for the amelioration 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 27 
 
 of mankind — so the average Protestant betters him- 
 self while bettering others — which is not true of the 
 average Catholic." 
 
 With such reflections as these we journeyed on to 
 Paris. I shall never forget the impression made upon 
 my mind by this wonderful city; I thought it the 
 theatre of the world. Its beauty, its gaiety, its in- 
 toxicating splendours hardly seemed compatible with 
 real life ; they filled my ideal of Dreamland. 
 
 The doctor and I roamed about for days through 
 gardens and groves, with walks and shades, "fit haunts 
 of God," till one day we climbed to the summit of 
 the Triumphal Arch, to review some of the achieve- 
 ments of the Third Napoleon. 
 
 " We now live," said the doctor, " in an age of 
 peace ; though wars do still occur, yet they are not 
 considered a desirable occupation for mankind. He 
 who brings to light some great invention, he who 
 introduces some valuable improvement that adds 
 largely to our comfort, is a greater benefactor than 
 one who stains his hands with blood. And when 
 I see these spacious avenues, adorned with groves and 
 flowers, and resonant with the pattering play of crystal 
 fountains, and with the songs of birds, that allure the 
 traveller on beneath the arching boughs and mellow 
 shade ; when I look over this broad area of city, and 
 behold on every hand monuments that mark the 
 peaceful reign of the last Napoleon, I believe that as 
 
28 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 the age of peace rolls on, the people of France will 
 awaken to admire the vast improvements which he 
 instituted more lovingly than ever they did his uncle's 
 deeds of war." 
 
 "As the Spirit of Christ becomes more prevalent/' I 
 said, " the spirit of war must either cease altogether 
 or abide in dishonour among the more ignorant." 
 
 By this time the doctor had his note-book on his 
 knees, and having secured a couple of chairs from the 
 vendor of opera-glasses and photographs, he asked, 
 that I should tell him about the welcome of the 
 Jubilee Singers to England, and so I went on to say, — 
 
 " I arrived at Liverpool, accompanied by the Rev. 
 James Powell, on the 8th of April, and proceeded the 
 next day to London. Mr. Powell was a native of 
 Wales, and, knowing something of English life, kindly 
 came with me for the purpose of rendering assistance 
 in securing a favourable introduction for the singers 
 in London. On the day of our arrival we called at 
 Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton's, publishers, in Pater- 
 noster Row, and acquainted Mr. Hodder with the 
 object of our visit; without hesitation he promised 
 us his most earnest support, and I believe that 
 through him we secured the prayers and sympathy 
 of many active workers in the Young Men's Christian 
 Association — of which he is an influential member. I 
 mention this because you must bear in mind that all 
 our successful work was begun with prayer, and that 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 29 
 
 we relied upon its power to aid us in surmounting all 
 obstacles. 
 
 "My most important letters of introduction were 
 addressed to the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D., pastor of 
 Union Chapel, London. They were from the Revs. 
 Henry Ward Beecher, George McDonald, and Henry 
 M. Dexter, D.D. I posted them to Dr. Allon and 
 requested an interview, which was accorded me at an 
 early date ; he entered most heartily into the considera- 
 tion of the question, " How to do it," and freely offered 
 us the use of his chapel for our first meeting. The 
 committee of the Young Men's Christian Association 
 also offered their building and assistance in bringing 
 the singers before the public ; but the more I under- 
 stood the methods of the English, the more I came to 
 appreciate the vast importance of securing the patron- 
 age of the pious nobility in furthering a benevolent 
 enterprise. The Freedmen's Mission Aid Society had, 
 at the time of its organization, enlisted the sympathies 
 of the Right Hon. Earl of Shaftesbury, and he had 
 accepted its presidency ; no man in the country was 
 better known, and all the friends of our enterprise 
 appreciated the importance of obtaining the influence 
 of his name at the outset. The Rev. Dr. Healy, the 
 corresponding secretary of the society, in company 
 with the Rev. Mr. Jones, of the Turkish Mission Aid 
 Society, volunteered to call with me upon his lord- 
 ship, and consult respecting what ought first to be 
 
30 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 done. Mr. Hodder had procured for us a letter of 
 introduction from Mr. Shipton, secretary of the Young 
 Men's Christian Association, commending in the kind- 
 est way the mission of the singers. Armed with this 
 document and several others, Dr. Healy, Mr. Jones, 
 and myself waited upon his lordship, and were in- 
 formed that he was going out to a meeting and that 
 we must call the next day; we left our documents, 
 however. 
 
 " I am convinced, from such information as I have 
 been able to gather, that the noble earl may be justly 
 ranked as the foremost philanthropist in the world. 
 He has passed the age of threescore and ten, and has 
 been engaged for more than forty years in promoting 
 great benevolent enterprises. His interest has been 
 chiefly manifested in the amelioration of the condition 
 of the poor. Nothing perhaps will better illustrate 
 the quality of the man than the fact that when the 
 position of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was offered 
 him, with an income of £20,000 per annum, equal to 
 $100,000, he declined it on the ground that he wished to 
 be free to secure the passage of a bill in the House of 
 Lords, for the improvement of the condition of factory 
 operatives. This act appears all the more admirable 
 in the light of the fact that he is not wealthy for a 
 nobleman. We found that he carried on a regular 
 business of receiving calls during certain hours, from 
 persons interested in all manner of benevolent pro- 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 31 
 
 jects. Visitors are shown into a reception room, and 
 often must wait an hour for their turn in company 
 with others seeking an interview. 
 
 " Dr. Healy and myself found upon a second visit 
 that his lordship had read Mr. Shipton's letter, and 
 was somewhat apprised of our mission. I shall never 
 forget the readiness with which he entered into our 
 project ; when Dr. Healy or myself, I do not remember 
 which, told him of our purpose, and with some 
 anxiety asked if he would consent to take the chair 
 at the first appearance of»the Jubilee Singers, he 
 immediately answered, " I should be most happy to 
 do so," and then suggested that a private concert be 
 given, and persons invited to it in the name of the 
 Freedmen's Mission Aid Society. Subsequently the 
 following card was prepared : — 
 
 THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, 
 
 president, 
 
 With the Council and Committee of the Freedmen's Mission Aid 
 Society, 
 
 REQUEST THE FAVOUR OF 
 COMPANY AT A 
 
 PRIVATE CONCERT OF THE JUBILEE SINGERS 
 
 (Of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.), 
 
 At Willis's Rooms, 
 
 On Tuesday Next, the 6th of May. 
 
 TO COMMENCE AT THREE O'CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 84, Grosvenor Square, W., 
 April 30th, 1873. 
 
32 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 "On the envelope enclosing this card, at the left* 
 hand corner near the bottom, the word Shaftesbury was 
 lithographed, and this alone would call immediate and 
 favourable attention to it. 
 
 " These were supplied to clergymen of different de- 
 Dominations, to editors, and to influential people likely 
 to be interested in the movement. Lord Shaftesbury 
 kindly sent many to his personal friends, and used his 
 vast influence to make the service in every way suc- 
 cessful Mr. Powell and myself had secured favourable 
 notices of the advent of the singers in many of the 
 papers, both religious and secular, and indeed had 
 occupied nearly a month in arousing an enthusiasm 
 in behalf of the mission. We reasoned that if we 
 could secure at our first meeting representatives of the 
 different religious denominations, and a full supply of 
 reporters, we should have the best possible agents at 
 work for the enterprise in the churches, and in the 
 columns of the press, and, moreover, we thought that, it 
 being anniversary time, representatives from all parts 
 of the kingdom would be visiting London, who might 
 be influenced to aid us in the provinces. In none of 
 these things were we disappointed. At this time we 
 were indebted to the advice of Mr. George Dolby, who 
 had achieved such wonderful success in company with 
 Mr. Charles Dickens in America. Mr. Dolby's great 
 experience in providing for public readings, and con- 
 certs of a high order, fitted him to counsel us respect* 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 33 
 
 ing the observance of such proprieties as are acceptable 
 to the intelligent people in England. 
 
 " When the day of the concert arrived, no stone had 
 been left unturned that could add to a fitting prepara- 
 tion for the event. The large room was crowded to 
 overflowing. Among the distinguished guests were 
 the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lady Edith Ashley, 
 the Honourable Lionel and Mrs. Ashley, Mr. McArthur 
 M.P., Dr. Stephens, Q.C., and a large number of the 
 leading divines of the country. 
 
 " The Earl of Shaftesbury made a few introductory 
 remarks, after which the singers proceeded with their 
 programme. I cannot do better in telling of the effect 
 produced by their first appearance than quote from 
 a report in one of the music periodicals of London. 
 It says, — 
 
 " ■ They arranged themselves in front of the plat- 
 form in a phalanx three deep. They stand with head 
 erect and somewhat thrown back, and looking upwards, 
 or with eyes nearly closed. It is evident the audience 
 is nothing to them, they are going to make music and 
 listen to one another. Their first song was, u Steal 
 away to Jesus." It was sung slowly ; the first chords 
 came floating on our senses like gentle fairy music, 
 and they were followed by the unison of phrase, " Steal 
 away — to Jesus," delivered with exquisite precision of 
 time and accent; then came the soft chords, and bold 
 
 unison again, followed by the touching, throbbing 
 
 8 
 
34 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 cadence, " I hain't got long to stay here " ; next fol- 
 lows the loud, lofty trumpet call in unison, " My Lord 
 calls me, the trumpet sounds it in my soul ; I hain't got 
 long to stay here." But it seems as though the angels 
 also were speaking to the sufferer, for we hear again 
 those beautiful chords delivered with double pianis- 
 simo, whispering to the soul, " Steal away to Jesus." ' 
 
 " Although all present might not endorse the high 
 encomiums bestowed by this writer on the quality 
 of the singing, yet I am sure he spoke for the whole 
 when he said, ' Now blessings on these brave young 
 students of the Fisk University.' 
 
 " During a brief recess in the concert, Dr. Allon read 
 the following letter from Henry Ward Beecher, which 
 was received with great applause : — 
 
 Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A., March lZth, 1873. 
 
 " ' My Dear Mr. Allo^,— 
 
 " ' I wish to commend to your active sympathy the "Jubilee 
 Singers," who will sail on the 11th April for Great Britain. 
 
 " ' They are, by their singing, raising funds for the building of 
 Fisk University, in Tennessee. Such a work was never attempted 
 before, and it now seems certain that a University for the 
 education of the coloured people of the South will be endowed by 
 the songs of a band of young men and women who were almost 
 all of them born in slavery, and several of whom have been 
 repeatedly sold from master to master. You will hear from them 
 the wild slave songs, some of which seem like the inarticulate 
 wails of breaking hearts made dumb by slavery ; you will hear 
 the Revival Melodies, the plantation songs, in short, the inner 
 life of slave hearts, expressed in music. It is hardly probable 
 that ever again you will have a chance like this. 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 35 
 
 " ■ Their success has been wonderful. Already they have 
 raised more than forty thousand dollars in America— all of 
 which is put into buildings. Every brick thus is, as it were, a 
 musical note. You may venture upon receiving this corps with 
 the utmost confidence. The managers are men of good S2nse, 
 integrity, and of devoted piety. We are not ashamed to send 
 this band to our British brethren, and we are sure that their 
 music will strike a chord which will vibrate long after their 
 songs shall cease. 
 
 "' With great affection, etc., 
 
 " ' Henry Ward Beecher.' 
 
 "The singers acquitted themselves in the best possible 
 manner, fully realizing how much depended upon their 
 d4hut y and, ambitious as ever young people were, to 
 earn the good-will of all who heard them. They had 
 carried their audience by storm before the programme 
 was half-way over, and triumph was assured. 
 
 " At the close of the service showers of congratula- 
 tions were received, while offers of co-operation were 
 very abundant. I think it was Lord Shaftesbury 
 who introduced me to the Duke of Argyll, who in 
 turn presented me to the Duchess. During our con- 
 versation I was asked by them how they could further 
 our object, and was invited to visit Argyll Lodge in 
 Kensington together with the singers. Nothing could 
 have been more acceptable to any of us, and before we 
 parted it was arranged that our visit should take place 
 the next day. 
 
 " The morning papers were lavish in their praise of 
 the object and worthiness of the singers. The Stand- 
 
36 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ard said, ' It is the best entertainment of its kind 
 ever brought out in London.' The Times, after quot- 
 ing from Mr. Beecher's and Mr. McDonald's letters 
 to Dr. Allon, in which the ability of the singers was 
 highly eulogised, said, ' We cannot say that the ex- 
 pectations raised by these praises have been disap- 
 pointed.' The Da ily News said, ' The audience listened 
 with the utmost sympathy and attention;' and the 
 Telegraph, that ■ The singers were manifestly destined 
 to take a prominent position among the most remark- 
 able attractions of the present season,' and that the 
 private concert 'more than justified the strong re- 
 commendations with which the Jubilee Singers came 
 accredited.' Indeed, a volume could be filled with what 
 was sooner or later written in explanation and praise 
 of the first appearance of the singers in England. 
 
 "We had, by this time, gotten a leverage, and it 
 remained for us to make the best of it. No sooner 
 was our anxiety relieved by the success of the private 
 concert than we were called to a new experience. 
 We knew nothing of the customs of the nobility. 
 We had heard, however, of the liberality of the Duke 
 of Argyll, whom we were about to visit, and read 
 his able productions on antislavery questions. We 
 hoped, therefore, as our cause was benevolent, we 
 should be able to find kind consideration on the 
 ground of our good purposes, especially if we avoided 
 all affectation. 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 37 
 
 "I thiuk we reached Argyll Lodge about four o'clock 
 The ladies of the party, including Miss Gilbert and 
 Mrs. White, were conducted to proper apartments 
 and the gentlemen waited their return, when we 
 were shown into a drawing-room, overlooking a large 
 garden. Here we found a dozen or more people 
 awaiting our arrival. The Duke, the Duchess, and 
 one of their daughters welcomed us and spared nc 
 pains in entertaining us. 
 
 The singers were occupied, singing and convers- 
 ing with one and another, while Prof. White and 
 myself were answering questions. We were intensely 
 anxious that the opening afforded us to the best- 
 appreciated families of the kingdom might not be 
 closed because of any inattention on our part. Dur- 
 ing these moments of friendly intercourse the coun- 
 tenance and conversation of a middle aged lady in- 
 spired me with confidence in her as an adviser. 
 Placing myself under her direction as to what would 
 be most acceptable to the Duke and Duchess, and 
 befitting the occasion, I said I should be most grate- 
 ful if she would advise me as to the proprieties of 
 the interview, and indicate when it would be best 
 for us to retire. With as much care and kindness as 
 though she were the mother of us all, she put my 
 mind at rest. What was my gratification to learn after- 
 wards that she was one of the Queen's most intimate 
 friends, 'and perhaps the most accomplished and 
 
38 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 respected woman in the kingdom/ I am sure I never 
 met a person in any country who seemed to possess 
 so many qualifications for making every one, from the 
 smallest child to the Queen herself, happy and at 
 home in her presence. During our conversation I 
 manifested solicitude, fearing we should extend our 
 interview beyond the rules of propriety; but she bade 
 me 'be patient/ as the Queen was expected soon. 
 What that announcement was to us no other person 
 can ever appreciate ; we had been told if we could 
 but sing to Her Majesty our success would be assured, 
 and that by all means we must make it our purpose 
 to get an early audience with Her Majesty. But how 
 could eleven coloured children, eight of whom were 
 recently slaves, command her attention ? How could 
 I do it on behalf of a Missionary Society ? Men with 
 millions could not necessarily procure an interview. 
 How could Prof. White do so ? Men seeking money 
 for a charity are not necessarily welcomed in kings' 
 palaces ! We learned, however, that the eldest son of 
 the Duke of Argyll had married one of the Queen's 
 daughters, and this would account for her coming. 
 The Duke and Duchess well knew the prestige it 
 would give the singers to appear before Her Majesty, 
 and I have been told that, as she was coming to Lon- 
 don that day, they had invited her to their residence 
 for the very purpose of benefiting the Jubilee Singers. 
 From Lady Augusta Stanley I understood it was 
 
Welcome op the Singers to London. 39 
 
 possible the Queen might command the students to 
 sing in her presence. 
 
 " On her arrival the silence of respect and of ex- 
 pectation fell upon all present, and the quickened 
 tension of our nerves evinced our deep interest in the 
 events just before us. By-and-by, one after another 
 of the Queen's attendants came to positions where the 
 singers could be seen and heard, a few songs were 
 sung, and many questions asked, till at length the 
 Duke entered and announced to Prof. White that the 
 Queen would be pleased to see him with the singers 
 in an adjoining room. Prof. White, the students, and 
 myself followed His Grace into Her Majesty's pres- 
 ence, and stood before a ruler upon whose domain the 
 sun never sets. I think her daughter Beatrice was 
 standing near her. I thought the pictures I had seen 
 of her failed to do her justice : the refinement in her 
 manner was mellowed by the tender look that is only 
 worn by a loving and generous parent. I instinctively 
 thought that one could not fare ill if he committed 
 himself to her kindness and mercy ; and since that day 
 I have never wondered at England's love for her 
 Sovereign. 
 
 " By the request of the Duke, ' Steal away to Jesus ' 
 was sung, and followed by the chanting of ' The Lord's 
 Prayer '; then, after a short pause, ' Go down, Moses,' a 
 song that they had sung at the White House in Wash- 
 
40 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ington, before President Grant. But little conversa- 
 tion was carried on, and that took place between Her 
 Majesty and the Duke, who told us she was much 
 pleased, and thanked us for our kindness. As we 
 retired the Queen graciously bowed, and we withdrew 
 to the room where refreshments had been prepared. 
 
 " We endeavoured to assure the Duke and Duchess 
 we were quite sensible of the service they had ren- 
 dered. Both of them, however, are too great and 
 good to encumber those benefited with a feeling of 
 obligation. 
 
 " This act of theirs grows more and more beautiful 
 as weeks and months roll by, and leads me to believe 
 that the nobility born of the gospel, when allied to 
 noble birth, becomes more potent for good. 
 
 " Before leaving Argyll Lodge we had accepted an 
 invitation from Dean Stanley to visit the Deanery 
 at Westminster Abbey. After returning the singers 
 to Upper Norwood, Prof. White and myself spent 
 the entire evening in laborious duties connected with 
 the further prosecution of our campaign, now so aus- 
 piciously opened, but the toil seemed easy. I was 
 obliged to spend an hour walking about (the rain 
 was pouring down) trying to find lodgings for the 
 night, so crowded are all the city hotels at this season 
 of the year. Our hearts, however, were joyous and 
 light. We had embarked on an untried career, upon 
 a foreign shore ; we had sped our way, borne on the 
 
Welcome of the Singers to London. 41 
 
 bosom of ten thousand prayers, and resting on the 
 arms of sympathy and of great love. The gates had 
 been opened, and obstacles removed, with the same 
 power by which the ' walls of Jericho fell down.' 
 We were in a land of promise, the Queen had bidden 
 us welcome, and it nsoded no pressing exhortation to 
 inspire us to ■ wait on the Lord, and to be of good 
 courage.' " 
 
42 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 CHAPTER IV, 
 
 WORK DONE IN LONDON. 
 
 T I ^HE best route from Paris to Geneva passes Macon 
 and Culoz, and the easiest train leaves Paris early 
 in the evening. The doctor and I concluded to take 
 this train, though we were thus obliged to miss a view 
 of much which might have been seen on the way. 
 Our disappointment when reaching the banks of the 
 Rhone was considerable ; it seemed absurd that so 
 insignificant a river should be famous the world over. 
 But the vine-clad hills on either side, extending for 
 miles, gave evidence of an industry worthy of great 
 praise. When an American reaches Geneva he is at 
 once possessed with a home -feeling : there is liberty in 
 the air, there is a democracy hundreds of years old, 
 and he can but wonder if the American States did 
 not borrow much from this land when she framed her 
 government. Class distinctions are not very marked, 
 and no offence is given by the servility of the poorer 
 and no servility of the poorer classes is apparent. 
 
 The doctor and I went to Lausanne, passed Berne, 
 and Interlacken, till we came to the beautiful lake 
 
Work done in London. 43 
 
 Thun, upon which we embarked in a little steamer. I 
 shall never forget the rapture experienced by the 
 doctor during this passage. On either hand the Alps 
 towered upwards till they met the clouds, which were 
 parted ever and anon, revealing to us a rich ethereal 
 blue, pure as the dome of the poet's heaven. The 
 mountain peaks were robed with snow, and with a 
 blaze of glory glistened as the morning sun broke 
 through the clouds. The hill-sides teemed with life 
 and verdure, while the peasants, men and women, 
 labouring with equal zeal, gathered their crops of hay, 
 or tilled the willing soil, on slopes of green, by babbling 
 brooks that glided adown the verdant glens, bearing 
 on their bosom a sweet song to us in the stilly morn. 
 There was no city with its din of industry, and dusty 
 air, but up the mountain sides full many a village 
 stood, whose church spires pointed to the way we 
 think our spirits go. Here was summer, here was 
 winter, here was spring and harvest time, — and here 
 it was revealed to us, as though the Paradise of God 
 had been unveiled, what beautiful combinations the 
 Divine Mind is capable of arranging for our delight, 
 and we instinctively asked, if these things we see with 
 our eyes are so lovely, what must be the beauty of 
 those riches prepared for us, which it hath not entered 
 into the heart of man to conceive ? So much were we 
 entranced by the scenery, that we decided to break 
 our journey at Giessbach, where we could enjoy almost 
 
44 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 absolute retirement, and regale ourselves nightly, 
 viewing the unsurpassed brilliancy of the illuminated 
 waterfall that rushes down a decline of nearly a thou- 
 sand feet. 
 
 While we were reposing at this mountain retreat, 
 the doctor suggested that our time be improved by 
 recounting the story of the work done in London by 
 the Jubilee Singers. 
 
 " That work," I said, " assumed a very interest- 
 ing character from the outset ; everything was new 
 and untried. We had a most valuable introduc- 
 tion, but in a great city events crowd so closely upon 
 one another ; one must be quite alive to the advantages 
 of the moment, or his opportunity will pass by, and 
 some other attraction takes up the public attention. 
 No mission like ours had ever, to my knowledge, been 
 embarked upon British sympathies, and we were at a 
 loss to know how the people would be most pleased to 
 extend their co-operation. We could give our services 
 in chapels, and take collections, but if this course were 
 pursued, the chapels would be crowded by vast throngs 
 of people, many of whom would have but little to 
 give, and nothing would be assured. This plan was 
 strongly recommended, but our American experience 
 did not incline us to hope very largely for much suc- 
 cess in this method of work. Another project was to 
 give our concerts in halls almost exclusively, and charge 
 an admission; but we were more especially depend- 
 
Work done in London. 45 
 
 ent upon the religious portion of the community, and 
 they were not all accustomed to attend concerts in halls ; 
 indeed, the idea of a concert to some minds was asso- 
 ciated either with vulgar or debasing influences. We 
 had been obliged from the first to depend largely upon 
 people who were not accustomed to go out to evening 
 gatherings, unless for some special religious service, 
 at which they were admitted without entrance-fee. 
 Some people from all classes were necessary in order 
 to give complete success. We found that at many 
 churches the people had never granted the use of their 
 building for any gathering at which an admission-fee 
 was charged ; so that the doors were closed against 
 us ; and when chapels were granted us, the habits of 
 the different religious bodies were such that persons 
 of one denomination could not be counted upon to 
 attend a gathering held in the church of any other; 
 and besides this, when the service was given it was 
 considered somewhat of an affair of that particular 
 church, and not of the general public, and this had 
 also to be taken into consideration. The clergymen 
 of the Established Church would not feel at liberty to 
 grant the use of their edifices. We knew, however, 
 that they had much sympathy with our enterprise, 
 and that we must devise some means to reap the 
 benefit of it. Taking all things into consideration, I 
 had believed from the first that, if we were to achieve 
 distinguished success, our meetings must be held on 
 
46 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 neutral ground, and a charge made, and the co-opera- 
 tion of the whole community secured. But this plan 
 for promoting benevolent enterprises was not suffi- 
 ciently in vogue to insure the success of it from the 
 outset. 
 
 "One of our earliest meetings was held in Union 
 Chapel, Islington, of which the Rev. H. Allon, D.D., is 
 the distinguished pastor. He hit upon the idea of 
 holding a species of private concert, inviting people 
 to attend by cards, upon which it should be stated 
 that a collection would be made. By this means the 
 families in the neighbourhood belonging to different 
 religious societies could be gathered. On the an- 
 nouncement that a meeting would be held for the 
 purpose of aiding the mission of the Jubilee Singers, 
 and that people would be invited whose willingness 
 and ability tc aid missions were well known, it could 
 also be announced that if any person wished to help 
 the enterprise cards could be procured by application 
 to the officer of the church. By this means a select 
 audience was secured, every one of whom felt in hon- 
 our bound to make a contribution. If our company 
 had not been so large, or if we had not been in such 
 haste to accomplish the object of our visit to England, 
 I am confident that we might have accomplished very- 
 much good, and indeed that it would have been the best 
 way to have promoted the mission work the Jubilee 
 Singers represented ; but the company was not or- 
 
Work done in London. 47 
 
 ganized and trained for this method of service, and re- 
 construction so far from home was not expedient, and 
 besides, it was not always easy to find pastors who 
 were willing to take the responsibility of extending 
 the invitations. The Service of Song at Dr. Allon's 
 was a most gratifying success, as the following ex- 
 tract abundantly indicates : — 
 
 " ' 10, St. Mary's Road, Canonbury, 
 
 " ■ London, July 13th, 1873. 
 " 'My dear Mr. Beecher, — 
 
 I opened to them my chapel, to which gratuitous admission 
 by tickets was given. The desire to hear them was so great 
 that three times the number of tickets printed were applied 
 for. There was a great and most enthusiastic crowd. The col- 
 lection produced about £80. Since then the interest in them 
 has been growing, and they will certainly have a hearty recep- 
 tion now that they are about to visit the provincial cities and 
 towns of the kingdom. Their songs produce a strange weird 
 effect. Notwithstanding the occasional dash of negro familiarity 
 and quaintness of expression, they are full of religious earnest- 
 ness and pathos, and one loses all sense of oddity in the feeling 
 of real and natural piety. It will greatly help them that their 
 performance is such as the most fastidious will not hesitate to 
 welcome in our churches. 
 
 " ' Affectionately yours, 
 
 " ' Henry Allox. 
 " * Rev. H. W. Beecher.' 
 
 " The value of the good opinion of the singers enter- 
 tained by Dr. Allon, will be best appreciated by those 
 who are familiar with his musical publications, and his 
 high standing among the Independents. His interest 
 in us did not cease with the concert given at his 
 
48 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 church. From the first he indulged the idea that it 
 would be much for the singers' advantage to appear 
 at the annual dinner conversazione of the Congrega- 
 tional Union. On this occasion we should be sure to 
 meet the leading men of the body, from all parts of 
 the kingdom, and after the repast was over they would 
 be in the best possible mood for hearing a few songs. 
 Accordingly, through the politeness of the Rev. A. 
 Hannay, tickets for the company were secured and a 
 programme made for the occasion. 
 
 " These annual gatherings of the Congregational 
 Union are of an eminently social character ; from the 
 hard taxing work of hearing and making reports and 
 addresses relating to the business and prospects of the 
 work done by the denomination during the anniver- 
 saries, the ministers and delegates relax themselves at 
 the dinner, and indulge in such social communion as 
 helps to cement the bonds of fellowship, dear to all 
 Christian workers. The chairman of the Union, who 
 holds his office for a year, presides on this occasion, 
 and I make no doubt indulges in his choicest veins of 
 humour to give relish to the repast, and the * flow of 
 soul ' carries on its tide the ' feast of reason/ as little 
 boats dance on the tiny bosom of a garden lake. 
 Many good thoughts would lie stranded for ever were 
 it not for the hilarity occasioned by a good dinner. 
 In London these social gatherings are held in the large 
 hall at the Cannon Street Terminus Hotel, which will 
 
Woiik done in London. 49 
 
 accommodate about seven hundred persons. The day 
 the singers were there the room was densely crowded; 
 they occupied a small balcony at the end opposite the 
 chairman, while I was honoured with a seat near 
 him, to watch the course of events. Dr. Allon was 
 near, and having served as chairman one year, was 
 competent to secure any attentions for us -that might 
 otherwise have been missed in the hilarious confusion 
 incident to an occasion not arranged for any methodical 
 business. The Rev. Eustace Conder, M.A., was in the 
 chair; the Rev. Dr. Raleigh was near, and having 
 heard the singers at Willis's Rooms, glowed with zeal 
 to have them appreciated by the company ; while Mr. 
 Hannay and many others were not slow to prepare a 
 way for their introduction. When the time came for 
 the singing, the chairman, in his kindly way, intro- 
 duced the singers, who rendered one of their best 
 pieces, to the great delight of the brethren. I have 
 always found that, on the one hand, no company of 
 men are more elastic, explosive, merry, and happy 
 than a company of divines on a festive occasion ; and 
 why should it not be so ? \ How beautiful are the feet 
 of those who bring good tidings and publish peace ; ' 
 why should they not be among the happiest ? On the 
 other hand, I have noticed that the slave songs, born of 
 religious devotion, express a heart language, recognised 
 instantly by pious people who think much of the 
 blessings of salvation. So when the Jubilee Singers 
 
50 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 sang, ' Oh, brothers, don't — stay away, for the Bible 
 says there's room enough/ they only went on to 
 preach what the minister had been doing for years. 
 When they broke forth, ' There are Angels hovering 
 round, to carry the tidings home,' 'oh/ say the 
 preachers, ' we have been trying to comfort our people 
 with these stories of ministering spirits' ; and when 
 again they sang, 'Preachers, don't grow weary, for 
 your work is almost done,' the song came home like 
 a heavenly breeze, to regale the heart and to urge the 
 weary brain on till solaced to believe that other 
 word of consolation the Jubilee Singers brought, 
 ' Wait a little while, and we'll sing the new song/ 
 I really think the students never appeared before a 
 body of men in Great Britain who had such ability to 
 appreciate their songs as the ministers and delegates 
 at the Congregational Union dinner; because the 
 body was so representative of a particular class of 
 men. The applause was so hearty, I fear the brethren 
 mio-ht think me discourteous if I should make known 
 to the public how enthusiastic it was. Nothing bore 
 them up on loftier wings than the singing of the 'John 
 Brown' song. Something better than dull hard grind- 
 ing work is the sometime portion of the servants of 
 God. Speeches were made, and one other inevitable 
 thing, — 1 mean a collection. Goodness must give, 
 pious emotions must express themselves by an offering. 
 When you touch the vein of a person, if the blood 
 
Work done in London. 51 
 
 does not flow, the person is dead ; when you touch 
 the soul, lit by a holy fire, born of another world, and 
 destined for his father's house, the soul gives of it3 
 life, its preciousness, its fragrance, that lessens not 
 while it imparts. If there be no giving either in 
 substance or purpose, the soul is dead. The contribu- 
 tion at this time was liberal, and the promises of 
 co-operation many, and very serviceable to us later on 
 in the campaign. Another work performed about this 
 time was in connection with the annual meeting of 
 the Freedmen's Mission Aid Society. This society is 
 an auxiliary to the American Missionary Association, 
 established mainly through the exertions of the Rev. 
 J. W. Healy, D.D., to secure the co-operation of the 
 British public with Christians in America in efforts 
 for the evangelization of the African race ; it had been 
 in operation but a year, nevertheless its success had 
 been very encouraging, and more than £7,000 promised 
 for its work. Great efforts were put forth to make its 
 first anniversary meeting a success. A proper pro- 
 gramme was prepared and cards of invitation sent to 
 a large number of representative people. The fact 
 that the Jubilee Singers were to be present was a 
 great inducement for many to attend. The fine hall 
 with its anterooms were literally packed long before 
 the hour announced for the commencement of the 
 meeting, and hundreds had to be turned away Lord 
 Shaftesbury occupied the chair, and was supported by 
 
52 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Treasurer of the 
 society, the Revs. Mr. Moffat (from South Africa), and 
 Newman Hall, with others. The Rev. L. D. Bevan, 
 the Hon. Secretary, read the report. For three 
 hundred years, it was said, the whites had sought 
 to evangelize Africa, but had failed, on account of 
 obstacles presented by climate, customs, and so forth ; 
 but now the hope was in the American Freedman, 
 that he should become educated, and evangelize his 
 fatherland. At the conclusion Lord Shaftesbury called 
 upon the singers to render, ' Oh how I love Jesus ! ' 
 when they received a hearty welcome. Perhaps the 
 most significant address was made by the Rev. J. S. 
 Moffat, the brother-in-law of Livingstone. He told how 
 he had come home from Africa the year before in pro- 
 found depression, ' home from holding his tiny rush- 
 light amidst the desolations of that continent, and 
 holding it with the feeling that his efforts were almost 
 futile. His station was a thousand miles inland, and 
 yet he might stand on the hill and look right away, 
 to the Atlantic in one direction, to the Indian Ocean 
 in the other, and also far away to the northward, and 
 feel that there was not another Christian Missionary 
 to be found in the immense area. When he stood 
 there, with heathenism on every side, no wonder per- 
 haps he sometimes felt cast down ; but, looking at the 
 Jubilee Singers, he could see where light and hope 
 were to come. It was utterly useless, humanly speak- 
 
Work done in London. 53 
 
 in£, for us, alone, to seek to evangelize Africa, but in 
 the trained members of the African race we mijrht 
 look for glorious fruits.' At the close the singers sang, 
 * Go down Moses, way down in Egypt land, tell ole 
 Pharaoh, let my people go/ which, after Mr. Moffat's 
 speech, was very effective. There was present the 
 Rev. W. C. Van Meter, the founder of the home for 
 little wanderers in New York City. As this Christian 
 brother had had much experience in raising money at 
 meetings where his little wanderers sang, and as he 
 had lived among slaveholders in America, and subse- 
 quently laboured for the elevation of the Freedmen, he 
 was in every way at home when his turn came to 
 address the audience. He told of the suffering he had 
 seen — he told of prophetic utterances of Christian 
 negroes long before the war of emancipation, which 
 revealed how certain it was that God assured the 
 hearts of these people that, at some day, they 
 should be free. As was happily said by a repoiter 
 present, ' Mr. Van Meter spoke with an energy and 
 naturalness that lashed the audience into a perfect 
 storm of enthusiasm, so that when the cheering 
 subsided, and the singers arose and gave the famous 
 " John Brown " song, the sight was such as we have not 
 witnessed in London for many years. As the refrain 
 rang out, " John Brown died, that the slave might be 
 free," the dense audience could suppress their feelings 
 no longer; they rose from their seats, and their ap- 
 
54 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 plause was deafening, hats and handkerchiefs were 
 waved, and the excitement continued until " God 
 save the Queen " was sung.' The Rev. Dr. Healy and 
 Dr. Waddington followed with addresses. The Rev. 
 Newman Hall made some felicitous remarks, and 
 Irom that hour manifested the most kindly interest 
 in the mission of the singers. Lord Shaftesbury 
 declared to the audience that he always loved the 
 negro, and that the chanting of ' The Lord's Prayer ' 
 was one of the most beautiful things he ever heard in 
 his life, and that he wished it repeated. ' And thus 
 closed,' said The Baptist, in its excellent report, ' one 
 of the most successful gatherings of the year.' 
 
 "In America the Jubilee Singers frequently appeared 
 at Sabbath services, and sang in the place of the choir, 
 or held a missionary meeting in place of the ordinary 
 service. I had expected that we might accomplish 
 much good work this way in England; but it was 
 found that the habits of English ^Nonconformists re- 
 specting these services are different from the American 
 churches. The Dissenters confine themselves mostly 
 to congregational singing, and to allow the singers to 
 appear and render music with which the congregation 
 was not familiar would be looked upon as a species 
 of exhibition that would be questionable. This kind 
 of exhibition, however, was for the promotion of the 
 interests of the mission of the Jubilee Singers, in 
 which we believed, and therefore hailed with pleasure 
 
Work done in London. 55 
 
 any opportunity of establishing a precedent in our 
 favour. During the six weeks I had spent in London 
 there was nothing to encourage me in the belief that 
 as missionary workers there would be duties for u* 
 on the Lord's day, which, to one who had been accus- 
 tomed to do most of his work on the Sabbath, was 
 somewhat trying. When, therefore, Newman Hall 
 asked if the singers could be present at Surrey Chapel 
 and sing in connection with his Sabbath service, 
 we were much encouraged. His plan was this : the 
 singers w v ere to be seated near the pulpit ; he would 
 preach for a little while on the bondage and deliver- 
 ance of the Children of Israel, after which the stu- 
 dents were to sing, ' Go down Moses ' ; then he would 
 preach of Christ, another great Deliverer, when the 
 singers were to follow with, ' Oh how I love Jesus.' 
 No mention was to be made of the fact that the 
 singers were to be present at this service. 
 
 11 The morning came, everything was auspicious, and 
 members of Surrey Chapel, who had prayed for many 
 years for the emancipation of the American slave, and, 
 during the war, for the success of the Northern armies, 
 rejoiced as those whose prayers had been answered. 
 We were all hailed as genuine missionaries, doing a 
 work eminently fitting for the Lord's day, and, so far 
 as I know, the Rev. Newman Hall had the praise 
 and approbation of all his people in this act of wel- 
 come to the Jubilee Singers. This Sabbath service. 
 
56 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 however, was not all the experience we were to have 
 at the chapel made famous by the labours of Rowland 
 Hill, and his equally renowned successor. Newman 
 Hall proposed that we should give a concert, and 
 charge an admission fee. His proposition was gladly 
 accepted, and no pains were spared by him or the 
 associate pastor of the church in making known our 
 mission and in encouraging the people to patronise it. 
 Many distinguished persons were present among the 
 crowded audience that greeted the singers on the 
 night of the concert ; and among the number the 
 Rev. Dr. Lindsley, an American missionary, who had 
 laboured many years among the Zulus in Southern 
 Africa. Nothing seemed to me more encouraging 
 than the enthusiasm with which missionaries who 
 had spent many years in Africa ever manifested for the 
 Jubilee Singers. These men, who have long toiled and 
 reflected much respecting the conversion of a people 
 in a land almost impenetrable to the white man, have 
 great faith in the ability of the American Freedmen 
 to penetrate and evangelize Africa ; as these emanci- 
 pated ones become educated, they rise up as morning 
 stars before the missionaries, to usher in a millennial 
 day for their fatherland. Again, I have noticed that 
 the veteran missionary is always overjoyed to have a 
 sympathy awakened in behalf of the people for whom 
 he has been labouring. The venerable Dr. Moffat 
 never met the Jubilee Singers without feeling that 
 
Work done in London. 57 
 
 his heart was young again. They brought to him 
 hope for their people, and a zeal to renew the labours 
 he entered upon more than fifty years ago. A concert 
 of the singers was always a thanksgiving day to all 
 such men. The concert at Surrey Chapel waa very 
 well received ; Mr. Hall was in his happiest mood, 
 and took occasion to introduce an exhortation on 
 beneficence and temperance as well, stating that he 
 was able to preach on so many different occasions 
 because he was a teetotaller. During these days the 
 Jubilee Singers were giving concerts in different halls 
 and chapels with moderate success. At the Hanover 
 Square Rooms and St. James's Large Hall many 
 acquaintances were formed, but the great expenses 
 attending concerts in those places nearly equalled the 
 receipts. There were many ministers who offered us 
 the use of their chapels, with the promise of assistance 
 in providing for the details of the service. Among 
 the invitations of this kind that were accepted was 
 one from the Rev. J. G. Rogers, the present chairman 
 of the Congregational Union; one from the Rev. 
 T. W. Aveling, of Kingsland Chapel; the Rev. Dr. 
 Edmonds, Presbyterian minister; and the Rev. Vin- 
 cent Tymms, a Baptist minister, Lower Clapton. 
 These, as with others, were well attended and accom- 
 panied with financial success. The ability of the 
 English people to ' be given to hospitality ' is, I 
 believe, superior to that of any other nation; I think 
 
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 it is a national instinct : when, therefore, a religious 
 society invited us to their chapel, they all felt an 
 enthusiasm to see us entertained, and this alone was 
 sufficient to insure some financial success. 
 
 " The American Missionary Association, in its evan- 
 gelistic work, always set its standard of morality and 
 conduct very high : it was anti-slavery, anti-caste, 
 anti-rum, anti-tobacco. It is contrary to its principles 
 to employ persons who use either alcoholic drinks or 
 tobacco as a stimulant ; and the Fisk University is 
 especially rigid respecting all such things. We found, 
 therefore, that the National Temperance League looked 
 upon the Jubilee Singers, from the first, as allies, and 
 hailed their appearance with joy. The Rev. Mr. Rae, 
 their energetic secretary, manifested no lack of inter- 
 est in securing their attendance at the soiree of the 
 National Temperance League at the Cannon Street 
 Terminus Hotel. This body of workers are persist- 
 ent and kindly in their labour. When I am told that 
 in this climate people need stimulants more than in 
 America, I always think of Newman Hall, Mr. Rae, 
 and John M. Cook, the excursionist, who travels with 
 personally-conducted parties to the ends of the earth, 
 and who told me that he never tasted a drop of liquor 
 in his life. If any healthier-looking people can be 
 found on the face of the globe than those who formed 
 the company at the National Temperance Soiree, I 
 have yet to see them. People from all classes were 
 
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 present, and joy and gladness filled the place. Mr. 
 Thomas Cook, the senior excursionist, delivered an 
 address on 'All round the World.' A programme, 
 including music by distinguished artists, was intro- 
 duced, and the first part of it performed. 'Then,' 
 says the Temperance Record, 'the platform was 
 cleared for the Jubilee Minstrels : the melodies they 
 sang were not more touching to the tender-hearted 
 than they were delightful to the musical connoisseur ; 
 so popular were the minstrels, that the second part 
 of the musical programme, in which the first-named 
 artistes were to have taken part, had to be eliminated, 
 and the meeting which followed was also curtailed.' 
 The Quakers present seemed entirely willing that the 
 singers should recite their poetry in their own pecu- 
 liar way. The servants crowded the passage ways. 
 1 Every ear,' says the Christian World, ' was strained 
 to catch the liquid melody that now came hushed and 
 gentle as the soft sigh of a summer night, and anon 
 thundered along clear and loud as a clarion call to 
 victory and joy.' But the temperance people did not 
 exhaust their interest by the welcome given on this 
 occasion, though a collection was added to the enter- 
 tainment. A great annual fete was to be held at the 
 Crystal Palace in July, and the use of the Opera Hall 
 was tendered the singers free of charge ; this was not 
 only a concession on the part of the temperance peo- 
 ple, but also qf the managers of the Crystal Palace, 
 
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 who relinquished the pro rata charge allowed them 
 on the number of attendants. All the advertising 
 was done in a thorough manner by the Temperance 
 committee, without expense to the Jubilee Singers. 
 The day was exceedingly warm, and the movements 
 of the vast crowd about the Palace unfavourable for 
 the effects of much of the singing: but the audience 
 was most generous and sympathetic, and Mr. Bowly, 
 president of the League, manifested the kindliest 
 interest in the mission. The great event of this occa- 
 sion was reserved for the vast central transept. Five 
 thousand children were seated upon the orchestra, 
 conducted under the able management of Mr. Frederic 
 Smith. It was a grand sight to see this temperance 
 army, and to hear them render their songs with a 
 precision of time, and excellency of taste, that spoke 
 volumes in praise of their leader. The crowds of 
 people were simply immense. It occurred to some 
 of us that, although the Jubilee Singers might not 
 be heard to great advantage in so large an audience 
 room, nevertheless, the thousands of children and the 
 older representatives from the length and breadth of 
 the country would obtain an idea of their mission, 
 and possibly a lasting interest in the African race, if 
 they came on the orchestra and sang two or three 
 songs. 'One of them,' says the Daily News, 'was 
 the song of emancipation, " John Brown's body," and 
 at the last verse Mr. F. Smith, the talented conductor, 
 
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 rapped up his well-disciplined army of choristers, who 
 thundered forth the chorus with all the more zest 
 because it was impromptu. The enthusiasm which 
 followed this was very remarkable. At least ten 
 thousand persons leaped to their feet, shouted, waved 
 their hats and handkerchiefs, and made the roof echo 
 with round after round of applause.' The Tem- 
 perance Record gives the following notice : — 
 
 M ' Then notably there was the concert of the Jubilee Singers. 
 Did Longfellow know of their singing or their coming ? Surely 
 he did when he wrote the poem of the slave singing at midnight. 
 
 " 'Loud he sang the Psalm of David ! 
 He, a negro and enslaved, 
 Sang of Israel's victory, 
 Sang of Ziun, bright apd free. 
 
 And the voice of his devotion 
 Filled my soul with strange emotion ; 
 For its tones by turns were glad, 
 Sweetly solemn, wildly sad. 
 
 " ' Longfellow must have prophetically beheld the temperance 
 fete of 1873. How his heart would leap up could he have heard 
 the sable offshoots of slavery, slaves no more, mingling their 
 voices with the blue-eyed, fair-haired Saxons ! ' 
 
 "Never in England was it the lot of the Jubilee 
 Singers to cast themselves upon the mercy of so vast 
 a throng of sympathetic fellow-workers, for the ame- 
 lioration of the condition of the common people, and 
 never was their mission of love better blessed than 
 by the great cold water army, that shall yet do, under 
 
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 Providence, as vast a work in emancipating the Eng- 
 lish poor from the evils of strong drink as the armies 
 of the North had done for the breaking of the chains 
 of the Jubilee Singers and the people they represented 
 in America*" 
 
Hospitalities received in London, 63 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED IN LONDON. 
 
 A FTER our delightful rest at Giessbach, the doctor 
 ■^ and I proceeded over the Brunic Pass of the Alps, 
 watching for long hours the thread of the river Aar, 
 that coursed in silvery beauty along the bosom of the 
 vale at the foot of the mountains. We did not pur- 
 pose to break our journey at Lucerne, except for the 
 Sabbath, as our chief interest on this portion of our 
 route was centred on the Evangelical Missionary 
 College at Bale, on the banks of the Rhine. The 
 doctor had learned that this institution furnished 
 many missionaries for Africa, and was anxious to 
 inform himself fully concerning the details of its 
 work. On our arrival one of the professors took us 
 through the building, and gave us information about 
 its history and methods. We learned that the semi- 
 nary was opened in 1816, and that it depended upon 
 annual subscriptions for the furtherance of its designs. 
 Last year the professor said the expenditure of the 
 society to which the college belongs amounted to 
 about £40,000 or $200,000. I also learned the num- 
 
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 ber of students educated for Christian work had been 
 nine hundred and fifty-six, the number sent to Africa 
 ninety-nine, and the number of converts on the Gold 
 Coast of Africa, where their missions were established, 
 two thousand four hundred and fourteen. It was 
 their purpose to extend these missions to the kingdom 
 of Ashantee. Neither the graduates of this seminary 
 nor the society to which it belongs are pledged to 
 labour in any particular country. Their field is the 
 world, and they have missions in China, East India, 
 and Persia, as well as in Africa, while many of their 
 students have entered into the labours of other mis- 
 sionary societies in Russia, Turkey, Australia, also in 
 North and South America. " This college," said the 
 doctor afterwards to me, " is the sunniest spot on the 
 continent; the best evidence I have seen that God has 
 not given the people over to the devices of Roman 
 Catholicism." From its hallowed grounds we re- 
 paired across the Rhine, to some German hills that 
 towered in the distance, after which I went on to give 
 the story of some of the kindnesses bestowed upon 
 the Jubilee Singers on their arrival in England. 
 
 * The hospitalities we received in London," I said, 
 " were among the golden events of our lives. No 
 youths from America ever had such honours from the 
 English people as the Jubilee Singers. Hospitality is 
 one of the embellishments of philanthropy; it is the 
 flower and sweetness of friendship. I never observed 
 
Hospitalities received in London. 65 
 
 anything so kingly in a householder as his cheery 
 cordiality and joy at seeing his guests happy; he who 
 is giving a welcome and entertainment to messengers 
 of good is but reflecting the spirit of Him who shall 
 come with all His holy angels by-and-by to welcome 
 us to the great marriage supper ; and those who min- 
 ister on such occasions are learning to do as angels do. 
 Hospitality is a refreshment, not a service ; it is no 
 teacher of dogmas, it makes no provision for exhorta- 
 tion or precept, it comes upon the soul like the dew of 
 Hermon, the Sun of righteousness shines upon it, and 
 as the morning sun gathers the drops of dew and 
 weaves a veil of fleecy clouds for her noonday adorn- 
 ing, so ■ our Light,' when He shall come, will be . 
 bedecked with clouds. * Be not forgetful to enter- 
 tain strangers' is not apt to be forgotten, when they 
 can sing. Perhaps the people think them the ' angels 
 unawares.' 
 
 " Singing praises to God is the flying of the soul on 
 angels' wings. Who has not been 'caught up in the air' 
 by ' psalms and hymns and spiritual songs ' ? And who 
 shall say we may not, in the last times, be flooded 
 above the perishing world by a tide of angels' songs ? 
 
 "Hospitality is not merely the outgrowth of re- 
 ligion, it is the fruit of culture and wealth as well. A 
 broad cultivated heart always has room in it to spare. 
 The guests of the great and good are as essential to 
 their completeness as paintings and statuary. No 
 
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 right-minded man plans for himself a mansion without 
 making generous provision for the accommodation of 
 friends, — servants and horses even are secured, — with 
 reference to the exigences of hospitality. There are, 
 moreover, seasons in the histories of nations and 
 men ; new countries indulge in freshness and budding 
 hopes; then conies summer and sometime harvest. 
 This latter season is upon the English people; they 
 are rich, they are learned, they are Christian, and ripe 
 for every good word and work, they are 'given 
 to hospitality.' Among the foremost of this class are 
 the members of the Society of Friends; as their names 
 suggest, so their deeds attest. To be a friend, the 
 friend of the poor and oppressed, is the normal busi- 
 ness of a Quaker, and no regalia of office ever seems 
 more royal to me than a Quaker bonnet. It signifies 
 that the possessor is an office-bearer of King Emmanuel; 
 when she goes about the streets I always feel that 
 some one is out on the King's business. Society 
 cannot afford to have the Friends drop the name of 
 Quaker ; it is as surely a wealth in the galaxy of the 
 great and good as the name of Raphael among the 
 family of painters. I have always taken it for 
 granted when meeting a Quaker that my errand 
 needed no elaborate explanation ; I expected that he 
 was ready for it. 
 
 "Before we reached England Mr. Stafford Allen 
 had sent £20 for the Fisk University, and having, 
 
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 while in America, visited that institution, he was able 
 at once to commend the Jubilee Singers to his friends. 
 The Rev. Mr. Powell, my associate at that time, made 
 his acquaintance, and an interest was awakened that 
 spread among the Quakers throughout the kingdom. 
 It was not long before Mr. Samuel Gurney, formerly 
 member of Parliament, sought us out, and invited us to 
 his spacious mansion on the confines of Regent's Park. 
 As Mr. Gurney was a very prominent member of the 
 Society of Friends, we anticipated meeting at his 
 house persons who would gladly render us much aid 
 in our enterprise. It was a lovely day when we met 
 him by appointment to accept his guidance through 
 the Botanical and Zoological Gardens, prior to the 
 welcome that awaited us at his residence. I shall 
 never forget the hearty reception he gave the singers, 
 and the wonder we all experienced at the attractions 
 of the Regent's Park. To an American, and especially 
 to one who has lived in New York, it is a constant 
 surprise to find so much open ground in London. The 
 system of parks gives one the idea that land is almost 
 as free and abundant as the air. The poorest can roam 
 on a holiday or an evening through broad acres of 
 open ground beneath the spreading boughs of trees, 
 and by artificial lakes, or jetting fountains. He may 
 seat himself in the cool shade on easy benches, pro- 
 vided either by Government or charity, and feel amid 
 the freshness ar I beauty of the country, even in the 
 
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 heart of the great metropolis of the world ; such are 
 the possibilities rf an inland city, whose suburbs may- 
 be made co-extensive with the whole country. Mr. 
 Gurney kindly conducted the singers first through the 
 Zoological Gardens, and took pains to reach the abode 
 of the lions at four o'clock, that the students might 
 see them partake of their dinner. There was some- 
 thing about the savage eagerness of these wild beasts 
 in seizing their food that almost put to the blush one 
 who had so often taken his dinner at a New York 
 eating-house ; the genuine lion has even more avidity 
 than the commercial one. 
 
 "The advantages of the Londoners in sustaining these 
 
 CD O 
 
 gardens are great ; their climate is neither excessively 
 hot nor cold ; the polar bear can endure the heat, and 
 the Indian elephant the cold. The hippopotamus can 
 roll in his open bath in the midst of winter, and birds 
 and reptiles, even from the centre of Africa, thrive and 
 multiply. I remember, however, that we were shown 
 a species of ape, kept in a heated room. When we 
 entered, the ape shook us by the hand, and looked at 
 us with a mute intelligence; he opened and closed the 
 doors for visitors, and exhibited many evidences of 
 craining. A shudder passed over me as though the 
 soul of man had been confined in the body of a beast, 
 It was terribly suggestive of Darwinism, and I fled 
 from its presence, and banished its lorrn from my mind, 
 as I would an apparition 
 
Hospitalities received in London. 69 
 
 "Mr. Gurney kindly told us much about the Botanical 
 Gardens, as he led us into the midst of their flowery 
 walks, and arbours of leafy freshness. The singers 
 had never witnessed anything so complete of its kind ; 
 and its oceans of flowers, arranged in billows of beauty, 
 captivated with delight the attention of every one of us. 
 Little did Mr. Gurney know how ■ he led us through 
 the green pastures, and beside the still waters, restor- 
 ing our souls ' — that day. On reaching his home, after 
 a stroll of several hours, we found his family and 
 friends gathered in a Paradise of their own. The 
 trees, and vines, and flowery walks, possible in Eng- 
 land on account of the evenness and humidity of the 
 temperature, are not possible in America. When I 
 have roamed over them in the semi-secluded gardens 
 of the rich and noble, I have been fain to ask, what 
 better can be ours on the bank of the river, 'midst the 
 Trees of Life, with their various fruits, and birds, and 
 songs of the Redeemed ? Aye, more, — I have thought 
 the promise of these things that have come down to us 
 gave the model, so that these earthly scenes are but a 
 foretaste of things heavenly, the Beulah grounds, where 
 we may breathe, for a little, in the anticipations of the 
 Paradise of God. Mrs. Gurney had provided tables 
 in sheltered places in the garden and conservatories 
 sufficient for the accommodation of about one hundred 
 persons. The intercourse with the family and visitors 
 was delightful ; there is a charm in being served by 
 
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 the hands of kindness and refinement. He who has 
 experienced the ministration of a loving and intelli- 
 gent mother, has been blessed with a quality of grace 
 such as no menial servant can bestow. I have ever 
 felt the riches of this grace shed upon me whenever 
 partaking of the hospitality of the Quakers in com- 
 pany with the Jubilee Singers. After the repast was 
 over, we repaired to spacious rooms, and the evening 
 was occupied in conversation with those who, for 
 many years, had yearned and toiled for the abolition 
 of slavery the world around. As I remember the 
 happy countenances of the aged people, and think of 
 their emotions and tears, when the songs of the singers 
 rang cheerily through the halls, or sank in soft cadences 
 and touched the soul like a gentle summer's breeze ; 
 when I think of the hieroglyphics of peace and joy 
 that were seen even on the wrinkles of age ; when I 
 recall the words spoken of triumph, I have a vision of 
 those who shall meet on the other shore the redeemed 
 of the Lord returning with singing unto Zion ; it is 
 of those who shall meet the very ones who have been 
 emancipated from sin, partially by their own labours. 
 There is something money cannot buy. I saw it that 
 night, — it was the blessedness experienced by veteran 
 Friends, who witnessed, in the Jubilee Singers, the 
 triumphs of faith, and sacrifice offered in years gone 
 by. As the rich tide of reflections rolled over their 
 souls, bearing on its bosom many precious memories. 
 
Hospitalities received in London. 71 
 
 something told me, as if an angel spoke, ' Their works 
 do follow them.' All their acts were tenderness, and 
 all their deeds were love. And when we parted from 
 the company/ midst an ocean of benedictions, we felt 
 crowned for our work and reward. We had many 
 invitations to private families about this time, but 
 could accept few. One, however, from Mr. George 
 McDonald, has an especial claim for notice. This dis- 
 tinguished author, after having heard the singers in 
 New York, said of them in his letter to Dr. Allon : — 
 
 " 'There is something inexpressibly touching in their wonder- 
 fully sweet, round, bell voice, in the way in which they sing — so 
 artless in its art yet so consummate in expression — and in the 
 mingling of the pathetic with the unconscious comic in the rude 
 hymns, shot here and there with a genuine thread of poetry. 1 
 feel confident they will make a great impression in many 
 religious circles.' 
 
 " By this he evinced that they would promote re- 
 ligious work. It was very natural, therefore, for him, 
 when he made his annual feast, inviting the poor, 
 to seek the services of the singers for the benefit of 
 his guests. Everything was very appropriate. Mr. 
 McDonald's 'retreat,' on the banks of the Thames, 
 affords ample grounds for a large garden party ; his 
 happy family gladly prepared themselves to perform 
 a simple play of an elevating character written by 
 Mrs. McDonald for the occasion. A stage was con- 
 structed in the garden. All the people from some 
 
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 wretched street in the densely-populated metropolis 
 were invited, and conveyed in waggons to the spot 
 where they were made as happy as possible. The 
 singers chanted the ' Lord's Prayer ' before the curtain 
 was raised for the play, and rendered several of their 
 songs during the visit. The entertainment afforded 
 very much gratification. Never have I so fully 
 realized the blessedness of the Saviour's words, ' But 
 when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
 the lame, the blind, and thou shalt be blessed; for 
 they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recom- 
 pensed at the resurrection of the just.' 
 
 "Mrs. McDonald informed me that during the seven 
 years since they instituted these garden parties, she 
 had witnessed very great improvement in the charac- 
 ter of the visitors ; taken as they were from the slums 
 of vice and poverty, many were unacquainted even 
 with the ordinary use of the conveniences of table 
 service; but by the kind attentions of other guests 
 always present, and by the object-lessons afforded to 
 the happy observers, wonders had been wrought. Mr. 
 White and the Jubilee Singers were in their element, 
 and never was a more grateful service rendered in 
 England. When one person rises from want and 
 obscurity he teaches others how to rise. When one 
 goes down into low places and leads others to a higher 
 elevation, rescuing them from penury and making 
 them rich with the love of God, he wins his title of 
 
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 'joint-heir with Christ.' Of Mr. George McDonald, the 
 author of ' Robert Falkner/ it can truly be said, ' He 
 hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his horn 
 shall be exalted with honour ;' and when I think of bis 
 residence on the peaceful banks of the Thames, Isaiah 
 speaks to me, 'If thou draw out thy soul to the 
 hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, thou shalt be as 
 a watered garden, and as springs of water, whose 
 waters fail not.' And when I have sat with Mr. 
 McDonald amidst his happy family, how deeply have 
 I felt, ■ Blessed is he that considereth the poor ; he 
 shall be blessed upon the earth.' There are $ver 
 fountains by our side from whence we may drink of 
 the water He shall give who says, 'He that giveth to 
 the poor shall not lack ; ' and again, ' He that hath 
 pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord, and that he hath 
 given will He pay him again.' ' The poor ye have 
 always with you.' God's bank is near our door, and 
 we may deposit our money in it any day, and the in- 
 terest will be ' some thirty, some sixty, and some one 
 hundred fold.' 
 
 The most distinguished invitation, however, be- 
 stowed upon us came through the kind consideration 
 of the Rev. Newman Hall, on the occasion of the lay- 
 ing of the foundation stone of Christ's Church, which 
 his congregation are rearing to perpetuate the name 
 and work of Rowland Hill. Mr. Hall remarked to mo 
 that he had that morning taken breakfast with Mrs. 
 
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 Gladstone, and had mentioned the Jubilee Singers to 
 her incidentally. She expressed to him, he said, a 
 desire that they should come to her house. I begged 
 him to inform her that it would give us the greatest 
 pleasure to visit her residence on any occasion. After 
 waiting a week or more, I began to fear that nothing 
 immediate was likely to come from his communi- 
 cation with Mrs. Gladstone. In a day or two word 
 was sent to Mr. Powell that Mrs. Gladstone wished to 
 see him at once, at Carlton House Terrace, to make 
 some arrangements respecting the appearance of the 
 Jubilee . Singers at a lunch, which was to be given to 
 the Prince and Princess of Wales, and others of the 
 Eoyal Family. It is hardly necessary to say that the 
 invitation was accepted with the utmost thankfulness. 
 "Mrs. Gladstone's purpose was that the singers should 
 chant the 'Lord's Prayer' as a grace before lunch, and 
 render any other service that might be desirable 
 during the stay of the royal guests. Good fortune 
 seemed to take the singers on its wings, and the 
 most desirable circumstances, like favouring gales, 
 wafted them on. For the glory of God it should 
 be said that, through all these days and nights, 
 very many earnest prayers were offered up that He 
 would show us the right way that we might walk 
 therein. There were many hedges set about us, as 
 well as distracting incompatibilities. To scale the 
 Alpine heights of society needs much of the conse- 
 
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 cration of a soldier: and when the business is for 
 Christ's sake, the Holy Ghost must help our infirmi- 
 ties. I think it was with feelings and experiences 
 like these that many of us appeared at Mr. Glad- 
 stone's on the occasion of the lunch given to the 
 Prince. We arrived in good time, and received every 
 attention requisite for our ease and comfort. The 
 royal guests consisted of the following distinguished 
 persons and others : their Royal Highnesses the Prince 
 and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Her Imperial 
 Highness the Grand Duchess Czarevna, His Royal 
 Highness the Duke of Cambridge, His Excellency 
 Count Beust, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, 
 the Duke of Sutherland, Earl Granville, the Countess 
 Spencer, the Bishop of Winchester, the Right Hon. 
 John Bright, and Mr. Motley. 
 
 " Luncheon was served in the dining-room, covers 
 being laid for twenty-four. Near the entrance to the 
 room there are alcoves on either side : in one of these 
 the singers were stationed when the royal party 
 passed. The Prince of Wales was accompanied by 
 Mrs. Gladstone, while the Princess leaned on the 
 Premier's arm. As soon as they were seated at the 
 table, according to arrangement, the students chanted 
 the ' Lord's Prayer.' Standing in the alcove as they 
 did, I think they had not been observed by many 
 of the party, who seemed a little surprised and 
 uncertain as to the source of the music. It was not 
 
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 long, however, before everything was explained by 
 one and another, and more singing was requested. 
 With other pieces, the ' John Brown ' song was sung, 
 with all the soul and power usually thrown into it by 
 the singers : nothing had pleased the Royal party 
 so well. The Prince of Wales looked over the book 
 containing the history of the singers and their songs, 
 and asked for ' No more auction-block for me,' which 
 seemed to give him much satisfaction. Nothing, how- 
 ever, awakened such enthusiasm as ' John Brown/ 
 and Mr. Gladstone asked me if it could not be re- 
 peated as a special favour to the Grand Duchess 
 Czarevna, whose father-in-law had emancipated the 
 serfs in Russia. Miss Sheppard, who acted as leader 
 in Mr. White's absence, complied, with her usual pro- 
 priety. At three o'clock a select company assembled to 
 meet their Royal Highnesses : there were in the party, 
 His Excellency Count Munster, German ambassador; 
 the Countess de Brunnow ; the Duke and Duchess of 
 Argyll and Lady Evelyn Campbell ; the Earl and 
 Countess of Stanhope; the Marquis and Marchioness 
 del Grillo ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney ; Lord 
 Richard Cavendish, General the Right Hon. Sir 
 William Knollys, Mr. Goldschmidt and his distin- 
 guished consort Jenny Lind, and others. The Princess 
 of Wales and the Czarevna took unusual interest in 
 some of the singers, and inquired of them concerning 
 their history, purposes, and success. Jenny Lind 
 
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 honoured them all by some word of encouragement ; 
 while John Bright and the late Bishop of Winchester 
 manifested an interest full of the tenderest emotions. 
 We did not know at the time that the Bishop of 
 Winchester was a son of the Great Wilberforce, 
 and one of the most eloquent men in the country : 
 his accidental death a few days afterwards threAv a 
 flood of liidit on his worth and works, and illustrated 
 how a wise Providence often times a good man's 
 death so as to bring freshly to light the story of his 
 life, as an example to the living. Before leaving, 
 refreshments were served to the singers, and Mr. 
 Motley, author of 'The Dutch Republic/ called me 
 aside and begged me to accept a donation for the 
 Fisk University. 
 
 " We now supposed that our highest fortune in this 
 way was attained, but God had ordered it otherwise. 
 A few days after I received the following note : — 
 
 " ' 11, Carlton House Terrace. 
 " < Dear Sir,— 
 
 " ' I beg you to accept the assurances of the great pleasure 
 which the Jubilee Singers gave on Monday to our illustrious 
 guests, and to all who heard them. I should wish to offer a 
 little present in books in acknowledgment of their kindness, and 
 in connection with the purposes, as they have been announced, 
 of their visit to England. It has occurred to me that perhaps 
 they might like to breakfast with us, my family and a very few 
 friends, but I would not ask this unless it is thoroughly agree- 
 able to them. With the singers, who, I believe, are eleven, we 
 
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 would, of course, hope to see you and Mr. White. I would 
 propose Tuesday next, the 22nd, and ten as the time. 
 u * Believe me, dear Sir, 
 
 " ' Your very faithful servant, 
 
 " ' Wm. E. Gladstone. 
 "'Rev. G.D.Pike.' 
 
 On reading it I was simply confounded. The past 
 history of these people rushed over my mind. The 
 times when accommodation had been refused both to my 
 agents and myself at hotels flashed upon my memory 
 a greater glare of ugliness than ever ; the tedious days 
 I had spent in getting them passage by steamer to 
 this country looked to me like remnants of the dark 
 a^es. If the Prime Minister of England can ask 
 coloured people to sit at his table, can we not hope 
 our loved country, where all men are born free and 
 equal, where there is no aristocracy, where ' high worth 
 is elevated place,' will sit in sackcloth for the abomi- 
 nations she hath done, till her wicked prejudices are 
 taken away? I have ever felt that this event was 
 worth as much to the coloured people the world over 
 as the campaign cost us ; and after it had transpired, 
 I knew that our mission could in no case be reckoned 
 a failure. By reason of the death of the Bishop of 
 Winchester the breakfast was deferred for a week 
 later than the date fixed. Mr. White, the singers, and 
 myself were able to meet the engagement. At the 
 close of the interview Rev. Newman Hall and myself 
 
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 exchanged some thoughts about the contrast between 
 this scene and those to which I have just alluded as 
 occurring in America, and the great value to the col- 
 ored people of a full account of these proceedings in 
 some of the religious papers in our country. Much to 
 my joy I afterwards saw the following communication 
 in the Neio York Independent : — 
 
 "'MR. GLADSTONE AND THE JUBILEE SINGERS. 
 
 (BY THE REV. NEWMAN HALL.) 
 
 " 'Our Jubilee friends will not soon forget the interesting break- 
 fast party given yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, at their pri- 
 vate residence on Carlton House Terrace, nor will those forget it 
 who had the pleasure of meeting them there. They had already 
 sung at the premier's in the presence of the Prince and Princess 
 of Wales, the Czarowitz and the Czarevna, of Russia, the Right 
 Hon. John Bright, and a distinguished party of nobility. But 
 on that occasion they came to entertain the guests. Yesterday 
 they were themselves the guests. I had feared that the party 
 must have been put off, for I had just read in the Daily News 
 that Mr. Gladstone was lying ill at Chiselhurst. But as I was 
 at the door a carriage drove up, and Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone 
 alighted. They had come up from Chiselhurst to meet their 
 negro friends. Mr. Gladstone looked pale and worn. He had, 
 by his physician's order, excused himself from attending the 
 great banquet to be given that evening by the lord mayor to the 
 ministry, at the Mansion House ; and he might with great pro- 
 priety have rested at ChiseDiurst and put off his guests. But 
 he rose early, travelled some twenty-five miles by rail, and then 
 drove to his home, which he reached just before the Rev. Mr. 
 Pike and the Jubilee Singers, and so in time to greet them. 
 
 " ' Mr. Gladstone's town residence has a spacious entrance-hall, 
 leading to a large dining-room, which overlooks St. James's Park, 
 and opens upon a wide terrace. A front room is the premier's 
 
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 study. A wide double staircase leads to a suite of reception 
 rooms, filled with rare, costly, and beautiful art treasures. 
 There are paintings and sculptures by eminent artists, and cases 
 filled with specimens of ceramic art of all ages. There are works 
 by Cellini, and specimens of pottery collected during many years 
 by one whose fame as a statesman and orator alone prevents his 
 being famous in literature and art — spheres in which he has few 
 rivals. Breakfast was laid in the dining-room, on tables beauti- 
 fully decorated with flowers. In addition to the Jubilee party 
 of fifteen, there were present Lord and Lady Cavendish, Lord 
 Lyttleton, the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Cabinet minis- 
 ter, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., the dean of the Queen's 
 Chapel Royal, together with Mrs. Gladstone, two Misses Glad- 
 stone, Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M.P., and others. The guests were 
 seated at two tables, our negro friends being equally distributed, 
 sitting between their English friends. At the table where the 
 dean and myself sat, Mrs. Gladstone, Miss Gladstone, and Mr. 
 W. H. Gladstone were most assiduous in their kind attentions 
 — not only seeing that the physical comfort of their negro guests 
 was attended to, but conversing with them so constantly and 
 pleasantly that they were quite at their ease. At the other table 
 Lady Cavendish, acting for Mrs. Gladstone and seated side by 
 side with her coloured sisters, diffused the same atmosphere of 
 social geniality around. A number of liveried footmen ministered 
 also to the wants of the guests, paying as much attention and 
 deference to the coloured singers from Tennessee as to the titled 
 ladies of the English aristocracy and to the untitled but no less 
 noble lady whose guests we were. To English readers I should 
 apologise for writing in this way. My description would be 
 severely criticised, as giving prominence to trifling courtesies 
 which with us are matters of course. No one here, pretending 
 to social refinement, would make the least distinction between 
 the guests he might meet merely on the ground of colour, and 
 no one would hesitate on that account to invite to his house any 
 one otherwise suitable. I am told that there still exists in the 
 United States some remnant of the old prejudice. This may be 
 found, no doubt, amongst some of the ignorant and vulgar of 
 our own land ; and so also it would not be fair to infer that such 
 
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 prejudice is general in America because exhibited by some low- 
 bred, unrefined, and narrow souls. I fancy some of these were 
 at Surrey Chapel the other Sunday morning, when the Jubilee 
 Singers did me the honour of taking a little luncheon with some 
 of my friends at Rowland Hill's parsonage. Some Americans had 
 come to take my hand, and I asked them to join us. But when 
 they entered the house, and saw our negro friends sitting down to 
 table side by side with some English ladies, they looked surprised, 
 stood awhile at the door, and then walked away down the street ! 
 I wish they had been present yesterday to see Mrs. Gladstone 
 and her daughters, and the noble lords and ladies present, taking 
 their negro friends by the hand, placing them chairs, sitting at 
 their side, pouring out their tea, etc. , and conversing with them 
 in a manner utterly free from any approach either to pride or 
 condescension ; but exactly as if they had been white people in 
 their own rank of life. And this not as an effort, nor for the 
 show of it, but from a habit of social intercourse which would 
 have rendered any other conduct perfectly impossible. 
 
 "'Mr. Gladstone charmed us with his eloquent description of a 
 book on the Modoc Indians he had just been reading, making 
 one marvel how, with all his great cares of state and Parliament, 
 he can find time, as he does, to keep ever abreast of the litera- 
 ture of the day. After breakfast he showed to his guests some 
 of the principal objects of interest in his collection of art trea- 
 sures, explaining them in his own fascinating style. Then, all 
 the party being gathered in the drawing-room, the Jubilee 
 Singers entertained us with their wonderful music. First we 
 had " John Brown." I never heard them sing it as they did 
 yesterday. It was not the music alone, but the features of the 
 singers also which made it so impressive. They sang as beings 
 inspired. Their whole forms seemed to dilate. Their eyes 
 flashed ; their countenances told of reverence and joy and grati- 
 tude to God. Never shall I forget Mr. Gladstone's rapt, enthu- 
 siastic attention. His form was bent forward, his eyes were 
 riveted ; all the intellect and soul of his great nature seemed 
 expressed in his countenance ; and when they had finished he 
 kept saying, " Isn't it wonderful ? I never heard anything like 
 it ! " After this they gave us that queer medley, u O them great 
 
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 trials ! " with the comical assertion of Baptist, Independent, 
 Presbyterian preferences, and the grand lesson of Christianity 
 versus sectarianism. The tender, thrilling words and music of 
 "Oh how I love Jesus ! " brought tears to the eyes of the 
 listeners ; and when they closed with the " Lord's Prayer," all 
 the company, led by Mr. Gladstone, reverently stood with bowed 
 heads in worship. Then came many hearty farewells, and some 
 time was taken up by our friends obtaining the autographs of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone and others. Just before leaving the 
 roomtheysang, "Good-bye, brother, good- bye, sister," which went 
 to every heart. As brothers and sisters, the premier and Mrs. 
 Gladstone, with their guests, bade them one more and last fare- 
 well. It was just noon when we passed through the hall, where 
 several persons were waiting on official business to see the 
 premier, who, doubtless, from that time till late at night was 
 anxiously occupied with public affairs, but whose morning was 
 given up to his negro friends with such heartiness and leisure 
 of mind that a stranger might suppose he was, of all present, 
 the one whose time was most his own. 
 " < London, Eng., July 30th, 1873.' 
 
 "To this letter nothing need be added, unless it be the 
 interest manifested by the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, 
 who informed me that his father died while on a visit 
 to the governors of the Southern States in America, 
 for the purpose of persuading them to exert their 
 Wluence for the abolition of slavery ; he also gave me 
 a donation for the Fisk university. Subsequently Mr. 
 Gladstone sent us a very valuable present of books, 
 according to the suggestions contained in his letter. 
 
 " The next day we were to take tea with the Rev. 
 C. H. Spurgeon, and give a concert at the Metropolitan 
 Tabernacle. We had looked forward to this event 
 with many fond anticipations. One great desire had 
 
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 animated us from the time we decided to visit England : 
 it was, that we might be welcomed to the Metropolitan 
 Tabernacle by an audience that should completely till 
 the house. I had early sent word to Mr. Spurgeon by 
 a person who assured me he had his acquaintance and 
 confidence, stating how anxious I was that he should 
 hear the singers. I offered to accompany my friend 
 on his errand, but he thought it quite unnecessary. 
 It was anniversary time, and Mr. Spurgeon was not 
 only unwell, but very much occupied, and I felt it 
 would be cruel to trespass upon his time more than 
 was absolutely necessary, and so nothing further was 
 done than to persuade his personal friends to bring 
 the matter before him in such a way as to secure his 
 attention. The Hon. George H. Stuart from America 
 was in London at this time, and mentioned the singers 
 to Mr. Spurgeon ; Mr. Stuart was sure we should find 
 hearty support if we appealed to him. I therefore 
 wrote to Mr. Spurgeon, telling him plainly our wishes, 
 and explaining why we had not pressed ourselves 
 upon his attention with greater perseverance. I found 
 I had not rightly estimated the freedom and for- 
 wardness of this great and good man in espousing the 
 cause of Americans. He does not believe in ceremony 
 or middle-men, and is not at all shocked if a person 
 addresses him without introduction. He replied to 
 my letter at once, expressing himself in the following 
 way:— 
 
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 " ' Nightingale Lane, Uapham, July 11th. 
 " < My Dear Sir,— 
 
 " 'You should have come or written to me at once, for I 
 believe in straightforward running, and do not care for influence 
 and persuasion and all that ; you and your brother minstrels 
 would have been welcomed as soon as you landed, and shall be 
 welcome now. The only direct application made to me was 
 through Mr. Miller, the hand-bell ringer, and I said yes at once. 
 I wish you had come in to see me ; but I greatly respect your 
 kind motive in keeping away, so very few people have any 
 thought of that kind * * * You shall be welcome, and may God 
 bless you. 
 
 " ' Yours most truly, 
 
 " < C. H. Spurgeon.' 
 
 " A date was soon fixed for a concert, and Mr. Black- 
 shaw, secretary to the Metropolitan Tabernacle, kindly 
 undertook all the duties of advertising and providing 
 for the sale of tickets. The Sabbath previous to the 
 concert we all went into the Tabernacle for worship, 
 and took the opportunity after service of receiving an 
 introduction to the great preacher. While we were 
 waiting our turn, the people in the room adjoining the 
 one where Mr. Spurgeon received his visitors asked 
 Mr. White for a song. The singers, in their tender, 
 earnest style, sang, ' Oh, brothers, don't stay away, 
 for the Bible says there's room enough.' They had 
 scarcely finished when Mr. Spurgeon summoned them 
 into his presence : he had heard their song, and they 
 had taken his heart : but I will let him tell his story. 
 'Now I do not know whether you will approve or 
 
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 not,' he said, in the evening service, ' but it seems to me 
 it is the right thing, an d I w ill take the risk. After 
 the morning service I heard the Jubilee Singers sing 
 a piece, * Oh, brothers, don't stay away, for my Lord 
 says there's room enough in the heavens for you." I 
 found tears coming in my eyes, and looking at my 
 deacons, I found theirs very moist too. That song 
 suggested my text and my sermon to-night. Now, as 
 a part of the sermon, I am going to ask them to sing 
 it, for they preach in the singing ; and may the Spirit 
 of God send home this word to some to-night — some 
 who may remember their singing if they forget my 
 preaching.' Then followed the singing, with such 
 clearness and power, that all the vast audience of five 
 or six thousand people could hear; some, forgetting 
 themselves, broke out into spontaneous applause with 
 clapping of hands at the close. I have heard it said 
 several persons date their conversion from that even- 
 ing. Mr. Spurgeon had taken for his text, ' It is done 
 as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.' He 
 announced the concert for Wednesday, supplementing 
 the notice with the exhortation, ' Oh, brothers, don't 
 stay away,' and as will be seen anon, it sank deep 
 into their hearts. 
 
 " The following Wednesday the singers were to meet 
 Mr. Spurgeon at the station, and accompany him to 
 his residence, for recreation and tea, prior to the 
 evening service. I shall ever remember the happy 
 
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 countenance he wore on our arrival, and the pleasant 
 conversation we had with him on the way to his 
 house. There was one remark he made for which I 
 was not prepared; it was that he considered Henry 
 Ward Beecher as the Shakespeare of this century (an 
 idea which I learned later on was not uncommon). 
 Mr. Beecher had done so much for us, we loved him 
 as a father ; we adored Mr. Spurgeon as the prince of 
 his profession ; and to have the foremost preacher in 
 Europe express such high admiration for ' the fore- 
 most man in all the world/ was a tribute of praise 
 fit for the entertainment of even the humblest of 
 Americans. We found that Mr. Spurgeon had selected 
 for himself a beautiful rural retreat at Clapham, and 
 provided a tasteful house, with ample garden grounds. 
 We had no sooner entered than he called our atten- 
 tion to the exploits of an enormous cat which sprang 
 through his arms with the agility of a trained athlete ; 
 we found, also, that his grounds were rich in birds 
 and domestic animals, for which he and Mrs. Spurgeon 
 have great fondness. Our stay was very pleasant, and 
 the songs rendered to Mrs. Spurgeon, who is an in- 
 valid, gratefully received. Mr. Spurgeon said of them 
 in the evening, 'I am not sufficiently acquainted with 
 music to find fault with the songs I have heard this 
 afternoon, and what is more, I hope I never shall be ; 
 but I am sufficiently acquainted with music to be 
 able to say I never so enjoyed music which I have 
 
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 listened to in the way of performance. Our friends 
 seem to sin^ from the heart ; their souls are sin<rino 
 right cheerfully, and this gives a fire to their music 
 that cannot be in it under any other circumstances; 
 they have touched my heart.' 
 
 " If any person imagines that Mr. Spurgeon is a 
 genius without study, they have only to visit his 
 library, and see even the books of his own that have 
 been published, numbering some twenty large volumes, 
 to be relieved of their error. Although many of these 
 are books of sermons, yet they were all prepared for 
 the press by him with great labour. For the first 
 time I saw 'John Ploughman's Talk,' and was sur- 
 prised to find it had already attained a circulation of 
 one hundred and eighty thousand. On inquiring of 
 Mr. Spurgeon if he were able to write this book of 
 Proverbs right on, as one writes a letter, he replied, 
 that it was the product of very great painstaking. 
 
 " After tea we were taken in carriages to Mr. Spur- 
 geon's Orphan Asylum at Stockwell. We learned that 
 some devoted lady had given £20,000 to the great 
 preacher, begging him to establish such an institution ; 
 while he and his fellow-labourers had raised from other 
 sources a large amount for building. The grounds 
 were ample, the buildings tasteful, and furnished with 
 all essential conveniences, and the system of work very 
 efficient and successful. Every Friday morning Mr. 
 Spurgeon gives his personal attention to the business 
 
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 relating to its management, and there is every pro- 
 spect that its beneficent work, which is already exten- 
 sive, will be enlarged from year to year. The deacon, 
 Mr. W. C. Murrell, told me that they kept up the 
 Church collections for it even with the year of our 
 Lord : that is, in the year 1872, they collected £1,872, 
 in the year 1873, £1,873, etc. Other gifts are received 
 through other agencies. 
 
 " The Tabernacle was reached by an entrance in the 
 rear, only to find an immense throng of people press- 
 ing for admission. An American gentleman reports, — 
 'The bills announced, "Doors open at seven o'clock"; 
 but long before that, the crowds around the gates were 
 such that they were compelled to open them to avoid 
 a street blockade. At ten minutes past seven there 
 were already four thousand people present. If ever 
 I saw seven thousand they were there last evening. 
 According to the English style, Mr. Spurgeon opened 
 the meeting with a few remarks, and then introduced 
 the singers. It was evident before the singers began 
 that they were to have an enthusiastic reception : the 
 result fully vindicated the confidence of our expecta- 
 tions. The applause was long-continued. Mr. Spur- 
 geon's humour flashed out all the way through ; the 
 good nature that overflowed so bountifully was so 
 sincere and manifest that nobody could take exception.' 
 
 " As for myself, I do not think I ever realized the 
 worth of Jennie Jackson so fully as I did when I saw 
 
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 her stand in Mr. Spurgeon's place, and hold the 
 attention of that vast audience as fixedly as the 
 preacher ever had done, while she sang the gospel of, 
 *' You may bury me in the East, you may bury me in 
 the West, but I'll hear the trumpet sound, in that 
 morning." ' After its conclusion Mr. Spurgeon took 
 occasion to apply a few remarks respecting the 
 absurdity of consecrated burial-grounds. The whole 
 concert was a succession of triumphs. At its close 
 Mr. Spurgeon said, — 
 
 " ' Now our friends are going to Scotland, and I have 
 told them to come here, and hold their first concert 
 when they return to London. They have come to 
 Great Britain to raise £6,000 : they will do it ; and if 
 they want £6,000 more, let them come back to this 
 country again, and we will give it to them.' 
 
 " The net proceeds of this concert were £214, being 
 by far the largest amount we had received on any one 
 occasion up to that time in England. Thus ended our 
 work for the time in London, and we started, full ot 
 hope, on our way to Scotland. 
 
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 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 JOURNEY OF THE JUBILEE SINGERS TO SCOTLAND. 
 
 A FTER the doctor and I had completed our visit 
 -^— at Bale, we departed for Rome, stopping at 
 Milan, Venice, and Florence. A new sensation came 
 over us as we entered the gates of the Eternal City. 
 The spirits of the great and good may never visit the 
 earth perhaps, but there are times when one seems 
 as if surrounded by them. When we walk where 
 Csesar, and Cicero, and Brutus shook the world by 
 their powers, we feel as though something of these 
 men were left behind. When we entered the cata- 
 combs, where, soon after Christ's ascension, His 
 followers hid themselves ; when we read the story 
 of the cross in the pictures they portrayed upon the 
 walls more than seventeen hundred years ago, these 
 early martyrs became alive once more ; their history 
 spoke when we went to St. Peter's, and stood in the 
 circus of Nero, where the Christians were slain by 
 scores, and gazed upon that wonderful edifice that 
 stands without a rival in the world ; when we wan- 
 dered, meditating, beneath its great dome, and tln*ough 
 
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 its magnificent chapels, and around its enormous di- 
 mensions, " The blood of the martyrs is the seed of 
 the church," some spirit seemed to say to us. And 
 why is all this ? who can fathom God's design in 
 ordaining or permitting it ? Artificers, sculptors, 
 painters, warriors, statesmen, orators, poets, histo- 
 rians, and great dignitaries of the church have left 
 their names here: who can comprehend the ultimate 
 reason why the All- wise sent them in such lavish 
 numbers ? The doctor and I studied immortal paint- 
 ings. We went twice to the Pantheon, built before the 
 Saviour's advent; we went to St. Clement's Church, 
 built above another that had been razed to the ground. 
 We wandered tlrrough subterranean chapels, and read 
 the pictures on the walls ; as the Interpreter led Bun- 
 yan's pilgrim, so we seemed to be led from day to 
 day amidst scenes that revealed to us some lesson 
 fresh and new, of the ever-changing and uncertain 
 destinies of nations and men. We were taught as 
 well the enduring influence of suffering with Christ. 
 St. Paul in prison wielded a more reaching influence 
 than Csesar in the senate chamber, or at the head of 
 his armies. Rome is rich in names and memories, but 
 no names are treasured so lovingly as those of Peter 
 and Paul. 
 
 "To be blessed like these men," said the doctor, 
 "requires no expensive diploma, no laurel crown. 
 Peter left his nets and boats — a simple thing, a 
 
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 masterly thing : the one thing for him, because that 
 meant he counted nothing dear of his own, but every- 
 thing all-important bidden by the Redeemer." 
 
 " Great usefulness," said I, " is within the possibility 
 of every man who is ready to expend his energies 
 with such a spirit. Titus conquered Jerusalem and 
 returned to Rome in triumph : the people built an 
 arch which stands by the Coliseum. St. Peter and 
 St. Paul conquered themselves, and the structures bear- 
 ing their names deck the Protestant world." While 
 we were restoring our souls with such reflections 
 respecting the triumphs of Christianity, we repaired 
 to the Capitoline hill, and, in the gardens of Augustus, 
 took a seat, near a middle-aged lady, who was paint- 
 ing a view of the grounds ; and I went on to narrate 
 to the doctor the experiences of the Jubilee Singers 
 on their way to Scotland. 
 
 "Before departing for Scotland to make arrangements 
 for the campaign," I said, " I called upon the Earl of 
 Shaftesbury, to ask advice respecting who would be 
 the best man to introduce us to the Scotch people. 
 His Lordship immediately informed me that there was 
 no better man for my counsellor than Mr. John Burns, 
 of the Cunard line of steamers, to whom he gave me 
 a letter of introduction. As I wished to arrange some 
 business by the way, I had secured advice from Dr. 
 Allon concerning work at Hull, Scarborough, New- 
 castle, and Sunderland. At Hull we decided to give 
 
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 a private concert, and then proceed to Scarborough, 
 where the same plan was to be pursued ; at Newcastle 
 and Sunderland we determined to give concerts in 
 halls. On reaching Glasgow I found Mr. Burns as 
 ready to aid us as his noble friend had been to com- 
 mend him. He invited me to spend the night at 
 Castle Wemyss, where it was decided to give a garden 
 party in August, to which Mr. and Mrs. Burns should 
 invite- the leading citizens in the west of Scotland, to- 
 gether with the members of the press, to welcome the 
 Jubilee Singers. 
 
 " The preparations for the work in August were for 
 the most part intrusted to the hands of friends. We 
 had been more than three months in London, and 
 hailed with pleasure an opportunity of visiting sea- 
 port towns, and whiling away a few days in the sum- 
 mer, with such recreations as these places afforded. 
 The singers were not generally informed respecting 
 the home and fame of Wilberforce at Hull. It was 
 the first of August, and when, entering the town, we 
 passed the fine monument that commemorates this 
 great emancipator, and read the inscription stating 
 that it was erected on the first of August, we felt 
 like those who had come to an anniversary jubilee. 
 Our quarters were at the Cross Keys Hotel, in front 
 of which there is a polished bronze equestrian monu- 
 ment of King William III. The Rev. W. C. Preston 
 had invited about fifteen hundred people from the 
 
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 different churches by cards to the Hope Street Chapel, 
 of which he was pastor, and when the singers entered 
 the pulpit to sing, they were welcomed in such a way 
 as did honour to the memory of their distinguished 
 townsman. Mr. Preston introduced the singers, and 
 they went on with the programme. At the inter- 
 mission I explained the object of our visit, and urged 
 the people to give with such liberality as would ex- 
 emplify that the disciples of Christ would sustain 
 a missionary meeting, and work as liberally, if the 
 appeal was made to their consciences, as though an 
 admission were charged. As the people present had 
 been invited from the best of families for the purpose 
 of aiding the mission, I thought it would be a fair 
 test of an experiment we wished to make, to ascertain 
 if we could not raise the money this way, rather than 
 by pursuing the commercial method to which we had 
 been obliged to adhere in America. I made all this as 
 clear as I could, and the collection far exceeded the 
 expectations of the friends present, amounting to 
 £52 12s., which was about one-half what we should 
 have received if admission had been charged. It was 
 almost impossible to bring people to believe that the 
 singers could realize the amount from their concerts 
 which we sought to secure. When Mr. White or I 
 said we ought at least to realize £100 per night, 
 they looked upon us with apparent pity. No 
 benevolent enterprise ever had an agency that could 
 
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 raise money like that ; indeed, there was no enterprise 
 whatever in the country, attractive to the better class 
 of people, that afforded its managers any such profits. 
 The grand concerts given throughout the kingdom 
 were more like popular celebrations in America, 
 where distinguished men are secured for the pur- 
 pose of adding to the enjoyment rather than from 
 expectation of realizing even expenses. I scarcely 
 ever knew a man or society of men who provided a 
 series of concerts in England or Scotland that made 
 money by it ; they realized a popular treat for them- 
 selves and friends, or advertised their business as 
 music-sellers, and that was all. Low minstrel com- 
 panies, catering for the vulgar tastes of people, were 
 more likely to do a lucrative business ; but their patrons 
 were not to be relied upon for our constituents. Star 
 singers were well paid, and saved money. With such 
 facts before the minds of the better class of people, it 
 is not to be wondered at that they were appalled as 
 we asked £100 for the services of a few children who 
 were recently slaves, and who made no pretensions to 
 being professional singers; with a knowledge of this 
 I was often almost in despair of accomplishing the 
 object of our mission. We had come to the right 
 quarter to revive our courage, however. Before the 
 close of this private concert the Rev. W. M. Statham 
 made a stirring address, insisting (with others) that 
 instead of our going to Scarborough on Monday, we 
 
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 should remain and give a concert, and charge an 
 admission fee. To this we consented, and Hengler's 
 Cirque was fixed upon as the most fitting place for 
 the entertainment. Mr. Dickerson promised to speak 
 on the Sabbath to some children at the Hope Street 
 Chapel ; Mr. White and a number of the singers went 
 to the service with him, and found the building 
 crowded to overflowing. Every one present seemed 
 very happy, and the little listeners gave £9 for the 
 library at Fisk University. 
 
 " While we were sitting at the window of our room 
 in the hotel during the long evening, witnessing the 
 throngs of people flowing like a tide of life up and 
 down in front of King William's monument, Mr. 
 White felt compassion for the multitude, and pro- 
 posed, if I would deliver a short address, to sing a 
 few songs to the wandering crowd. We arranged our- 
 selves, therefore, in front of the monument, using the 
 base for a platform. I read a portion of Scripture, 
 songs were sung, prayers were said, while the crowd 
 kept gathering around in ever-increasing numbers. I 
 preached a short discourse, and the singers sang of the 
 love of Jesus to many a soul only accustomed to use 
 His name in blasphemy. While the tears were trick- 
 ling slowly down the cheeks of the wretched wan- 
 derers I felt a new emotion : I saw when a thing good 
 enough to be paid for is bestowed upon poor lost 
 souls it goes straight to the heart we attempt to 
 
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 benefit'-. If we essciy to benefit poor people as dogs 
 are pelted with bones, if we deem anybody and any- 
 thing good enough for them, our work will fail. Paul 
 might be a fit preacher for the learned Athenians ; but 
 Jesus Christ was the all-sufficient one for poor fisher- 
 men, for extortionate tax-gatherers, for Magdalens. 
 To restore the spiritually dead, buried in the mire of 
 wretchedness and sin, needs the rarest gifts accom- 
 panied with the tenderest heart and the most ex- 
 alted love for their poor souls. Think thyself never a 
 master, oh mighty one ! unless thou art able to gather 
 the poor wretched outcasts in thy embrace, and to 
 robe them in their right minds, and present them to 
 Jesus without ' spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.' 
 
 " On Monday Mr. White accepted an invitation to 
 visit the Humber training ship for boys, and delighted 
 them with attentions and songs, for which the brave 
 fellows raised a little fund and purchased Knight's 
 'Pictorial Old England/ a valuable book for the 
 Fisk Library ; this book was to bear their names and 
 to express their sympathy. In the evening, though 
 the night was rainy, Hengler's Cirque was densely 
 crowded, and the enthusiasm a continued inspiration 
 to the singers. The ardent friends who had aided 
 us so lovingly would not let us go without a promise 
 to return on some future occasion, and as the income of 
 the Monday concert equalled £140, we did not hesitate 
 to give them assurances. At Scarborough we found 
 
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 that the Rev. R. Balgarnie had arranged for our wel- 
 come at the South Cliff Congregational Church. His 
 children performed the clerical work of inviting about 
 eleven hundred people by cards, and a very select and 
 appreciative audience honoured us by their attendance. 
 Mr. Balgarnie presided, and though it had been previ- 
 ously arranged that there should be no manifestation 
 of applause, the chairman finally concluded that, seeing 
 the people felt as they did, it would not be right for 
 them to suppress their emotions ; so the encores were 
 as free as usual. Many persons were spending their 
 vacation at this ' Queen of watering- places/ and great 
 care had been taken to secure the presence of such as 
 might aid us in the midland counties and the pro- 
 vinces. These people, it was thought, would be pleased 
 to render liberal assistance by their donations. In 
 this Mr. Balgarnie was not disappointed, for although 
 the capacity of his church did not allow of so large 
 an audience as we had found at many places where we 
 had given private concerts, nevertheless the collection 
 was greater than we had ever before received, amount- 
 ing, after all the money was paid in, to about £90. 
 The singers lodged with Mr. Whittaker, formerly a 
 temperance lecturer of some note, and at that time 
 one of the Town Council. At his house every attention 
 was received. Pleasure parties were formed, invita- 
 tions accepted, and recreations fitted to refresh us for 
 our future work enjoyed. On Sunday Mr. White had 
 
Journey of the Singers to Scotland. 99 
 
 promised to sing to the Sunday School children on the 
 green, and over four thousand persons were present, 
 including a crowd of fishermen and others. Though 
 it poured with rain, the people preferred getting wet 
 through to missing the musical treat. 
 
 1 Here we made the acquaintance of Mr. Roundtree 
 and his family, members of the Society of Friends, 
 and received from them many hospitalities at the 
 time. A second concert was given in Mr. Balgarnie's 
 church, for the reason that other pastors did not see 
 their way clear to open their places of worship for a 
 service at which an admission fee was to be charged. 
 The concert was quite successful. 
 
 m The Rev. H. T. Robjohns, of Newcastle, had entered 
 upon the work of providing for our welcome to his 
 town with the forethought of a general when planning 
 a campaign. He counted the cost, he took in all the 
 bearings of the case, and discovered all the fountains 
 of influence necessary to be opened. He was a popular 
 and accomplished writer, a prize essayist, and knew 
 the thing fitting to be said, and, what was equally 
 fortunate, he had access to the press. He understood 
 the art of nourishing a plant to stimulate a harvest. 
 He did not expect results until he had complied with 
 all the comprehensive conditions for securing them. 
 When we entered the fcown and learned what had 
 been done, we foresaw the triumph that awaited (I 
 6peak advisedly) him. He had sold the house. People 
 
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 who knew scarcely a thing save what he told them 
 had paid their money and pressed together on a rainy 
 night, till the hall was crowded almost to suffocation : 
 no seats could be had for love or money by the time 
 the concert commenced. The Methodists were holding 
 a large annual meeting in Newcastle at the time, yet 
 a very good number of their ministers were at the 
 concert. I never trembled so much for a man in 
 England as I did for Mr. Robjohns on that night ; if 
 the people he gathered should be disappointed, I 
 shuddered for the consequences to him. No introduc- 
 tion was made. The singers quietly and unannounced 
 rose from their seats, and amidst the hushed stillness 
 gave forth, with the greatest possible precision of time 
 and tenderness of feeling, ' Steal away to Jesus' ; this 
 was followed by ' The Lord's Prayer '; and then what 
 a tide of relieved anxiety rolled off the faces of the 
 happy audience ! I looked at Mr. Robjohns, — he was 
 saved ; he had not wasted himself or misled his friends. 
 As usual the Methodist ministers did justice to their 
 noble religious instincts ; to them it was a species 
 of millennial camp-meeting — why should they not be 
 happy ? They contribute more liberally for African 
 missions than any other denomination The Jubilee 
 Singers were like promises for Africa, and promises 
 fulfilled ; they were like morning stars ushering in a 
 day of better things. 
 
 u Mr. Robjohns had kindly advertised the book con- 
 
Journey of the Singers to Scotland. 101 
 
 taining their history, and the large number we had 
 present were quickly disposed of. 
 
 " Large numbers of the Methodist brethren promised 
 us assistance in their several towns, and the Newcastle 
 people insisted upon a return visit from us, on our 
 way from Scotland to the midland counties. At Sun- 
 derland, Messrs. Moody and Sankey had been holding 
 revival meetings, and much interest had been awakened 
 in religious circles there, previous to our visit. Mr. 
 Andrew Common and Mr. Campbell very kindly 
 undertook to gather an audience for us at that place, 
 and first brought to my notice the value of patrons. 
 Mr. Common arranged that Mr. J. Candlish, member of 
 Parliament for Sunderland, should take the chair, 
 while the clergymen and ministers of the different 
 denominations were prevailed upon to allow their 
 names to appear on the advertisements, as patrons. 
 This gave a dignity to the movement, besides making 
 an impression that it was an affair of the better class 
 of people. When I made the preliminary arrange- 
 ments, my friends dared not encourage me to expect 
 £30, and pressed me very hard to issue a threepenny 
 ticket. To this I very seriously demurred. Our lowesl 
 American price, as a rule, was twenty- four pence ; it 
 was really humiliating to come down to three. I would 
 agree to twelve ; but I fear my hopes were regarded 
 as an hallucination. However, under the very effi- 
 cient management of Mr. Common and Mr. Campbell, 
 
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 the large Victoria Hall was filled, and, it was said, 
 thousands of people went away, who failed to obtain 
 entrance. No such enthusiasm had been awakened in 
 Sunderland for many a day ; and the zeal and hopeful- 
 ness of our benefactors almost put us to the blush as 
 we took our journey to Scotland," 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 103 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 WELCOME TO SCOTLAND. 
 
 A S the doctor and I journeyed from Rome to 
 -£-^- Naples, we fell into speculations concerning the 
 respective arenas of the world's literature and civili- 
 zation. 
 
 "There may be a different atmospheric influence," 
 said the doctor, "on peninsulas formed either by 
 seas, or deserts, from that existing in the centres 
 of continents. Perhaps magnetisms or electricities 
 come up from the waters, or are generated by the 
 tides, or are bome upon the winds as tjiey journey 
 over the deserts. Early civilization existed in Egypt 
 on a slip of land between the Sahara and the Medi- 
 terranean; then came Syrian culture between the 
 Arabian desert and the sea; then Grecian on the 
 peninsula of Greece; then Roman on the Italian 
 peninsula; Spain has a watery boundary, making 
 it as much like a peninsula as its civilization was 
 like those of the countries mentioned; while Great 
 Britain, which has outgrown all these nations in the 
 
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 brilliancy of her illustrious authors, statesmen, and 
 philanthropists, is but an island amidst many waters." 
 
 " But how," I asked, " shall we dispose of the ques- 
 tion of the failure of these countries to continue 
 producing such men ? " 
 
 "I do not know," said the doctor, "unless civi- 
 lization moves in an orbit which ever tends west- 
 wards. The Chinese doubtless believe they can boast 
 of the oldest civilization ; from them it has ever moved 
 west; Christianity has travelled with it. Peter and 
 Paul went west, the old Romans went west, the 
 Puritans went west, the sons of the Puritans go west, 
 and I sometimes think civilization is bound home to 
 China. Like some life-giving tide, civilization has 
 developed, on its way over peninsulas, great names. 
 Florida and Lower California have the conditions 
 from which we may predict that, according to the 
 foregoing speculations, great men may arise " 
 
 As I thought the doctor's speculations rather poetic 
 and of but little worth, I asked him jocosely if he 
 considered there were any atmospheric reasons that 
 influence Mrs. Stowe to repair to Florida every winter 
 to prosecute her work as an author? To which he 
 only replied, " Here we come to the land of Virgil ! " 
 
 There now broke upon our view the great Neapoli- 
 tan city. We entered its borders with enthusiasm 
 mingled with awe; we had never before visited a 
 city that kept a volcano, and scarcely knew how to 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 105 
 
 deport ourselves. We took lodgings at the Washing- 
 ton Hotel, and strolled, during the beautiful soft twi- 
 light hours, along the borders of the most famous bay- 
 in the world. Pompeii, Vesuvius, Herculaneum, and 
 the islands in the bay taught us their lessons, as they 
 had done to thousands of travellers before. There 
 was one spot, however, that fairly captivated the 
 doctor : it was the beautiful eminence where the 
 castle of St. Elmo sits like a crown, overlooking the 
 wealth of historic places on sea and land. To its 
 renowned summit we betook ourselves, and after a 
 delightful review of all our experiences in Naples, I 
 proceeded to narrate the history of the Jubilee Singers' 
 welcome to Scotland. 
 
 "As we were to remain in Glasgow for several 
 weeks," I said, "the singers were quartered in lodg- 
 ings which afforded them comfortable homes. It 
 was not our purpose to attempt a great amount of 
 work before the 1st of October. The wealthier classes 
 were spending the summer months at different water- 
 ing places, and as it usually rains every day on the 
 west coast, I do not see how they could go amiss in 
 seeking such destinations. People in Scotland repair 
 to the country rather to escape the smoke and dirt 
 than the heat. The thermometer in August is some- 
 times below freezing-point, while it has been as high as 
 fifty-five Fahrenheit in January; but, notwithstand- 
 ing, a change is desirable even in the surpassingly 
 
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 healthy cities of Scotland, and during the summer 
 people flock down the Clyde to the many pretty 
 villages that nestle on its banks. 
 
 "The next day after our arrival at Glasgow we 
 proceeded about noon to Castle Wemyss, situated on 
 Wemyss Bay, about thirty miles from town. Mr. John 
 Bums' father and mother had kindly prepared dinner 
 for us at their house near the castle, and with other 
 invited guests we experienced the blessedness of Scotch 
 hospitality. Mrs. Burns was ill at the time, but able to 
 listen to the chanting of the 'Lord's Prayer,' which 
 afforded us a grateful opportunity of manifesting our 
 desire to appreciate the kind interest she had taken 
 in our mission. About two o'clock we repaired to 
 Castle Wemyss. where a platform had been erected 
 for the singers under the wall of the house, in front 
 of which the invited guests were seated. Among the 
 distinguished persons present were the Right Hon. 
 the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Edith Ashley; the 
 Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Evelyn Ashley; Mr. Dalrymple, 
 M JP.j and Mrs. Dalrymple ; Sir Peter and Lady Coats ; 
 Captain Sullivan, B.N. ; the Venerable Archdeacon and 
 Mrs. Prest; Mr. and Mrs. George Burns; Lieut.-Col. 
 Lyster and the officers of the 21st Fusiliers ; Captain 
 Dennistoun, B.N. ; the Bev. Dr. and Mrs. Hutton ; Mr. 
 and Mrs. Elder, of Knock Castle ; the Bev. Mr. Kinross, 
 etc., etc. About four hundred people had been invited, 
 among whom were many members of the press. Un- 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 107 
 
 fortunately the weather was changeable, and the blasts 
 of wind often stole snatches of the songs away. In- 
 deed, an out-of-door concert by vocalists, unsupported 
 by an orchestra, must ever be hazardous to the reputa- 
 tion of singers, and especially when they depend largely 
 upon the gentle breathing of sounds for producing 
 their best impressions. This party, however, did not 
 come to criticise, but to welcome and aid the singers. 
 They had too much sympathy to hunger for defects, 
 and too generous purposes to remember deficiences. 
 Among other songs they rendered one, by request of 
 the Earl of Shaftesbury, called ' Turn back Pharaoh's 
 Army ; ' this and the ' John Brown ' song altogether 
 enlisted the attention and applause of the entire 
 company. 
 
 " As the visitors had been invited by card ' to hear 
 the Jubilee Singers from America,' it was fitting that 
 some statement should be made respecting the object 
 of their mission. Mr. Burns, though abundantly able 
 to make such a statement himself, begged his illus- 
 trious friend, who had been his guest for several weeks, 
 to honour his visitors with a few remarks in explana- 
 tion of the needs of the Fisk University, and the 
 efforts of the Jubilee Singers in its behalf. As I do 
 not remember ever hearing a more concise and com- 
 prehensive appeal of its kind, while in Great Britain, 
 than this impromptu address by the Right Hon. Earl 
 of Shaftesbury, I give it in full, not only as a speci- 
 
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 men of the genius of this truly lordly man, now, when 
 at the advanced age of seventy-two, but also as setting 
 forth the bounden duty of the English-speaking people 
 to the struggling millions of the African race. His 
 Lordship said, — 
 
 " Ladies and Gentlemen, you have heard Mr. Burns 
 state that he has thrown upon me the duty of ex- 
 pressing to you in a few words the reason why the 
 Jubilee Singers are here, and at the same time to 
 tell you who and what they are. I have great 
 pleasure in doing so, because, as I was amongst the 
 earliest of the acquaintances they made on coming 
 to England, I am in some measure capable of telling 
 you the purpose for which they have come here, and 
 the holy mission, for so I may describe it, upon which 
 they have entered. The youngest now present may 
 remember the great war in America, which ended, 
 God be thanked, in the wiping out of the cursed 
 system of slavery from the United States. One of the 
 first results of that great event has been, that the 
 negro race have risen to a sense of their high destiny, 
 and of the station which, by God's blessing, they may 
 hold amongst the civilized races of mankind. Having 
 made a great effort in America for the benefit of their 
 own people, these Jubilee Singers have come here to 
 see whether they can excite a like sympathy, and stir 
 the hearts of the English people to join with them in 
 elevating the negro race to the position to which they 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 109 
 
 are entitled by the laws of God and the great capacities 
 with which he has endowed them. Now, these excel- 
 lent young people have almost all passed through the 
 ordeal of slavery. Many of them have been sold not 
 once or twice, but thrice, and even oftener. Some of 
 them, too, have been in the dismal swamp, pursued by 
 their masters and by the savage bloodhound ; but by 
 Gods mercy they escaped, and they now come here to 
 show to you what the negro race are capable of if you 
 will give them those benefits and opportunities which 
 you have yourselves enjoyed. They have undertaken 
 to raise a sum of £14,000 to found a college in Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee, for the education of coloured people, 
 and they ask our sympathies and co-operation in ex- 
 tending the means and the advantages of that college. 
 They have raised £8,000 in America already, and they 
 expect to raise other £H,000 in Britain. I hold that 
 the mission upon which they have entered is a grand 
 and holy one, and we ought to thank God that people 
 so recently snatched from the degradation and misery 
 of slavery should come here seeking in this way to 
 advance the interests of their fellow- creatures. You 
 have listened to them singing the "Lord's Prayer" with 
 a depth of feeling which I have seldom heard equalled, 
 and in their hymns and songs we have felt the charm 
 of their melody and the exquisite grace and pathos of 
 their style. I believe that from the bottom of their 
 hearts they have pra}^ed as they sang, " Forgive us our 
 
110 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 trespasses as we forgive them who have trespassed 
 against us." They cherish no feeling of revenge 
 against their past persecutors ; all they desire is that 
 the coloured race may be raised to the same level as 
 their white brethren, and that all may walk together 
 in Christian peace and honour and usefulness. I am 
 sure we all rejoice in the freedom which has been 
 given to the slave, nor can we forget that we share 
 the guilt of our brethren in America because of the 
 past existence of that system. We forced that system 
 upon the United States, and, sharing their respon- 
 sibility, we must also join with them in seeking to 
 assist the emancipated slave. I therefore call upon 
 you, and through you upon all those whom you can 
 influence by your words or your example, to come for- 
 ward and aid these excellent young people, and to 
 rejoice in fulfilling the words of the prophet—" To undo 
 the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free." ' 
 (Applause.) 
 
 " During intervals in the programme ices and refresh- 
 ments were served in a large pavilion erected on the 
 lawn in front of the castle, and the gardens were 
 thrown open as promenades. Before parting, Mr. 
 Burns proposed three cheers for the Jubilee Singers, 
 which were heartily accorded. On the motion of Mr. 
 Dalrymple, M.P., seconded by Sir Peter Coats, a 
 cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Burns for their invitation to such an enjoyable en- 
 
Welcome to Scotland. Ill 
 
 tertainment. The company joined with the singers 
 in a verse of the Queen's Anthem, and the students 
 having sung one of their touching parting songs, the 
 company separated. 
 
 "Reports of the party filled the columns of the daily 
 papers, and the endorsement of our mission was com- 
 plete. Before leaving the castle we consulted with 
 Lord Shaftesbury and Mr. Burns as to the best method 
 of introducing the singers to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 
 and the next day I received two letters, one addressed 
 to the Lord Provost of Glasgow, and the other to the 
 Lord Provost of Edinburgh. I was not aware of their 
 contents, but understood from the handwriting that 
 they were sent me by his Lordship. What was my 
 surprise on learning afterwards that they were pro- 
 posals for the city authorities to vote a welcome to 
 the singers, and to bring them before the public under 
 the auspices of ' the Lord Provost, the magistrates 
 and Town Council of Glasgow and Edinburgh ! ' 
 
 " Many persons at Castle Wenryss assured us of their 
 readiness to aid, and several donations were made for 
 the Jubilee fund. It had been nearly settled by our 
 friends that it would be contrary to the proprieties 
 of the Presbyterians to allow services like ours to be 
 held in their churches, and especially if an admission 
 were charged. I was therefore relieved when the 
 Rev. Mr. Kinross, pastor of the Established Church 
 at Largs, invited us to visit his parish, and not only 
 
112 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 charge an admission at the door of the church, but to 
 take a collection as well. Mrs. Gamble and party, 
 from Gourock, proposed also that we should give our 
 first concert at the XJ. P. church in her village, assur- 
 ing us that her pastor was very much interested in 
 America, and would certainly welcome us. She even 
 agreed to fix the next Wednesday as the time, promis- 
 ing to telegraph at once if she found on her return 
 any obstacle in the way of the proposal. The Rev. 
 David MacRae, her pastor, had travelled through the 
 United States, and had visited many of the schools of 
 the American Missionary Association. He had even 
 devoted a chapter, in his work, entitled 'Americans 
 at Home,' to an account of its missions among the 
 Freedmen. On our arrival, he gave us a cordial re- 
 ception, and the sight of the American flag, with 
 which he had gracefully decorated the platform pre- 
 pared for the singers in the church, inspired an enthu- 
 siasm not readily forgotten. That flag meant liberty 
 to the poor slaves during the war for their emancipa- 
 tion ; when it was seen unfurled in front of the 
 moving battalions, the bondsmen knew emancipation 
 was near ; the camp over which it waved was his 
 city of refuge, — the day he entered it he became 
 disenthralled. He had looked to the country of the 
 Queen, hundreds of miles away, as his only land of 
 rest, but the flag of the Union brought to the very 
 door of his cabin a land of liberty. For him it meant 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 113 
 
 a new era, a golden age, a millennial morning. The 
 sight of that flag at Gourock revived fond memories 
 
 CD O 
 
 in many a heart, and gave new strength for days to 
 come. About this time it was deemed advisable to 
 appeal to the citizens of Greenock for patronage, as 
 their town afforded the advantages of a watering-place 
 to many of its citizens and friends. As ex-Provost 
 Morton was present at the garden-party at Castle 
 Wemyss, he was fully informed of oui purposes, and 
 unhesitatingly gave me letters of introduction to the 
 different ministers in Greenock, and promised, at my 
 request, to take the chair, if a concert were given in 
 the Town Hall. It was therefore arranged to give the 
 concert under the patronage of ex-Provost Morton 
 and a few of the leading clergymen. Letters were 
 sent to all the churches, asking them to give notice 
 of the visit of the singers from their pulpits on the 
 Sabbath, and in many instances the requests were 
 granted. This was our first appearance, in a large 
 town in Scotland, where we were thrown entirely on 
 the public for support, and the occasion was regarded 
 as a test of what we might expect from the Scotch 
 people ; we realized also how essential it was for 
 our future work that the meeting should be full 
 and popular. No effort was spared to advertise most 
 thoroughly. And the variety of work done was suffi- 
 cient to occupy the time of one man for a full week. 
 This labour was not expended in vain in Greenock. 
 
114 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 The hall, which accommodates two thousand or more 
 people, was densely crowded, and the sympathy 
 expressed was most encouraging. A few days after 
 it transpired, I received a note from Mr. Morton, 
 proposing to secure the upper balcony of the Town 
 Hall for the accommodation of the lads of the 
 Working Boys' Society, on the occasion of our next 
 visit, which had already been arranged. This pro- 
 position was the more grateful to me, as Mr. Morton 
 proposed to pay full price for the admission of the 
 boys, instead of asking me to make concessions. 
 There was another gratifying circumstance in con- 
 nection with the Greenock concerts. By the law of 
 the town the charges for the hall must be paid at 
 the time of its engagement. I had complied with the 
 rule, but, when the authorities learned the character 
 of our work, through the kindness of Mr. Bailie 
 Campbell, the money for the use of the hall was 
 returned, accompanied with the offer of it for the 
 future. The second concert at Greenock, if possible, 
 was a greater ovation than the first. The chair was 
 taken by Mr. J. J. Grieve, M.P., who gave a fine open- 
 ing address. During the intermission, Mr. Bailie Camp- 
 bell said he had in his possession a document which 
 showed that, at the beginning of this century, the 
 Scotch people were very much involved in the trade 
 which America had so recently abandoned, and which 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 115 
 
 made it evident that the British people ought to 
 forward the work represented by the Jubilee Singers 
 The paper, a bill of lading, was as follows : — 
 
 " ■ Shipped by the Grace of God, in good order and 
 well-conditioned, by Irving and Fraser, in and upon 
 the good ship called the " By am," whereof is master, 
 under God, for this present voyage, George Martin, 
 and now riding at anchor in the Respongo ; and, by 
 God's Grace, bound for the West Indies. To say — 
 " Two hundred and eight slaves," and to be delivered 
 in the like good order and well-conditioned at the 
 aforesaid port of the West Indies (the danger of the 
 seas, mortality, and insurrection only excepted), under 
 order of their assignees. Freight for the said slaves, 
 paid, vessel belonging to the owners, with primage 
 and average custom. 
 
 " ' In witness whereof, the master and purser of the 
 said ship have affirmed to three bills of landing, all of 
 this tenor and date, one of which bills being accom- 
 plished, the other to stand void. And so God send 
 the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen. 
 
 " ' Geokge Martin. 
 
 "' Dated at Kessing, 14 May, 1803.' 
 
 "'That shows,' continued Bailie Campbell, 'how 
 much we are bound to help them ; and I hope when 
 it is known how we in this country sympathize with 
 
116 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 them, that they will not require to record, as they 
 have had to do, that when they came to some railway 
 stations they were ordered out of the waiting-rooms, 
 and that they were refused accommodation in hotels 
 on account of their colour; and that America would 
 not only have the stigma of the slave trade removed, 
 but would take them by the hand and treat them as 
 fellow- citizens, entitled to every privilege possessed 
 by their white fellows/ A noble aspiration, based 
 upon a generous wish to think kindly of my native 
 land ; but on this fourth day of July, 1874, it is heart- 
 sickening to say that, but a few days after the return 
 of the Jubilee Singers to Nashville, two of the most 
 honored ladies of their number were ordered once 
 and again from the ladies' waiting-room at the railway 
 station at Nashville, being threatened with the inter- 
 ference of the police, and also that they were refused 
 a place in the ladies' car, and crowded into a smokitig 
 carriage with a dozen chained convicts then journey- 
 ing to Louisville, to say nothing of being refused 
 refreshment by the way, unless they would repair to 
 a room out of the sight of white travellers while they 
 partook of it ; and furthermore, that in the face of 
 these facts the people of the land are, with the excep- 
 tion of an occasional outburst of indignation, sunk in 
 apathy over the whole subject. 
 "Successful meetings of welcome to the Jubilee 
 
Welcome to Scotland. 117 
 
 Singers were held about this time at Largs, Dunoon, 
 Killcreggan, and Hellensburgh. At the latter place 
 Mr. Kidston, of Ferniegair, kindly made very accept- 
 able arrangements for the service, issuing cards of 
 invitation to the people of his town, who were 
 abundantly able to aid our work. 
 
 "The remarks of Mr. Kidston, during the service, 
 exhibit something of the feeling which exists among 
 Scotch Presbyterians respecting musical entertain- 
 ments. ' This sacred music,' he said, ■ does not, I 
 think, partake of the nature of the oratorio conducted 
 by mere professional singers, which I disapprove of 
 (hear) ; but on the contrary, solemn words are uttered, 
 I believe, from the heart of every singer. Permit me 
 to say I cannot help thinking God has some purpose 
 to serve with the African race. The furore for edu- 
 cation at present in South Africa is extraordinary. 
 Having been for some years the representative of 
 Africa in the Free Church Assembly, I have had my 
 attention especially drawn to this circumstance.' 
 With many other English people, Mr. Kidston seems 
 to believe in the vitality of the African race; that 
 they are destined to wear out the other races, and 
 will yet hold a very prominent place among the chil- 
 dren of men. At this Hellensburgh meeting the 
 handsome sum of £73 was realized for the singers, 
 and a host of friends secured. Scotland was now 
 
118 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 unquestionably an open door, and we determined, 
 while waiting the return of the people to the large 
 towns, which would take place about the 1st of 
 October, to pay a brief visit to Ireland." 
 
Ibeland and Scotland. 119 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. 
 
 "TpROM Naples the doctor and I determined to travel 
 -*- direct to Jaffa, in the Holy Land. We therefore 
 took passage in an Austrian Lloyd boat, with several 
 other passengers, bound for the same destination. It 
 seemed as if good fortune had taken upon itself the 
 business of adding to our pleasure. Stromboli favoured 
 us by belching forth fiery eruptions during the first 
 night of the voyage, and the rushing water between 
 Scylla and Charybdis revealed the peril so much 
 dreaded by the ancients. We thought much of the 
 shipwreck of Paul, and of his faith, as we glided over 
 the waters of his memorable voyage. In four days 
 we came in sight of Alexandria, and twenty-four hours 
 later steamed up to the coast of Jaffa. There- were 
 neither whales like Jonah's, nor visions like Peter's to 
 welcome us, but camels, donkeys, and Arabs in abund- 
 ance. It was early in the forenoon when we landed, 
 and accordingly we determined to proceed towards 
 Jerusalem the same day. The doctor and I procured 
 horses for the journey, and riding out of the town 
 
120 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 through extensive groves of orange and lemon trees, 
 that were laden with the richest of fruits, we soon 
 came in sight of the hills of Judea, where we proposed 
 to tarry for the night. The next day we made our 
 way to Jerusalem, and doubtless, like most travellers, 
 were much disappointed to find it an unattractive city, 
 containing about eighteen thousand inhabitants. On 
 our way we had seen a hill decked with olive trees, 
 which our dragoman told us lay over against Bethle- 
 hem. As the distance from Jerusalem to this town 
 was only six miles, the doctor and I proposed to walk 
 over to it the next day. The thought of the vast 
 throng of worthies who had traversed it before, added 
 an interest to the journey that can only be felt. I 
 did not indulge in conversation; it was a time for 
 reflection. Great tides of emotion kept surging over 
 me ; I knew I never should think and feel as I did 
 then, again, and I wished that the impressions might 
 be stereotyped on my soul. When we came to the top 
 of the hill that overlooked the Church of the Nativity, 
 we turned from the road, to a quiet enclosure to medi- 
 tate. Did the star come hovering over this place with 
 its beam of promise ? Did angels, with countenances 
 like lightning, and with robes of the purest white, 
 come sweetly over these hills with words and songs, to 
 awake a slumbering world to life and joys unending ? 
 " Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which 
 shall be unto all people." That angel song shall never 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 121 
 
 cease until every human soul has heard it. " Shall be 
 unto all people." How the prophecy seems still to be re- 
 verberating ! Where was it the " glory shone around" ? 
 we instinctively asked : in what pasture or glen were 
 the shepherds waiting ? How did the wise men, with 
 their gold, frankincense, and myrrh, move about these 
 grounds, — seeking their way beneath the gleam of 
 the star, till it stood over the place where the young 
 child lay ? Bethlehem was the city of David : was he 
 allowed to accompany the herald angels on this night 
 that preceded eternal day ? Rachel's tomb is near the 
 town : was Jacob allowed to come and attend that 
 memorable birth, near where his beloved partner died ? 
 Indeed, so many inquiries came flooding upon us, that 
 we sat in silence hour after hour, to be refreshed with 
 the histories and faith that were our inheritance. 
 
 "It is good for us to be here," said the doctor. 
 " Let us turn to our work in hand ; a break in our 
 reveries will only make them the sweeter when we 
 return to them." 
 
 I went on, therefore — reluctantly, I fear — to give 
 him an account of the work done in Ireland and Scot- 
 land by the Jubilee Singers. 
 
 " When we left London," I said, " we were so well 
 introduced, that the services of two clergymen were 
 no longer needful, and the Rev. Mr. Powell returned 
 to New York, and entered upon labours in my collect- 
 ing field. Meanwhile Mr. Stoughton, of the firm of 
 
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 Hodder and Stoughton, had arranged with Mr. J. 
 Hamilton Halley, one of their clerks, to assist me for 
 a definite period. As my assistant's grandfather, the 
 Rev. R. Halley, D.D., was well known throughout the 
 kingdom, and as his father, the Rev. R. Halley, M.A., 
 had a few years ago been President of Doveton College 
 in India, he was well fitted for securing the co-opera- 
 tion of a large number of good people who had learned 
 to honour the family to which he belonged, while the 
 vicissitudes of his life had not only prepared his mind, 
 but also his heart, for such exigences as were incident 
 to the Jubilee Singers' work. 
 
 "During the time Prof. White and the Jubilee 
 Singers were fulfilling engagements on the Clyde I 
 proceeded to Ireland, to arrange for meetings at Belfast 
 and Londonderry, leaving Mr. Halley in charge of 
 work to be done at Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 
 Mr. John Burns, whose fleet of Cunard steamers sur- 
 passes the German navy in number and tonnage, had 
 given me letters to his agents in Ireland, and on my 
 arrival at Belfast I was welcomed at once by Mr. 
 McCullum. The Hon. George H. Stuart, of America, 
 was born in this part of the country, and is held in great 
 esteem by the people, who remembered that during 
 the great famine he was the first to send a vessel from 
 America with supplies. Mr. Stuart had spoken of the 
 singers to many of his Irish friends, and I was author- 
 ized to use his name ad libitum to further my work. 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 123 
 
 The people, however, were little informed about the 
 Jubilee Singers, and the task of arousing an interest 
 was difficult at first. Mr. Burns they knew, and Mr. 
 Stuart they knew, and it was mainly because of this 
 that we were enabled to secure our patronage. Mr. 
 McCullum gave up the day to me, and, taking a jolting 
 car, we pursued our way from office to office, securing 
 the names of one magistrate and another, under whose 
 auspices we assayed to bring the Jubilee Singers before 
 the public. 
 
 " The kindness of the President (the Kev. P. Shuld- 
 ham Henry, D.D.) of Queen's College was exceedingly 
 gratifying. He welcomed our enterprise with genuine 
 Irish enthusiasm, and his name and counsel made it 
 possible to complete such arrangements as were essen- 
 tial to success. Placing his name at the head of a 
 list of five magistrates and several justices of the 
 peace, we advertised the concert for Ulster Hall. 
 
 " ' The audience/ said a Belfast paper, ' was one of 
 the largest and most fashionable we have seen in the hall 
 for a considerable time ; and they had the advantage 
 of enjoying a troupe of real negro choralists, whose 
 appearance was as widely different from the Christy's 
 as the character of their programme, and who, without 
 the aid of cornermen, a skedaddle breakdown, a bur- 
 lesque prima donna, or a plantation walk-round, suc- 
 ceeded in delighting the enthusiastic listeners.' The 
 solo of Miss Minnie Tate was especially praised. 'She 
 
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 was greeted with a well-deserved encore, and responded 
 by giving a plaintive air, which wandered away into 
 a wild strain of music, in which the other members of 
 the company took parts, the chorus being one of the 
 sweetest, perhaps, given throughout the entire evening.' 
 
 " There were several circumstances connected with 
 this visit to Ireland which seemed providential. One 
 was that the Jubilee Singers were in a sense a reward 
 to Irish people, for their interest in the African race. 
 Some time previously Miss Hamilton, of Belfast, had 
 given £1,000 to the Freedmen's Mission Aid Society of 
 London, under whose auspices the singers were labour- 
 inor. To her the singers were an illustration of the 
 work her money had promoted. Friends in Belfast 
 had also contributed to support Miss Mary Kildare, 
 a missionary from Ireland, who had rendered much 
 useful service to the American Missionary Association, 
 among the Freedmen in Virginia and North Carolina. 
 Her friends rejoiced in their labours when the Jubilee 
 Singers sang. Perhaps the most gratifying circum- 
 stance was one published in the Northern Whig by 
 the B-ev. James M'Kee, a missionary who had laboured 
 in India. He writes, — 
 
 " ' Sir, — It will, I am sure, be interesting to your 
 readers to know that the pioneer of those noble insti- 
 tutes for the education of the Freedmen in Tennessee 
 was a county Down man, named Joseph G. M'Kee, of 
 Lochaghry, brought up under the ministry of the Rev. 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 125 
 
 R. Moorhead. While a boy he emigrated to America. 
 The following notice from the Nashville Daily Bulle- 
 tin affords a brief review of his experiences: — It says, 
 " Ten years ago the Rev. J. G. M'Kee was a pro- 
 script in this city, houseless, homeless, like his Master, 
 having not whereon to lay his head. After the labours 
 of the day, spent in feeding the hungry, clothing the 
 naked, and visiting those who were sick and in prison, 
 he wrapped himself in his blanket, and slept during 
 the night on the stone steps of the capitol. And what 
 had this man done, thus to become a pariah in a 
 Christian city, from whom the good should turn as 
 from a leper, and against whom the door of every 
 hotel and boarding-house was closed, until at last he 
 was taken in by a friendly coloured man, whose daugh- 
 ter, as if by a just recompense of Providence, has 
 since sung before the dlite of America and the Queen 
 and nobility of England ? This, and nothing more. 
 Protected against the mob by Federal bayonets, he had 
 founded a school, open to the child of the Freedmen 
 as well as to the child of the Freeborn. In accordance 
 with the gospel preached, he put in practice the truth, 
 that God 'is no respecter of persons.' Burned out 
 with his fiery zeal, overtaxed with his labour of head 
 and heart, he laid down and died, a martyr to his cause, 
 having already seen something of its triumphs. But 
 as the blood of the martyr is the seed of the church, 
 so this noble life was not sacrificed in vain ; for see the 
 
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 fruits of his labour and sacrifice, and of those of others 
 devoted to the interests of the downtrodden. It must 
 be a source of great satisfaction to them, the most of 
 whom still live to see with their own eyes what they 
 now see." From the seeds then sown/ continues the 
 Rev. Mr. M'Kee, 'sprang up the Baptist Theological 
 Institute, the Central Tennessee College, and the Fisk 
 'University.' 
 
 "It will be seen, therefore, that our Irish friends 
 justly claimed a goodly part in those triumphs which 
 were incidentally celebrated by the Jubilee band ; and 
 that they illustrated how God gratifies His people by 
 allowing many of them to realize how they are of 
 assistance in labours of love. What is more gratifying 
 than to be a yoke-fellow, a joint-heir, a judge upon 
 the throne with the Kins of kings ? Even this world 
 gives us many glorious foretastes. We gave several 
 concerts at Belfast, and received much assistance from 
 the Rev. William Johnson, Moderator of the General 
 Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and also from 
 the Rev. Wallace M'Mullen, of the Methodist Church, 
 who met the students at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and sub- 
 sequently not only made them known through the 
 papers and pulpits of ^Ireland, but also assisted me in 
 arranging for the details of the work in Belfast. From 
 Belfast the students went to Port Rush, from which 
 they visited the Giant's Causeway, securing specimens 
 from it for Fisk University; and from thence they 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 127 
 
 proceeded to Londonderry. I had previously arranged 
 for the ' Service of Song ' in this town to be given in 
 the large Presbyterian Church. The pastors of this 
 historic place were desirous to aid the Freedmen, and 
 full of zeal for missions, but had never been called 
 upon to weigh the expediency of such methods as were 
 pursued by the Jubilee Singers. Mr. M'Niel, one of 
 the elders, entered into our project with great enthu- 
 siasm; while the Methodists and the Congregationalists 
 were active and confident. Meetings of the trustees 
 of the Presbyterian Society were called, and after we 
 had promised to omit from our programme the ' Three 
 Fishers/ the ' John Brown ' song, and indeed any 
 others that might be styled secular, the use of the 
 edifice was granted. The mayor promised to occupy 
 the chair, and the concert was largely advertised. I 
 realized that there was a feeling of uncertainty in the 
 town as to the high character of the services of the 
 singers, and consequently experienced great relief in 
 reading in one of the Londonderry papers the follow- 
 ing communication from one of the magistrates of the 
 town : — 
 
 " ' THE JUBILEE SINGERS IN BELFAST. 
 
 (To the Editor of the" Sentinel") 
 "'Dear Sir,— 
 
 M ' I had the pleasure of hearing this wonderful troupe last 
 evening in the Ulster Hall, and I can assure your readers that 
 thoy have a rich treat before them on Friday night. From the 
 
128 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 notices in the papers I expected a great deal ; but I was not pre- 
 pared for such strange, thrilling, delightful music, rendered with 
 such ease and pathos, as I heard last night. The singers return 
 to Belfast next Tuesday, at the earnest request of many in- 
 fluential people. 
 
 " ' Your obedient servant, 
 
 " 'Robert M'Vickeb.' 
 
 * Mr. M'Vicker's well-known character and extended 
 influence acted like a charm upon his townspeople, 
 and on Friday evening the house was well filled. On 
 the Sabbath Mr. Rutling addressed a meeting in the 
 Congregational Church, while others of the company 
 attended the Sabbath-school services at the Presby- 
 terian Church, where Jennie Jackson spoke a few 
 words to the children and sang. In the evening I 
 preached to the people. During our stay we were 
 intensely interested in the history of the great conflict 
 that once was waged in this town : we wandered over 
 the walls and stood by the gates where, nearly two 
 hundred years before, Protestantism engaged in a tre- 
 mendous struggle, and achieved a glorious and lasting 
 victory. The city was small, but full of courage. At 
 one time twelve hundred papists, led by the Earl of 
 Antrim, were ordered to march against it, by the 
 authority of King James II., when thirteen young ap- 
 prentices, most of whom were of Scotch descent, flew to 
 the guard-room, seized the keys of the city, rushed to 
 the ferry gate, closed it in the face of the King's officers, 
 and let down the portcullis ; an older citizen warned 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 129 
 
 the officers to go, and at the cry of 'Bring a great gun!' 
 the intruders retreated to the other side of the river. 
 
 " Subsequently the eyes of the Protestant world were 
 turned to this spot, as for one hundred and five days 
 the people of Derry endured almost every form of 
 suffering, during the siege carried on by the King. 
 Horseflesh and tallow formed the staple of food. A 
 little fish, when caught, could not be purchased with 
 money; dogs fattened with the blood of the slain 
 were luxuries, while even rats were eagerly sought 
 and devoured. 
 
 " It is said that a fat man thought it prudent to con- 
 ceal himself, as he suffered so constantly from such a 
 devouring gaze of people in the streets as suggested 
 cannibalism. After more than half of their number 
 had perished, relief was received from England, and 
 the army of King James abandoned the siege. At this 
 time the tide turned strongly in favour of Protest- 
 antism throughout England ; and Londonderry will ever 
 be remembered as a battle ground where sufferings 
 were experienced that accomplished wonders for the 
 overthrow of Roman Catholicism and the reign of the 
 Stuarts. 
 
 " The Jubilee Singers were esteemed by the citizens 
 of Derry as another company of young people turning 
 back a tide of ignorance, cruelty, and prejudice. When 
 the second concert took place they were very well 
 understood. The senior pastor of the church occupied 
 
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 the chair, and though with his elders he had not 
 favoured applause, or the rendering of some of the 
 songs usually on the programme, yet under the circum- 
 stances he felt that the suppression of feelings was a 
 violation of the normal expression of religious emotions, 
 and therefore undesirable. He also wished the students 
 to sing the ' John Brown ' song. Mr. White, however, 
 assured him that it was impossible, stating withal that 
 they had been granted the use of the church upon the 
 express condition that this song should not be sung. 
 The authorities were therefore consulted, the restric- 
 tions removed, and the song sung, much to the joy of 
 all those liberty-loving people of the north of Ireland. 
 By this time I had word from the Lord Provost of 
 Glasgow that he wished to see me, and I accordingly 
 arranged for a return to Scotland. On my arrival I 
 i'ound that the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and the 
 Town Council of Glasgow, a city of five hundred thou- 
 sand inhabitants, had voted to welcome the singers 
 under the patronage of the city authorities, and to 
 introduce us at the City Hall in the best possible way. 
 I can scarcely comprehend this act even at this day. 
 A King, a Queen, or the President of the United States 
 might be welcomed by the rulers of a great and rich 
 city on behalf of its people, but for a formal welcome 
 to be bestowed upon a few children who were some- 
 time chattels, or indeed treated as cattle in my native 
 land, is almost past belief. It was really so, however, 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 131 
 
 thanks to the Right Hon. Earl of Shaftesbury, who 
 had asked so much for us. The Lord Provost of 
 Glasgow is the highest functionary in the city, and 
 this made it all the more pleasing to have his goodness 
 shown towards us. ' This is a cause,' he said to me, * in 
 which I believe, and I am willing to do all I can for it.' 
 " Mr. J. Muir Wood, the proprietor of a large music 
 warehouse in Glasgow, had been visited by Mr. Burns 
 and Lord Shaftesbury, and asked to render us advice 
 and assistance. By his aid, and that of Mr. George 
 Gallie and Mr. MacCallum, we were able to provide 
 for the proper performance of everything essential for 
 the convenience of the 6lite of the city at the evening 
 concert. Although the singers had received many 
 honours, they had never experienced one precisely like 
 this, and were as ambitious as ever to acquit them- 
 selves in a manner creditable to their patrons. The 
 City Hall was filled, and the platform was occupied 
 by the Lord Provost, magistrates, and clergymen of the 
 city. His lordship made a pleasing address of welcome. 
 The singing was received with a kindly interest 
 throughout the evening, and especial notice was made 
 of the solo rendered by Minnie Tate. Toward the 
 close of the entertainment I expressed our gratitude 
 to the city ; in reply to which the Lord Provost re- 
 sponded, ' That he was sure he expressed the feelings 
 of every one present when he said that he never 
 attended a more delightful meeting ; he could riot help 
 
132 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 feeling that the exquisite music they had heard would 
 be long remembered. It was marked by a tenderness 
 of expression, and, above all, a solemnity, which made 
 them feel they would be all the better men and women 
 for having been there that evening. Mr. Pike had 
 spoken of thanks being due to the magistrates for 
 their countenance ; but he thought they ought rather 
 to give thanks to the Jubilee Singers, and he proposed 
 that they should give them a cordial vote of thanks/ 
 The Rev. Mr. Somerville also addressed the meeting, 
 expressing the wish that Glasgow might make up the 
 amount needed for the Fisk University; while the 
 Rev. Dr. Wallace proposed a vote of thanks to the 
 Lord Provost for presiding. Subsequently Sabbath 
 services were held in the churches represented by 
 these clergymen, and at a meeting of the Foundry 
 Boys' Society, when liberal donations were given for 
 our enterprise. Mr. Halley meanwhile had arranged for 
 the appearance of the singers in the north of Scotland, 
 and cordial welcome was accorded to them at Perth 
 and at Dundee, the chief magistrates of these towns 
 occupying the chair on the evenings of the concerts. 
 At Aberdeen they were able to accomplish a variety 
 of services. Mr. Hector, Secretary of the Sunday 
 School Union, arranged for a Union Sunday School 
 meeting on the Sabbath. Here, as we had found else- 
 where, there was manifest some hesitation as to the 
 use of the Jubilee Songs in the church, the Scotch 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 133 
 
 people being largely confined to psalm singing ; they 
 sometimes indulge, however, in certain paraphrases. 
 I endeavoured, therefore, to prepare the way, by 
 stating that the hymn commencing, ' how I love 
 Jesus!' was in every way proper, and that the audience 
 might be asked to join in it, then if the singers were 
 left to sing it alone, no one could complain. This 
 arrangement prepared the way, and the vast crowd 
 of grown-up people, who had been admitted into the 
 capacious galleries of the church, seemed to approve 
 the method, and wept like children as the sweet mellow 
 notes of that hymn of hymns was breathed forth, with 
 the utmost affection and tenderness, by the singers. 
 I am persuaded it would have been almost deemed a 
 sacrilege for any other voice to have mingled in the 
 delightful harmony. The Rev. Dr. Brown was sitting 
 by, watching with the deepest emotion the phases of 
 joy which glowed upon the countenances of many 
 listeners. Addresses were delivered and hymns sung 
 by the children, till I ventured to suggest that it 
 would be hardly right to allow so many little ones to 
 return to their homes without having heard a single 
 slave song, and asked if it would not be acceptable if 
 the singers would render, ' children, don't stay away, 
 for Jesus says there's room enough, room enough in 
 the heavens for you.' Dr. Brown and the other clergy- 
 men present were altogether agreeable, and the meet- 
 ing on the whole seemed as satisfactory to the people 
 
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 as the appreciation and contributions were to the 
 students. On Monday evening a service was given in 
 the Music Hall, which was well attended, and on 
 Wednesday a private concert to distinguished persons 
 from the country, in the drawing-room at Dr. Dyce 
 Brown's residence. Among those present were the 
 Countess of Kintore, Lady Madeleine Keith Falconer, 
 and the Hon. John Keith Falconer, from Haddo House; 
 Lady Katherine Gordon and party ; and Sir William 
 Seton, Bart., of Pitmedden, etc., etc. ' It is needless,' 
 says the Aberdeen Free Press, * to say the performance 
 was in all respects most interesting and successful. 
 The visit of these strangers from another land will long 
 be remembered. The progress they have made in a 
 comparatively short time under the able direction of 
 Mr. White, the Treasurer of Fisk University, who ac- 
 companies them, is nothing less than wonderful. The 
 materials he has had to deal with in most of these songs 
 are quite out of the usual course of musical subjects. 
 Mr. White may well be congratulated on what he 
 has been able to accomplish.' 
 
 "A second public concert was given in the Music 
 Hall, at which the Lord Provost occupied the chair. 
 1 The audience filled every corner of the hall, and at 
 the close of the meeting the Lord Provost, in a single 
 sentence, bore testimony to the enjoyment they had 
 all experienced from the musical abilities of the 
 Jubilee Singers.' During the summer the Hon. 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 135 
 
 George H. Stuart had advised me to call upon Mr. 
 Thomas Nelson, of the firm of T. Nelson and Sons, in 
 Edinburgh, and consult with him respecting our 
 appearance in that justly-celebrated city. He was 
 out of town when I called; but his brother at once 
 afforded me assistance, and took me to Mr. Thomas 
 Knox's office, where we canvassed the subject in a 
 most thorough manner. Mr. Knox had been one of 
 the magistrates of the city, and exerted a great 
 influence, especially in affairs pertaining to the 
 temperance question. He had learned about us 
 before my arrival, and was able to suggest the best 
 method of procedure. Through him I secured the 
 services of Mr. John Grey, who attended to most 
 of the details of the seven concerts we gave at differ- 
 ent times in that city. Mr. Cowan, the Lord Provost, 
 wrote me a kind note in reply to the letter he had 
 received from the Right Hon. Earl of Shaftesbury, 
 and promised his co-operation in bringing the singers 
 before the public. Subsequently I was informed 
 that the magistrates and Town Council had voted us 
 a welcome, and we were accordingly advertised to 
 appear under their patronage. There was a trifling 
 outburst of loyalty when the vote was passed by the 
 city authorities that was not displeasing. In ad- 
 vertising the advent of the singers I had followed the 
 chronological order of events, and stated that they 
 had appeared before his Excellency President Grant 
 
130 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 at the White House and before Her Majesty the 
 Queen. One of the city fathers thought it was 
 scarcely courteous to their sovereign to mention the 
 name of our President first ; but I make no doubt a 
 notion of our good intentions on the whole quite 
 atoned for this seeming indiscretion, as I have the 
 impression that the vote of welcome was quite unani- 
 mous. On our arrival in Edinburgh, the Lord Pro- 
 vost invited me to his office, and proposed that the 
 singers should meet him with a few friends at a dinner 
 party, on a given occasion. We had often been out 
 to tea, and sometimes to breakfast, but had no 
 experience of a fashionable dinner-party in town. 
 Prof. White and the singers accepted his invitation, 
 therefore, with much gratitude. The introductory 
 concert took place in the Music Hall, with the Lord 
 Provost in the chair, and, like all the subsequent 
 meetings, was successful in every way. A very large 
 number of Christian gentleman and ladies were 
 present on all occasions, and their interest showed 
 how much people of refinement enjoy natural out- 
 growths of pious emotions. The attentions bestowed 
 upon the singers were more than of a transitory 
 character, while presents of books and money from 
 one and another testified to their high appreciation of 
 our mission. As the incidents of the concerts were 
 much as usual, I will only mention at present the 
 hospitalities received at the residence of the Lord 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 137 
 
 Provost, and as the Rev. Dr. Hanna. son-in-law and 
 biographer of Dr. Chalmers, in his letter to Mr. 
 Thomas Nelson, gives a good account of the impres- 
 sion made by the students when at the house of the 
 Lord Provost, nothing can be more fitting in this place 
 than his words. 
 
 "'Edinburgh, Oct. 31^, 1873. 
 "MyDearSir,^ 
 
 " It was a very happy thought of our Lord Provost to 
 invite the Jubilee Singers to dinner. I have been pres- 
 ent at civic banquets given by former Lord Provosts, 
 and have looked round with pride and pleasure on 
 companies composed of some of our most eminent 
 fellow-citizens, or distinguished strangers who happen- 
 ed at the time to be in Edinburgh ; but I never 
 looked with such pride and pleasure on any of them 
 as on that assembled in the house of our present Lord 
 Provost on the evening of the 16th of this month. 
 
 " ' When dinner was announced, I was asked to take 
 down Mrs. Cowan, and had already made a move- 
 ment to do so, when somehow it occurred simultane- 
 ously to both of us that it would be more becoming 
 in me to select one of our coloured guests. Acting at 
 once upon this prompting, I found myself seated at 
 table betwixt two of the female band of singers, and 
 more intelligent or better-mannered companions at 
 table no one could desire. After such an education 
 as they have received at Fisk University, I was pre- 
 
138 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 pared for the intelligence ; but I own that I was not 
 prepared for the quiet, unassuming, cultured manner. 
 "'When after dinner, the health of the Jubilee 
 Singers was given, one of their own number (Mr. 
 Dickerson,) in responding, said : " Ten years ago I was 
 a slave : to-day I am not only enjoying all the privi- 
 leges of a free man, but find myself sitting at such a 
 table as this, surrounded by such kind friends,— ten 
 years ago I was subject to the auction-block and the 
 lash: to-day there is no auction-block and no lash in 
 all the United States," I own to a thrill of gratitude 
 and joy such as has seldom passed through my heart ; 
 and when, in words and manner the most appropriate, 
 he proceeded to say that " he trusted that they would 
 prove worthy of the deep sympathy and interest that 
 their friends had taken in their enterprise, and that 
 the negro race might yet be a people that no nation 
 would be ashamed to own," I am sure that it was the 
 common and deep feeling of all around that too much 
 interest, too much sympathy in such a cause as that 
 which he and his companions represented, could not 
 be shown, nor could too bright a hope be cherish- 
 ed as to the destiny of the negro race, if only the 
 means of Christian education with sufficient prompt- 
 ness and in sufficient measure be supplied. 
 
 " ' I am, ever truly yours, 
 " ' To Mr. T. Nelson/ " ■ William Hanna. 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 139 
 
 "About this time we had completed arrangements for 
 concerts at Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, the birth- 
 place of Robert Burns. Mr. Stewart at Kilmarnock 
 had supported one of the missionary teachers at Fisk 
 University, and was therefore able to look upon the 
 Jubilee Singers in some measure as the product of his 
 benefactions. In his town a most gracious welcome 
 was bestowed upon Mr. White and the students. At 
 Paisley Sir Peter Coats and Messrs Clarke, Hutton, 
 and Hodge, with the members of the Tonic Sol-fa 
 Union, and many others, were assiduous in their care 
 to render all needful co-operation. The first-named 
 gentleman had taken a very hearty interest in all our 
 movements in Scotland, and I had frequent occasion 
 to consult him respecting our best interests. Some 
 men are born noblemen, and some, through the grace 
 of God, make themselves noblemen. Sir Peter is one 
 of the latter class. His father established a small 
 business in Paisley as a manufacturer of thread, and 
 attained some little prosperity. There were several 
 sons, and Sir Peter's mother wished him to enter the 
 ministry ; after a time, however, he judged it his duty 
 to follow his father's occupation, and the great popu- 
 larity Coats' thread has attained attests to his ability 
 as a manufacturer, while the good he has accomplished 
 by his services and wealth remind us that there are 
 powers outside the pulpit that are very potent. I 
 know of no man in any country who has made a more 
 
140 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 indelible impression on my mind, or better illustrated 
 how one may be ' instant in season/ and what many 
 might excuse themselves in calling 'out of season,' 
 in serving the Lord. Sir Peter has a country house 
 near Ayr, on the banks of the ' Bonnie Doon,' bearing 
 the poetic name of Auchendrane. I twice had occasion 
 to visit this beautiful spot at his invitation, and to 
 share his company one time on the way. He met no 
 man, woman, or child, without imparting a blessing. 
 The blessing was in his heart, and flowed out spon- 
 taneously, at the sight of each individual. At one 
 time it "was for a poor fellow who opened the door of 
 his cab, at another for a clergyman whose wife was 
 dangerously ill, next for a girl who received toll at a 
 gate, to whom he gave such kindly counsel that the 
 memory of it has blazed in my soul like a divine light. 
 His servants and even domestic animals regarded him 
 with an affection that a king might envy. When a 
 man is a baronet, it is not certain whether he be good 
 or bad, as that title may come to him by the accident 
 of his birth ; but when a person is created a knight, 
 eo uniformly is it now the rule to confer titles for 
 merit, the presumption is that he is a man of great 
 personal worth. He has his title by appointment ;* it 
 is a reward of merit ; but you may meet his Grace the 
 Duke, or his Lordship, and be quite uncertain as to his 
 quality. 
 " It was Sir Peter's plan for us to take tea with the 
 
Ireland and Scotland. 141 
 
 town clerk of Paisley, and give a 'Service of Song' in 
 a church near in the evening, and he devoted himself 
 to the completion of proper arrangements. 
 
 " On taking the chair at the concert he delivered an 
 excellent address, stating the object of the singers, and 
 saying that on two previous occasions he had listened 
 to their songs, and been charmed. He also quoted 
 remarks he had heard from Lord Shaftesbury, and 
 thus prepared the way for a generous reception of the 
 singers. The success of this concert justified our 
 making arrangements for a second, which was given 
 in a larger church. On this occasion the singers were 
 invited to the establishment of Messrs. Whitehill and 
 Co., when each of the young lady singers was presented 
 with a Paisley shawl as a memento of their visit to 
 the town, while the young men received specimens of 
 local manufacture. In addition to these favours, Sir 
 Peter secured the use of a church for us in Ayr, 
 and introduced me to the Provost of the town, who 
 invited me to come, with my wife, and remain at his 
 house during the stay of the singers. This land of 
 Burns, and, I might almost say, of Sir William Wallace, 
 abounds with charms for Americans, and all of us 
 were anxious that the singers should enjoy all the 
 suggestions the haunts of the poet afforded. The next 
 day after the concert, therefore, Sir Peter conveyed the 
 company first to the birthplace of the poet, and then 
 to Alloway's old Haunted Kirk, and the famous bridge 
 
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 that spans the Doon, over which Tarn O'Shanter's mare 
 escaped from the witch. Every foot of ground in this 
 locality is famous with memories, and, like othei 
 travellers, we refreshed our minds with the rustic 
 poet's songs, and gathered relics for ourselves and 
 friends. A few persons had been invited to meet us 
 at Auchendrane, where dinner was provided. Lady 
 Coats and her daughters entertained the students 
 with many attractions, afforded by the rare taste of 
 Sir Peter at his country home, while Prof. White and 
 myself were invited to tell the friends who were 
 present of our future hopes respecting the Fisk 
 University. We said we hoped by the aid of the 
 singers to provide a building. After that was finished 
 others must endow professorships, and provide money 
 for the support of the students ; and we begged them, 
 if they approved of the part we had undertaken, to 
 devise means so that our labours might not be in vain. 
 Before our departure Sir Peter presented each of the 
 singers with a beautiful memento of the land of Burns, 
 and, with much consideration, added to the gift presents 
 for Mr. White, Mr. Halley, and myself. 
 
 " He also spoke words of encouragement to some of 
 the students, which cheered them through the remain- 
 ing labours of the campaign. 
 
 " During all these days there were various comments 
 made respecting the quality of the services rendered by 
 the students. Musicians did not agree. Ew*ry one ap- 
 
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 proved of the enterprise, and heartily sympathised with 
 the young people ; but some could not understand the 
 reason for enjoying so simple, natural, and unpretend- 
 ing a performance as they gave. This led to kindly 
 criticism, which aroused the generous heart of Mr. 
 Colin Brown, Ewing Lecturer on Music, Andersonian 
 University, Glasgow. He wrote a series of papers, 
 that were published somewhat extensively, and through 
 them many persons realized why they had pleasure in 
 the singers, notwithstanding preconceived notions of 
 what alone was truly excellent. Mr. Brown wrote, — 
 " ■ What is the charm which these Jubilee Singers 
 have brought with them across the Atlantic, which 
 acts so powerfully upon all classes of our people? 
 Their music is beautifully simple. So also were the 
 Swedish melodies of Jenny Lind. So also are all the 
 gems of national melody — " Ar-hyd-y-nos," " Robin 
 Adair," « Tutti tutti," " Katherine Ogie," and " Grama- 
 chree " ; but surely such music is not beyond criticism: 
 and when Wilson sung his Scottish songs, or Jenny 
 Lind her Swedish melodies, surely their singing was 
 not the less worthy of notice because they laid aside 
 ad professionalism, and sang with the most perfect 
 simplicity and naturalness the songs of their homes. 
 So also with the Jubilee Singers : their songs are the 
 songs of their people, for they had no homes. The 
 melodies, in all their simplicity, are touching, effective, 
 and characteristic. Why is it that at one time they 
 
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 stir up their audience to enthusiasm, and then melt 
 them into tears ? Whence is the secret of this won- 
 derful power of their music — like Sappho's of old ? 
 Surely it is within the critic's province to examine and 
 to tell. * * We forget that the highest triumph of 
 art is to be natural. The singing of these strangers is 
 so natural that it does not at once strike us how much 
 of true art is in it, and how careful and discriminating 
 has been the training bestowed upon them by their 
 accomplished instructor and leader, who, though retir- 
 ing from public notice, deserves great praise. He has 
 shown us how to call forth the true genius and power 
 of natural song, and made us feel how "one touch 
 of nature makes the world kin." Would that some 
 one would arise to do equal justice to the songs of 
 our native land 1 ' * 
 
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 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 REVIVAL WORK. 
 
 A FTER the doctor and I had visited the Church 
 -^--*- of the Nativity and Solomon's Pools we returned 
 to Jerusalem for the night. Here we found that at 
 sunset all shops were closed, and no places either for 
 amusement or instruction opened. We also observed 
 the absence of strong drinks. The Moslems use coffee 
 and tobacco, but it is against the rules of their religion 
 to drink wine or even beer. They have a very high 
 regard for chastity, yet polygamy is allowed and is 
 not considered sinful. They believe in bestowing 
 gifts upon the poor, and I was informed that one 
 reason why the Turkish government made no pro- 
 vision for its paupers was because begging developed 
 charity. 
 
 It had been our purpose from the first to visit 
 Jericho, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea, and we ac- 
 cordingly took up our march for those places through 
 the wilderness of Judea. 
 
 " I never realized before," said the doctor, " that so 
 
 many of the memorable incidents recorded in Scrip- 
 
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 ture took place on so limited a tract of country. From 
 the days of Abraham to the advent of our Lord, most 
 of the events precious to memory occurred in a space 
 over which a man might travel in a day. Walk from 
 Hebron to the Jordan, looking to the right and left, 
 and over the river, and you see the land of Abraham 
 and Lot, of Jacob, the Land of Promise, where stood 
 the cities of the plain, the land of Samuel and Saul, of 
 Elijah and Elisha, of David and the rulers of Judah, 
 the land of John the Baptist and of our Lord. From 
 the time the Queen of Sheba visited it till this day 
 people from all nations come here as to the spot where 
 God and the angels most frequently came. Nowhere 
 on earth have there been so many revelations, and 
 voices, with angel visits, and I cannot but feel that 
 somehow we are near to the celestial gates." 
 
 While he was thus discoursing we came in sight of 
 the Dead Sea, and after tedious hours of travel reached 
 its shiny waters. Never lake or ocean presented 
 to my sight such fascinating brilliancy; but clearness 
 and beauty may exist with coldness, bitterness, and 
 death, as is illustrated by other examples than this 
 typical lake. From it we passed on to the Jordan, 
 and from thence to Jericho, where we spent the night. 
 The next day we visited the fountain of Elisha, 
 which was by him miraculously healed, and then 
 we assayed to climb the rocky steeps of Mount Quar- 
 rantania, where tradition has it that our Lord was led 
 
Revival Work. 147 
 
 up to be tempted of the devil. Here, near the site of 
 a chapel, we sat down to view the wonderful scenes 
 of sacred story. The Dead Sea reminded us of the 
 justice of God, the rolling Jordan of His miraculous 
 mercy; there, by its banks, the children of Israel 
 encamped till the waters were divided by miracle; 
 there both Elijah and Elisha parted the waters and 
 passed over; there Naaman washed and was clean; 
 there John baptized ; and there " One mightier " came. 
 Before our eyes lay the Promised Land, Gilgal, and 
 Jericho. Marvellous events had occurred in those 
 places from the days of Rahab to those of John. 
 What especially occupied our thoughts, however, was, 
 that we might be on the identical spot where the 
 Saviour endured His temptation. 
 
 "When Satan showed our Lord the cities of the 
 plain," said the doctor, " I think he pointed to them as 
 specimens, and promised Him a world of cities as 
 beautiful and rich." 
 
 " But," I added, " Jesus had seen another specimen 
 city on the plain below; it was a city of refuge to 
 those who fled from the wrath to come, and its gate- 
 way was by repentance and baptism, and its business 
 faith, hope, and charity. John the Baptist had 
 gathered the people for the founding of it. The Holy 
 Ghost came when the King thereof was baptized into 
 it, and the voice from the cloud proclaimed this King 
 The Laivgiver from henceforth. This new kingdom 
 
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 was to fill the whole earth. Would Jesus abandon it 
 for the best of Satan's promises ? That was the ques- 
 tion then, and it was not unlike the one that has 
 grappled with the children of this kingdom since 
 that day." 
 
 " Every church," said the doctor, u is a township in 
 this kingdom, and every revival of religion a sign of 
 the King's especial presence, and of His purpose to go 
 on conquering and to conquer till Satan's kingdom is 
 overthrown." 
 
 This remark led us into a long consideration of 
 the place of revivals of religion in the history of the 
 church, from the days of the Baptist down through 
 the centuries till the pi^sent ; when the doctor asked 
 me to tell him of the great awakening in connection 
 with the labours of Messrs. Moody and Sankey, which 
 had been participated in, to some extent, by the 
 Jubilee Singers. I accordingly went on to say, — 
 
 "Messrs Moody and Sankey entered upon their 
 work in Great Britain at York, on the first of July, 
 1873. It had been Mr. Moody's desire for a long 
 while to make the ' Service of Song' a prominent 
 feature in his revival work, and he had been persistent 
 until his method was approved. When the gospel is 
 sung into the heart it seems to make for itself an 
 abode. The tender word of invitation repeats itself 
 like an echo. It lodges and is willingly entertained. 
 This is especially true when the song is rendered by 
 
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 a loving disciple of Christ like Mr. Sankey. From 
 him go forth words to convince, to allure, and to save. 
 I have often heard it remarked by Prof. White," 1 
 went on to say, "that no person could sing sacred 
 melodies in the best possible way without high mora] 
 qualities of mind and heart. The incense must come 
 from a burning altar ; there must be a heart-felt rap- 
 ture ; there must be an intelligence competent to lay 
 hold of the deep things of God, so that the song may 
 come freighted with love and sympathy and know- 
 ledge. And more, the song must be sung for Jesus, 
 not for applause or pay. Mr. Sankey has the moral, 
 intellectual, and heart qualities needful for one who 
 would sing the Gospel ; to this is added a rich, clear, 
 well-cultivated tenor voice. Some correspondent has 
 well said of him that ' he sings and plays with pathos, 
 touching tenderness, and a spirit full of love for souls. 
 His renderings of " Almost persuaded," " Jesus of Naza- 
 reth passeth by," "Oh, prodigal, come home, come home," 
 are very effectual in bringing sinners to Christ.' When 
 I first heard these brethren, and saw them surrounded 
 by eminent ministers of the Gospel, I instinctively 
 asked why men, who could not boast of superior posi- 
 tion or learning, should outstrip the properly trained 
 ministers of the cross in revival work, while further 
 reflection led me to believe that it was largely attri- 
 butable to the fact that they were filled with unusual 
 faith, and that they selected from the Scriptures those 
 
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 doctrines and precepts especially fitted to arouse the 
 conscience, and that these were pressed upon the sin- 
 ner with an earnestness and persistency that would 
 be almost irresistible if presented by any preacher 
 whatsoever. Mr. Moody breaks up the fallow ground, 
 and Mr. Sankey's music is like an angel's song at the 
 pearly gates, to invite the troubled sinner in from the 
 perils of a perishing world. These men believe in 
 immediate action ; now, to-day, is their time. When 
 Mr. Moody wished a large sum of money in Chicago 
 for a benevolent purpose, the friend to whom he 
 applied answered that it was a subject over which 
 he must needs pray. ' That is so,' said Mr. Moody ; ' let 
 us fall on our knees and ask the Lord about it.' When 
 the Catholic priest told him he admired his zeal, but 
 wished he was in the true church, 'You must pray 
 for me/ said Mr. Moody. ' I will do so,' was the reply. 
 ' But,' said Mr. Moody, ' let us kneel down and pray 
 about it now ' ; which was accordingly done, much to 
 the gratification of the priest, who loved him from 
 that hour. Mr. Moody preaches for the immediate 
 conversion of sinners. After successful services at 
 York, he went on to Sunderland, and laboured prior 
 to the visit of the Jubilee Singers. His work helped 
 to prepare the way for them. The effect of the 
 preaching and singing at this place was well illus- 
 trated, not only by the large number of conversions, 
 but by touching incidents. One day Mr. Moody had 
 
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 been preaching on the return of the prodigal son, and 
 at the close of the sermon had asked Mr. Sankey to 
 sing, ' O prodigal, come home, come home ! ' A young 
 man who had been in a backslidden state, came up 
 the aisle to his father and mother, who were godly 
 people; he first put his arm round his father's neck 
 and kissed him, and asked his forgiveness with many 
 tears; then kissing his mother, he asked her forgive- 
 ness also. The audience was so overcome that they 
 were obliged to retire to the vestry. Such scenes 
 were so manifestly the work of the Spirit, that the 
 large towns in the vicinity began to long for the 
 services of these American brethren. About the first 
 of November, while they were labouring at Newcastle- 
 on-Tyne, the Jubilee Singers visited that town. The 
 Rev. H. T. Robjohns, who had arranged for their visit, 
 took an early opportunity of commending them to 
 Messrs. Moody and Sankey, and these brethren asked 
 the students to sing one of their slave songs at a 
 revival meeting. I was not present, but Mr. Moody 
 told me afterwards that when they sang, ' Steal away 
 to Jesus,' they stole his heart and led him at once to 
 appreciate the power of their music for good. On 
 November 12th the people of Newcastle and vicinity 
 held a great religious convention, which lasted seven 
 hours, during which time many persons did not re- 
 move from their pews. The meeting was one of the 
 most solemn and delightful. The Jubilee Singers 
 
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 were present, and one of the ministers of the town 
 wrote of them, — 
 
 " ' Their songs are so intense in their spirituality 
 that strong men bowed in tears, not only before the 
 might of music, but before the sovereignty of religion, 
 so that they helped on the revival. They have been 
 present daily at our noonday prayer-meetings, where 
 Prof. White and one or two of the gentlemen have 
 spoken and prayed, and all have sung. One day 
 last week the effect of their singing was magical. 
 For the Wednesday evening the telegraph had been 
 worked to get them an engagement. God in His 
 Providence said no; there was no town that had at 
 once a hall big enough and power to organize a con- 
 cert with sufficient celerity. So the singers had to 
 remain in Newcastle, their temporary home, and went 
 to a special service in perhaps the biggest church in 
 the town. Messrs Moody and Sankey were there, and 
 there the only one of the party not in Christ found 
 the Saviour. The following morning one soul whis- 
 pered it to another, till nearly all Christians in the 
 town knew it. The Thursday noon prayer-meeting 
 was largely attended. The latter part of the meeting 
 was open and free as usual. The Jubilee Singers had 
 been specially prayed for. A moment's pause, and 
 then went up in sweet, low notes a chorus as of 
 angels. No one could tell where the singers were, — 
 on the floor, in the gallery, or in the air. The crowd 
 
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 was close, and the singers, wherever they were, were 
 sitting. Every soul was thrilled, for this was the 
 song they sang, — 
 
 "There are angels hovering round 
 To carry the tidings home." 
 
 The notes are before us as we write, simple enough, the 
 words too, but one should hear the Jubilees sing them. 
 It was like a snatch of angelic song heard from the 
 upper air — as a band of celestials passed swiftly on an 
 errand of mercy. Your correspondent can never forget 
 it. Nor are these all our obligations to our beloved 
 friends. They have gone in and out the churches, 
 Sunday-schools, and mission-rooms singing for Jesus ; 
 and in one instance at least went into a sick room, 
 two of them, to sing to a dear friend of ours. Such 
 services to souls and Christ have opened wide the 
 people's hearts, and the Jubilees have just walked 
 straight in, to be there enshrined for evermore.' 
 
 " While the events mentioned by this writer were in 
 progress, Miss Susan Gilbert, one of the missionaries 
 of the American Missionary Association, who accom- 
 panied the singers, was taken very ill, as the result of 
 overwork ; and the sympathy awakened in her behalf, 
 not only among the students, but the townspeople^ 
 intensified the religious feelings of all acquainted 
 with the circumstance. From this time to the end 
 of the campaign our minds were never relieved from 
 
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 serious anxieties respecting the lives of one and an- 
 other of the party who came with us from America. 
 These things led to increased prayerfulness and thought 
 respecting the preparation of souls for eternity. 
 
 "It is impossible to follow the influences for good 
 the labours of the singers at Newcastle diffused. They 
 were much appreciated by Messrs. Moody and Sankey, 
 as was sufficiently shown by the latter, who presided 
 at their last concert at this time in that town, in 
 place of Mr. Moody, who had consented, but unfortu- 
 nately could not be present. From Newcastle the 
 singers proceeded to the midland counties, while 
 Moody and Sankey went on to Carlisle and thence to 
 Edinburgh, where Prof. White, with the students, 
 joined them about Christmas. At this place a ' great 
 awakening ' was destined to work almost a revolution 
 in the religious life of the people. It is a notable fact 
 tli at the great and good men who rule in the churches 
 and institutions of learning in that intelligent city 
 entered into the movement with a profound reveren- 
 tial devotion to the cause of Christ. Noonday prayer- 
 meetings, lectures on the Bible in the afternoon, preach- 
 ing services in the evening, with inquiry-meetings, 
 were the order of the day. Indeed, on several occa- 
 sions as many as six meetings were held in one day, 
 at which the singers were present and sang. Like his 
 Master, Mr. Moody is especially thoughtful for the 
 salvation of the poor, and often plans meetings for 
 
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 their benefit. One of this character took place in the 
 Corn Exchange, at which about 5,000 persons were 
 present. The Jubilee Singers sang, and Mr. Moody 
 and others conducted the services, making them lively 
 and full of interest, as is well illustrated by the follow- 
 ing incidents which were told during the evening. 
 Col. Davidson told of a young lady who was so much 
 concerned about her soul one night that she arose and 
 wrote in her diary that she would close with Christ's 
 offer of salvation in one year ; but this did not satisfy 
 her conscience, and so she changed the date, and wrote 
 that she would give herself to God at the end of a 
 month. After retiring, however, she was so troubled in 
 mind she rose again and entered in her diary that she 
 would close with Christ's offer that day week. In the 
 morning when she arose the impression was gone. 
 She went to a ball that night, caught cold, and con- 
 tinued ill and in delirium till the middle of the follow- 
 ing week, when, reason returning, she exclaimed, ' I 
 am a week too late — I am lost,' and passed away. 
 After this recital Mr. Sankey sang, ' Too late, too late, 
 ye cannot enter now.' Mr. Moody began his address 
 by telling an incident in the history of Rowland Hill 
 and Lady Erskine. Her ladyship was driving past a 
 crowd of people to whom Mr. Hill was preaching. 
 She asked who the preacher was, and on being in- 
 formed told her coachman to drive nearer. Rowland 
 Hill, seeing her approach, said there was a soul there 
 
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 for sale. ' Who will bid/ lie said, ' for Lady Erskine's 
 soul? There was Satan's offer: he would give plea- 
 sure, honour, position, and in fact the whole world ; 
 there was also the offer of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
 would give pardon, peace, joy, rest, and at last heaven 
 and glory.' He then asked Lady Erskine which of 
 these gifts she would accept ? Ordering her footman 
 to open the carriage door, she pressed her way through 
 the crowd to where the preacher was, and said, ' Lord 
 Jesus, I give my soul to Thee ; accept of it.' Mr. Moody 
 went on to urge his hearers to follow Lady Erskine's 
 example, and that of others who had recently given 
 themselves to the Lord. His remarks were followed 
 by Mr. Sankey's singing, ' Jesus of Nazareth passe th 
 by.' Perhaps, however, the meeting longest to be re- 
 membered took place on one Sabbath evening. Eight 
 thousand of the working people were invited by card 
 to meet Mr. Moody in the Corn Exchange, and between 
 six and seven thousand were present, all standing 
 crowded together. The singers rendered slave songs, 
 while Mr. Moody conducted the services in the usual 
 way. The most perfect order was observed, and the 
 deepest interest manifested in the proceedings. After 
 its close a meeting for inquirers was held (for those 
 who at the meeting at the Corn Exchange had felt 
 their need of salvation) in the Free Assembly Hall, 
 and about seven hundred were present; and when the 
 question was put, if there were any anxious about 
 
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 their souls, the whole body rose in answer. The in- 
 terest shown was such as had not been seen by minis- 
 ters labouring long with the people, while Mr. Moody 
 expressed himself as more impressed by it than he 
 had been by anything he had seen before. Soon after 
 this the engagements of the singers took them from 
 Edinburgh, while Messrs. Moody and Sankey went on 
 with their labours in Scotland for months, working 
 great changes in the religious life of the people in the 
 larger towns, where frequently audiences of fifteen 
 thousand and upwards were gathered at meetings held 
 in the open air." 
 
 " But," inquired the doctor, " did the singers feel a 
 continued interest in such work after their separation 
 from these evangelists ? " 
 
 " Prof. White and some of the number did," I replied. 
 " Mr. Dickerson conducted many revival meetings, that 
 were followed with much interest, and Mr. White and 
 the singers held services on the Sabbath in seyeral 
 towns, with good results. At Blackburn, when about 
 to take the train for Manchester, a young lady told 
 Miss Sheppard that one or two persons who were at 
 the Sunday meeting had indulged hope in the Lord 
 Jesus, while many expressions from Christian friends 
 warrant us in saying that every meeting held by the 
 singers in Great Britain, whether it be concert, mis- 
 sionary, or revival meeting, was as great a blessing 
 to souls as a preaching service would have been. 
 
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 Preaching, praying, and singing are all combined in 
 many of the slave songs, and the memory of them as 
 sung by the Jubilee Singers will doubtless encourage 
 many hearts to offer the prayer and sacrifice needful, 
 that the kingdoms promoted by revivals of religion 
 may fill the dark land from which the black man came, 
 while the memory of the students themselves will give 
 confidence in the Fisk University, which has been a 
 school of revivals since the day it was founded." 
 
 " I hope it may be so," said the doctor, "for a mis- 
 sionary college full of the revival spirit is absolutely 
 essential to the great work of training labourers to 
 penetrate Africa with Gospel tidings." 
 
 " To be sure," I said ; " and the fact that after Moody 
 and Sankey's labours at Glasgow seventy-one men 
 offered themselves as candidates for foreign mission- 
 aries, where before it was difficult to find any, illus- 
 trates how much we have to hope in great awakenings, 
 not only for the people among whom they occur, but 
 for the whole world." 
 
 When so much had been said, we departed from 
 the mountain, and went on our way to Jerusalem. 
 
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 CHAPTER X. 
 
 WORK IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES. 
 
 T I ^HE doctor and myself were in the Holy Land at 
 the time of the Greek Easter, and witnessed 
 many interesting celebrations. The people on these 
 occasions array themselves in holiday attire, and 
 indulge in relaxation from ordinary labours. The 
 women go from the city in companies by themselves, 
 and sit in groups about the hill sides and amidst the 
 tombs. I remember, one day, passing out of Jeru- 
 salem through St. Stephen's gate, and down the 
 hill near Mary's tomb, and the garden of Gethse- 
 mane, amidst crowds of these Moslem women. As 
 I. beheld them on the steps towards the city, robed 
 from the crown of their head with flowing white 
 garments, I could not but be reminded of the visions 
 of the Apocalypse. As the doctor and I toiled up the 
 slopes of Olivet, we fell into conversation respecting 
 the vast numbers of the disciples of Mahomet. Why 
 do these people value Jerusalem so highly ? Why have 
 they built here the finest mosque in the world ? Why 
 do they journey over this mountain to a spot they 
 
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 venerate as Moses' tomb ? Why do they guard sacred 
 places, memorable for the sufferings of our Lord ? 
 
 "There is something to study respecting this religious 
 sect," I said, " that may be useful to us. They believe 
 that Mahomet will appear in Jerusalem at the general 
 judgment of mankind, but that Christ will be their 
 Judge. There are 170,000,000 Mahometans in the 
 world, who have the Koran in the Arabic. Many of 
 them can read it, and that tells them the New Testa- 
 ment is true. During the past few years Dr. Yon Dyke 
 has translated the Bible into this language, and many 
 Moslems are reading and admiring the Word of God. 
 So far as Mahometanism extends, so far it is hoped 
 the Arabic Bible may be read, and that as the Holy 
 Spirit breathes upon its teaching the millions of Islam 
 may come to a knowledge of the truth." 
 
 " Yes," said the doctor, " and the fact that they are 
 prayerful, and familiar with Old Testament history on 
 the one hand, and have no habits of gaming or in- 
 temperance on the other, encourages us to believe that 
 at the " even time," when it shall be light, these people 
 may be illuminated and come out from a partial know- 
 ledge of God to the fulness of the riches of Christ. 
 God taught His people to understand the Law of 
 Moses first, then He gave them the law of Christ, and 
 He may lead the Mahometan from his prophet to our 
 1 Prophet, Priest, and King.' 
 
 By this time we had reached the summit of Olivet 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 161 
 
 where it was understood I should give an account of 
 work done by the Jubilee Singers in the midland 
 counties. v 
 
 "Although more money was made by work done 
 here than elsewhere," I said, " yet there was a sameness 
 as to the methods of securing it that would not bear 
 repetition. Prominent amongst the events of interest 
 were those that brought to us many presents in money 
 and books. The Rev. Mr. Robjohns had arranged 
 a meeting at Darlington, where many Quakers reside, 
 — and these, we knew, had great sympathy with us. 
 The first appearance of the singers at this town was at 
 a private concert. Prof. White made a statement of 
 the necessities of the institution, and asked for money 
 to furnish rooms in the Jubilee Hall, announcing that 
 £10 would be required for each room. Liberal dona- 
 tions were given, and a report of the proceedings 
 published in the Darlington papers. At Durham Mr. 
 Hall achieved astonishing success for the singers. The 
 Rev. J. Hunter had provided for our welcome at York, 
 and obtained not only the patronage of the Church- 
 people and Nonconformists, but had secured Mr. Alder- 
 man Leeman, M.P., to occupy the chair. This gentle- 
 man had read the Darlington papers, and on being 
 introduced to me gave £10 for a room to be called 
 by his name. The fact was made public by way of 
 suggestion, and was followed with good results at 
 
 York and elsewhere. At this time I was stationed at 
 
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 Leeds, and had arranged, by the assistance of the Rev. 
 Dr. Campbell and others, a private concert for Brad- 
 ford. Mr. White and several of the leading clergymen, 
 with myself, addressed the meeting, and, assisted by Mr. 
 F. Priestman, about £150 were secured, which was the 
 largest contribution of money we had ever received, 
 either in Great Britain or America, as the result of a 
 single meeting. Mr. Edward West, a member of the 
 Society of Friends, presided at our gatherings. Sir 
 Titus Salt, who was unable to be present, sent a dona- 
 tion of £25. The Rev. Eustace Conder, M.A, chairman 
 of the Congregational Union, gave me a cordial welcome 
 to Leeds, commending our enterprise to Mr. Edward 
 Baines, M P., who kindly gave his patronage, and ad- 
 dressed the people at one of our concerts. Mr. Conder 
 also introduced us to the deacons of his church, who gave 
 every assistance in securing patronage and in adver- 
 tising our work. The constant kindness of Dr. Scat- 
 tergood and his wife, members of that church, was 
 among our most grateful experiences in this country. 
 The Rev. A. Wood, of the Free Methodist Church, had 
 met us at Scarborough and prepared the way for the 
 singers in many of the churches ; while Mr. Archibald 
 Ramsden, the proprieter of a large music warehouse, 
 interested himself exceedingly in enabling us to have 
 a reception worthy of our cause, and of his town. The 
 first concert, which took place in the Town Hall, 
 afforded greater financial results than any we had 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 163 
 
 given before in the kingdom. Subsequently the 
 mayor of the town honoured us by presiding at one of 
 our meetings, and the Sabbath-school children gave 
 a liberal donation for the furnishing of a room in 
 Jubilee Hall, to be named after Mr. Conder's Church. 
 About this time the ministers of Huddersfield, in 
 concert with Mr. Councillor Denham, provided for us a 
 grateful welcome ; while the Rev. Mi*. Dale, of Halifax, 
 arranged for a concert in that town. Here we met 
 John Crossley, Esq., M.P., whose name is widely 
 known. The mayor presided at the concert, which 
 was crowded to overflowing. In thanking him and 
 the people for the grand ovation we had received, I 
 ventured to say that two things were coupled in my 
 mind: one was the fact that we were in the town 
 justly celebrated for its carpets, and the other that 
 we should need carpets before long for the Jubilee 
 Hall. At the close of the meeting, while bidding Mr. 
 Crossley good-night, he promised the carpets. 
 
 " We had never forgotten our promise made in the 
 summer to return to Hull, and accordingly I in- 
 formed Messrs. Preston and Holdich we would visit 
 that town in December. Mr. Halley went on and 
 completed arrangements for two concerts, which were 
 given, much to the satisfaction of all who were in- 
 terested. At the first of these Prof White gave an 
 account of the success attained since our last visit, and 
 also suggested that, as many persons were contributing 
 
164 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 towards the furnishing of Jubilee Hall, it had occurred 
 to him what a good thing it would be for the students 
 in the University if they could have before them con- 
 tinually an object-lesson, in the shape of some memorial 
 of Wilberforce ; it would be a good remembrancer of 
 their visit to the native town of this great emanci- 
 pator, if a bust or picture of him could be placed in 
 the library of Fisk University. Subsequently a sub- 
 scription was raised, mainly through the great exer- 
 tions of Mrs. Preston and Miss Holdich, who themselves 
 collected most of the money, and a fine painting of 
 this great philanthropist was procured and presented 
 to the Jubilee Singers. On the Sabbath there was a 
 large gathering of Sunday-schools in the artillery 
 barracks, and about three thousand children were 
 present. The assembly was presided over by the 
 Rev. Dr. Mackay, author of ' Grace and Truth/ who 
 exerted a healthful influence upon the singers at the 
 time, and followed them with affection and labours 
 during their stay in England. He also gave the 
 University a set of plates of his justly celebrated 
 book. 
 
 " Mr. W. W. Shaw, of Rochdale, a young man of un- 
 common enterprise, had advertised our coming to his 
 town, and secured all the needful assistance required 
 for success. Rochdale, which is the home of the Right 
 Hon. John Bright, can boast of the finest Town Hall 
 we have seen of its size. This was filled with a 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 165 
 
 superior class of people to meet us, and the generous 
 pride they took in advancing our interests made a 
 great impression on my mind. Though Mr. Bright 
 was not present, his family was well represented, and 
 subscribed £10 for a room to bear his name in the 
 Fisk University. Some time afterwards he wrote the 
 following, by way of introducing us to Birmingham : — 
 
 " < Bochdale, December 23rd, 1873. 
 '"Dear Sir,— 
 
 " c I have heard the Jubilee Singers, and they have been in 
 this town, where they met with great success. I believe they 
 intend to pay us another visit. I hope Birmingham will receive 
 them kindly ; for your great city showed a wise and hearty 
 sympathy with the United States during the great struggle 
 which delivered the slaves from their bondage. The mission of 
 these singers is one deserving of all support, and I feel very 
 certain it will find a multitude of friends in Birmingham. 
 
 u *I am, truly yours, 
 
 " ' John Bright.' 
 
 " As most of Mr. Bright's letters go the round of the 
 papers, what he says in commendation is ever destined 
 to exert great influence. It was so in the case of this 
 letter. There was no end to the benefit we received 
 through it, from the day of its date till the close of 
 our campaign. 
 
 " At Bolton Mr. Smithies and others entered into our 
 plans with perseverance and devotion. As the result, 
 an audience completely filling the Town Hall awaited 
 us on our arrival, the mayor occupying the chair 
 
10G The Singing Campaign. 
 
 With pleasure I learned that the Rev. Chas.G-. Finney, 
 the evangelist, who had long been connected with 
 Oberlin College in Ohio, once preached to the people 
 of this town during a great awakening. Mr. J. P. 
 Barlow, who had given us his patronage, aided him 
 largely in his work. I ventured, therefore, to suggest 
 that as Mr. Finney was largely identified with the 
 education of the officers and missionaries of the 
 American Missionary Association, it might be a 
 gratification to him if rooms were named after Mr. 
 Barlow and himself in the new Jubilee Hall. The 
 suggestion was thought a good one, and Mr. Barlow 
 gave us £50 for five rooms. About this time Prof. 
 White, with the singers, made a brief visit — to 
 complete engagements promoted mainly by Mr. 
 Halley — to Dumfries, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Hawick, 
 and elsewhere in Scotland, where they were received 
 with great kindness. Mr. William Kerr, of Dumfries, 
 an eminent nurseryman and florist, made arrangements 
 for a successful concert; and to the kindness shown 
 the singers at the time, he added the honour of 
 bestowing the names of some of the party on different 
 species of flowers which he had developed in his 
 conservatories. He also presented a large number 
 of seeds of rare plants to Miss Sheppard for the Fisk 
 University grounds. 
 
 " While these engagements in Scotland were being 
 fulfilled, I established myself at Manchester to com- 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 167 
 
 plete our plans for the midland counties. The Hon. 
 George H. Stuart, of America, had mentioned our 
 mission to Mr. Henry Hargreaves, of this town. Soon 
 after my arrival he introduced me to Mr. Richard 
 Johnson, the apostle of what is called ' Ragged-school 
 work ' in this country, but which is termed ' Mission 
 or Sunday-school work ' in America. This brother is 
 a master-workman; he understands the meaning of 
 1 principles and pressure.' When he knows he is 
 right, he goes ahead; and thousands of poor boys, 
 and poor men and women too, know the magic of his 
 voice, and the bounty of his purse and heart. He is 
 not one of your ' goodish men.' He puts his foot upon 
 the rock ; he knows the value of a financial basis. He 
 will make money for you ; but knows enough to 
 provide for himself also, and in this sets a healthy 
 example to young men. 
 
 " As he had had experience in arranging for lectures 
 and large religious gatherings, I looked upon him 
 from the first as a most valuable assistant, and the 
 love I bear him is among the things that will never 
 die. Mr. Johnson and Mr. William Armitage secured 
 for me the best of patronage, with the mayor of Man- 
 chester in the chair for the first night, and the mayor 
 of Salford for the second. Our plan of work was 
 this : First, ten thousand circulars of one kind were 
 distributed by reliable men at the best residences in 
 Manchester and in the surrounding towns. These 
 
168 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 simply announced the concerts. Ten thousand other 
 circulars, with names of patrons, etc., were prepared for 
 the pews of churches. Letters were written to lead- 
 ing pastors, who were solicited to allow the circulars 
 to be placed in pews ; then a man was sent with them 
 to make sure the work was done. Newspaper articles 
 were prepared by our friends and published in the 
 papers, and large photographs of the singers placed 
 in windows, while big bills were posted about the 
 city. Ministers were also interested to give notice 
 from their pulpits of the object of our mission and 
 the date of our coming. This variety of work was 
 needful in all the places where the singers were to 
 appear, and the delays in getting patronage and 
 securing other essential arrangements were often 
 exceedingly embarrassing. Help could be obtained; 
 but men able to achieve success in our work were 
 busy achieving success for themselves in other ways ; 
 while men who were disengaged, were not competent 
 to grasp the business and push it to a successful issue. 
 Master- workmen are scarcely ever unemployed. To 
 this amount of work, which must be done under the 
 eye of some one, was added the business of answering 
 applications for the singers which flowed in from 
 every quarter. For one, not acquainted with the 
 different towns, it was impossible to decide where to 
 go without much investigation ; while it was equally 
 important to see that you did not place yourself under 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 169 
 
 the wrong influences. Many offers of assistance had 
 to be declined because it was needful for success that 
 we should be heralded by persons of great influence. 
 All these things combined brought such incessant 
 labour and anxiety, that before the Manchester con- 
 certs occurred I found myself overcome with nervous 
 exhaustion, and obliged to retire from the centre of 
 business, while Mr. Halley and my wife brought me 
 occasionally a statement of the progress of the work 
 This condition of affairs threw a very large amount of 
 labour upon Mr. Halley and Mr. Johnson ; but Provi- 
 dence favoured our movements, and the four Man- 
 chester concerts in the Free Trade Large Hall were 
 pre-eminently successful, the proceeds amounting to 
 over £1,200 from sale of tickets, and the profits from 
 the sale of the ' History of the Campaign for $20,000 ' 
 for a single night equalled £40, or more than $200. 
 The Rev. A. J. Bray arranged a Missionary meeting 
 at the Cavendish Street Chapel, at which a liberal 
 contribution was made, while contributions from other 
 services swelled the amount of our funds. In connec- 
 tion with the Manchester concerts I had arranged for 
 three at Liverpool, to take place in the Philharmonic 
 Hall. Mr. David Stuart, a brother of George H. 
 Stuart, of America, took an early interest in our 
 visit, and introduced me to men of influence, while 
 Mr. William Crosfield kindly secured the patronage of 
 the different members of Parliament and other dis- 
 
170 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 tinguished personages. Mr. Henry Sudlow, secretary 
 of the Philharmonic Society, undertook the manage- 
 ment of the sale of tickets, while the Rev. Hugh 
 fitowell Brown promised me he would take the chair 
 at the first concert. The charges for the Philharmonic 
 Hall being very high, the price of the best seats was 
 fixed at four shillings. The method of advertising 
 was nearly the same as that pursued at Manchester, 
 and the receipts of the concerts were very encouraging, 
 the amount taken at the first from sale of tickets 
 being £325. The Daily Albion said of it, "They 
 had not sung a dozen notes when the audience knew 
 that it was not to be disappointed. The marvellous 
 quality of the voices, that strange sympathetic power, 
 which is not the possession of an individual but the 
 dower of a race, — which has often been described, but 
 can only be known by hearing it, — at once arrested 
 attention. On the whole the first concert of the 
 Jubilee Minstrels must be pronounced a great treat 
 and a genuine success.' The singers were lodged at 
 the North- Western Hotel, where only a charge of 8s. 
 per diem each was made. Here, as elsewhere in the 
 United Kingdom, great favour was shown us by the 
 hotel proprietors. In America we had experienced 
 trouble enough from this class of public benefactors ; 
 but no more magnanimous or liberal treatment was 
 bestowed on the Jubilee Singers in this country than 
 that received from their hands. They seemed to pride 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 171 
 
 themselves in showing kindness, and in reducing their 
 prices to the very lowest in order to aid us. Indeed, 
 we were sometimes fearful lest we should offend be- 
 cause unable to patronize all the first-class hotels that 
 were desirous to give us a welcome. On the way from 
 Liverpool to Manchester a concert was given at St. 
 Helens, where Mr. Fen wick Allen had made arrange- 
 ments, which proved very successful. The mayor, who 
 was unable to preside, sent me £5 for the cause. Mr. 
 Butcher, of Bury, undertook all arrangements for a 
 concert in his town, which proved a financial success. 
 Before the meeting, the singers met a large number of 
 influential ladies and gentlemen at tea, and passed 
 a very pleasant hour. At Doncaster the Rev. G. R. 
 Bettis, with a number of influential Quakers and 
 Methodists, helped us ; and, though they had only a 
 week's notice, the Exchange, holding about fourteen 
 or fifteen hundred, was completely filled. They also 
 organized Sunday meetings, which were addressed by 
 Messrs. Dickerson and Halley, and at which collections 
 were made. The concerts and meetings given in Janu- 
 ary yielded us a gross income of $1 9,000. So much 
 business needed to be created and completed in 
 about a month's time, while the amounts received were 
 mostly in sums of from Is. to 3s." 
 
 " But," asked the doctor, " was not the reputation 
 of the singers so great as to render so much advertis- 
 ing superfluous ? " 
 
172 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 " We scarcely ever had the greatest possible amount 
 of money in the house," I went on to say ; " for though 
 a moderate-sized hall could be filled at low prices, 
 with only the ordinary methods of advertising used 
 by persons giving public entertainments, yet in order 
 to sell a large number of reserved seat tickets at 3s. 
 each, a great amount of pressure was needed, while 
 the space that might well be occupied by such people 
 was hardly ever filled. These facts were constantly 
 before us, and had their influence in all our methods 
 of work. By the 1st of February I had so far 
 recovered as to venture a journey to the South of 
 England to advise respecting work in London, Brigh- 
 ton, and elsewhere. During these days Prof. White 
 was fully occupied, preparing programmes, giving 
 concerts, and replying to invitations to breakfast, 
 dinner, and tea, to asylums, schools, and churches, — in 
 a word, invitations of every description from those 
 interested in the Jubilee Singers. As we asked the 
 public for their benefactions, the public, after render- 
 ing assistance, wished to bestow, and also to receive, 
 many favours. And as Prof. White accompanied 
 the singers at concerts, and lodged with them at 
 hotels, very much of the pressure of this kind of 
 work fell upon him. To this must be added the 
 business of caring for the various wants of eleven 
 young people, who had been brought into very pro- 
 minent notice without passing through the long course 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 173 
 
 usually pursued by persons who achieve distinction. 
 These varied cares were as much as one man could 
 possibly endure. 
 
 " At Brighton I called upon the Rev. Mr. Albrighton, 
 who had met us at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and who at 
 my request had engaged the large Dome of the Pavilion 
 for two concerts. When he saw how very ill I was, 
 he kindly took me to Mr. Beves, a prominent Method- 
 ist brother, and asked him if he could not aid me. 
 Accordingly I explained to these brethren what I 
 wished done, upon which they assumed the responsi- 
 bility of securing patronage and advertising the con- 
 certs, while I repaired to lodgings in the hope that a 
 few days of absolute quiet would restore my strength. 
 I had hardly become settled for rest before receiving 
 a telegram stating that Mr. Halley, after his laborious 
 efforts in arranging concerts at Stockport, Macclesfield, 
 and elsewhere, was entirely overcome by work, and 
 that the doctor would not allow him to give the least 
 attention to business. Meanwhile, Mr. White's family 
 at Glasgow were ill, and in a disturbed state of mind, 
 resulting in part from the fact that their servant-girl 
 had been taken ill with small-pox. Miss Gilbert was 
 still unable to render service, and was staying with 
 Mrs. White. All these circumstances were exceedingly 
 trying, and especially to Mr. White, who was obliged 
 to remain with the singers or abandon the work that 
 had been arranged for February. One concert was 
 
174 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 given at Wakefield, under arrangements made by the 
 Rev. Mr. Whitamore, and two at Sheffield, where Mr. 
 Samuel Doncaster, and Dr. Webster, the American 
 consul, had been assiduous in arousing this famous old 
 town to a genuine enthusiasm for our cause. A large 
 new hall had been completed about the time of our 
 visit, and the audience that welcomed the singers was 
 at once attractive and profitable. There were very 
 heavy fogs during these days, and the effect of them, 
 especially upon Mr. White, whose lungs were not 
 strong, was serious. Soon after learning of Mr. 
 Halley's illness I went on to Birmingham and sta- 
 tioned myself there to provide for work in that 
 vicinity. At Derby I met Mr. White and the singers, 
 who were fulfilling an appointment arranged by Mr. 
 A. Butterworth. Here very great interest in our work 
 was manifested, and large donations given in response 
 to Mr. Dickerson's appeal. As the gross income of 
 our concerts at this time averaged nearly £200 per 
 night, and as we were sure it was 'now or never' 
 with us, Prof. White and I decided that, notwith- 
 standing the illness of his family, Mr. Halley, Miss 
 Gilbert, and myself, it was plainly our duty to go 
 forward with the work. I am sure no one can ever 
 estimate the terrible sacrifice this resolve was to him, 
 considering the condition of his wife's health at the 
 time. As for myself, I dared not undergo the excite- 
 ment of a concert, while the pressure of business, that 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 175 
 
 could not be postponed, demanded all my strength. 
 Mr. White was called upon either to sacrifice his work, 
 with the great income that was being received for 
 missionary purposes, or his desire to be present with 
 his family in their sore trials ; for Christ and His 
 Gospel he chose to deny himself. After he had ful- 
 filled engagements at Wolverhampton, promoted by 
 Mr. William Bird, and at Coventry, where Mr. Thomas 
 Beamish had rendered me much assistance, he went 
 on with the singers to Norwich on Saturday, to fulfil 
 engagements which Mr. J. J. Jarrold had made for the 
 following week. While he was at that town and 
 burdened with the complicated duties imposed by the 
 6ickness of all his associates, he received intelligence 
 that impressed him with the conviction that his wife 
 was more seriously ill than he had supposed. He im- 
 mediately left for Glasgow and I came to Norwich to 
 assume his responsibilities as far as I could. On 
 reaching his family, Mr. White discovered that his 
 wife, who was suffering from typhoid fever, had sunk 
 very rapidly and was probably past recovery. No 
 endeavors of the ablest physicians were of any 
 avail, and in less than two days after his arrival 
 Mrs. Laura Cravath White passed away and entered 
 upon her reward. She had been a missionary of 
 the American Missionary Association at the Fisk 
 University, where, by her rare good sense and kindly 
 disposition, she had exerted great influence. Her 
 health had been impaired for several years, and at 
 
176 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 times she suffered acutely both in body and mind. A 
 knowledge of these things added to the anxiety con- 
 tinually experienced by Mr. White in all his travels 
 with the singers. Her death to him was a terrible 
 blow, and one from which a person of his exquisitely 
 delicate sensibilities could not easily recover; while 
 all who knew her felt that they had lost a strong sup- 
 port, a wise counsellor, and a loving friend. The Rev. 
 Mr. Somerville, Messrs. Moody and Sankey, Mr. John 
 Burns, and Mr. Colin Brown, with others, extended 
 every office of labour, sympathy, and affection to 
 Mr. White in the day of his great sorrow. Mr. 
 James Stuart, of Manchester, tendered him the hospi- 
 talities of his home for his motherless children ; and 
 God seemed to speak through his little boy, who 
 greatly surprised him at family prayers by reciting, 
 1 Let not your heart be troubled ; ye believe in God/ 
 Mr. White's bereavement was followed by loss of sleep 
 and appetite, which so reduced his strength as to 
 render it impossible for him to take a very active part 
 during the remainder of the campaign, while at one 
 time he was utterly prostrated by hemorrhage of the 
 lungs, which led his friends for many days nearly to 
 despair of his life. 
 
 "In the condition of affairs at the time of Mrs. 
 White's death our thoughts of the demands of busi- 
 ness were in a measure obscured by our troubles. 
 Mr. Halley and Miss Gilbert were still sick, and Mr. 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 177 
 
 White was away ; but the work must go on, as the 
 routes had been laid out and the appointments made. 
 I had availed myself for some weeks of the services 
 of Mr. Matthew Lawson, of Leeds, while my wife, 
 who, like Mrs. White, had come to the country without 
 any relation to the work, or expense to the mission, 
 had volunteered what help she was able to render. 
 On reaching Norwich, to fill Mr. White's place, I found 
 many circumstances favourable for success, and was 
 encouraged by the kind attentions of numerous friends, 
 who contributed both time and money to our cause. 
 At this place Mr. Dickerson received liberal donations 
 for the library fund. Our next appointment was at 
 Ipswich, famous with memories of Clarkson, whose 
 life had been devoted to the abolition of slavery. Mr. 
 Rees, after I had informed him of Mr. Halley's sick- 
 ness, gathered the people for our concert in the best 
 possible way. The mayor (Dr. Chevallier) occupied 
 the chair. During the interval between the parts I 
 stated the business the American Missionary Associa- 
 tion had in hand, and gave an account of what was 
 being done for the furnishing of Jubilee Hall, after 
 which Mr. Lewis Goss gave Mr. Watkins £10 for a 
 room, and £10 more was the next day given by repre- 
 sentatives of Needham Market Temperance Society ; 
 while Mr. J.D. Piper presented us with copies of the por- 
 trait of Mr. Thomas Clarkson for the Fisk University. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Matthew Robertson, of Cambridge, had 
 
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178 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 invited us to his town, and had taken upon himself the 
 oversight of all the details needful for giving us a 
 grand welcome to this old city of colleges. The chair 
 was taken at the concert by Neville Goodman, Esq., 
 M.A., and an overflowing audience was very generous 
 in its sympathy and applause. Money was given for 
 a room on condition that it should bear the name 
 of Dr. Kobertson, who had contributed so largely in 
 furnishing his townspeople with the pleasure of hear- 
 ing and aiding the Jubilee Singers. No better report 
 can be given of the impression made than is found in 
 his own words when he said, ' Their songs vary greatly. 
 At one time it is the wail of a heart that is breaking; 
 at another, it is a crash like the trumpet of doom; 
 and again it is the sweet lingering cadence breathed 
 by a glorified soul. But whatsoever be the theme of 
 the strain, it is always intensely real, and hence 
 electric in its power. The musician and the philo- 
 sopher are alike baffled in the attempt to give a 
 scientific explanation of the spell they throw upon an 
 audience. But the spell is there ; and I am persuaded 
 that its secret lies among the deep springs of the heart 
 of man, which are too seldom touched." 
 
 " Mr. Thomas Cook, the excursionist, had taken a 
 great interest in all the movements of the singers 
 from the time of their arrival, and had often counselled 
 me respecting our methods of work. I asked him, 
 therefore, to assume the labour preparatory for our 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 170 
 
 introduction at Leicester, where his family reside. 
 As he was from home most of the time, the greater 
 part of the management fell upon his wife and daugh- 
 ter, who, in company with Miss Deacon, provided for 
 our reception. I never met with more kindly or 
 efficient workers. Mr. Ellis, the President of the 
 Midland Railway, invited me to his house and 
 confirmed his expression of sympathy by giving me 
 £20 for our mission. The Rev Mr. Ryder, of Nott- 
 ingham, very kindly secured for us patronage, and Mr. 
 Henry Farmer, the proprietor of a music warehouse, 
 advertised our work. The singers made their stay at 
 the George Hotel, and received from the hands of the 
 landlady such attentions and encouragement as won 
 for herself the love of the entire party. Mr. Alderman 
 Howitts, the mayor of Nottingham, occupied the 
 chair. The house was densely crowded in every part, 
 and especial mention was made in the papers of the 
 solo sung by Miss Mabel Lewis. The success was 
 beyond all reasonable expectations, and fully justified 
 the reputation of the town for its patronage of good 
 enterprises. The Rev. C. Clements kindly invited 
 Thomas Rutting to return on the following Sabbath 
 for the purpose of addressing a missionary meeting in 
 the interest of the fund for furnishing rooms, and the 
 invitation was accepted and a liberal contribution 
 made. 
 
 * Mr. John Bright in his letter said that Birming- 
 
180 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ham had manifested great interest in the struggle in 
 the United States for the overthrow of slavery, and 
 we had expected a kindly co-operation from its in- 
 habitants. Early in the winter I called upon Mr. F. 
 Hine, and with him visited Mr. Arthur Albright, whose 
 name had long been familiar in America as a philan- 
 thropist. Mr. Albright entered into our plans and 
 contributed to the funds we were raising. Mr. Hine 
 formed a committee, who performed a very large 
 amount of work to secure the greatest possible results 
 for the singers. Meanwhile Birmingham was ex- 
 periencing great agitation resulting from meetings of 
 the school-board. Great reforms are usually centred 
 in some locality from which influences issue. It 
 seemed to me that reforms for the more liberal educa- 
 tion of children had their centre in this town. School- 
 board meetings were the exciting incidents of the day, 
 and no less a personage than a daughter of the family 
 of Burgess was a member of the board, and sat among 
 the distinguished friends of education. The Rev. R. 
 W. Dale, M.A., the successor of John Angell James, was 
 a leading spirit at these meetings, and famous through- 
 out the midland counties for his advocacy of a school 
 system that should be national rather than sectarian. 
 As we also were furthering work for the better edu- 
 cation of the poor, we expected great sympathy, and 
 in this we were not disappointed. The mayor, Mr. 
 Chamberlain, granted us the use of the Town Hall at a 
 
Work in the Midland Counties. 181 
 
 reduced rate, and took the chair at our first concert. 
 He also made a felicitous speech, and contributed to 
 our funds. A very large audience greeted us, and the 
 generous co-operation of the inhabitants fully sus- 
 tained the good name which this great manufacturing 
 town bears in the United States. At the second 
 concert the chairman gave us money for a room, while 
 Mr. Dale arranged a large missionary meeting, which 
 was addressed by Mr. Dickerson on the Sabbath. 
 And thus ended the midland county campaign, which 
 was at once fraught with our bitterest trials and 
 our greatest financial success." 
 
182 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 CHAPTER XI 
 
 THE CLOSING OF THE CAMPAIGN. 
 
 " 'Way over in the Egypt land 
 
 You shall gain the victory. 
 
 'Way over in the Egypt land, 
 
 You shall gain the day. 
 March on, and you shall gain the victory, 
 March on, and you shall gain the day." — Slave Song. 
 
 T,^ROM Jerusalem the doctor and I proceeded to 
 Port Said, with the intent of passing through the 
 Suez Canal to the confines of the Red Sea. As we 
 neared the locality where it is presumed the Israelites 
 crossed, the doctor observed that, judging from the 
 slave songs he had heard in which there was mention 
 of " Egypt Land," of Moses smiting the water, and the 
 drowning of " ole Pharaoh,' 1 he was led to believe that 
 the analogy between the bondage of Israel and that of 
 the American slave had familiarized the Freed men more 
 with Egypt than with any other portion of Africa, and 
 indeed he believed that Egypt would be an attractive 
 field of missionary labour for the ex-slave. As I had 
 ever entertained the wish that the missionary might 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 183 
 
 be sent at once into the arena of the equatorial hunt- 
 ing grounds, from whence so many millions of slaves 
 had been bought or stolen, I made him no answer. 
 On nearing Cairo he resumed the subject by calling 
 my attention to the complexion of the Egyptians. 
 
 " They look," he said, " generally just like American 
 Freedmen ; they are intelligent, and very eager to ac- 
 quire different languages. They represent all the tribes 
 of Africa, and if you had here a missionary school, like 
 the Hampton Normal Institute, or like the Protestant 
 College at Beirut, you could supply the agencies need- 
 ful for the evangelization of the equatorial regions. 
 The Moslems," he went on to say, " had gone down 
 from Egypt and Barbary and made proselytes of a 
 people in Africa occupying an amount of territory 
 equal in extent to Europe." 
 
 He then took a map and explained to me how 
 already a railway was being constructed along the 
 Nile to Khartoum, a point half-way to the equator, 
 and assured me that in time the road would be 
 extended to Gondokoro, less than five degrees latitude 
 north, and in close proximity to a lake system said to 
 be seven hundred miles in extent. 
 
 " As one great essential," he continued, "for the de- 
 velopment of Egyptian civilization is coal, which exists 
 in abundance in the territory south of the Great Lakes, 
 there is reason to hope this road will be completed. 
 Then your missionary can go from London to Lake 
 
134 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 Albert N'yanza, in the very heart of the slave-hunting 
 grounds, in nine days, or from Alexandria in three." 
 
 " Egypt," I said, " must be the New York of Africa, 
 while its Chicago will doubtless be established on one 
 of the great equatorial lakes." 
 
 "Yes," rejoined the doctor; "and as in America it is 
 entirely compatible to educate missionaries at Bangor 
 or And over to labour at Mobile or New Orleans, so 
 it is equally simple to train workers in Egypt for 
 Central Africa. We cannot at present do the details 
 needful for the evangelization of the Soudan on the 
 ground. Teachers and preachers for that people, how- 
 ever, maybe prepared where the climate and civilization 
 is favourable, and these may go out to teach and 
 evangelize." 
 
 " But," I said, " I have just been reading Captain 
 Speke, and find that when he stood at Ripon Falls, on 
 the shore of the Victoria N'yanza, he was led to ex- 
 claim, ' What a place this would be for missionaries ! 
 If farming were introduced by them they might have 
 hundreds of pupils.' I also find that during the 
 extreme heat experienced in these regions the ther- 
 mometer only rose to 92°, while the mean temperature 
 for the year was estimated at 68°. Why would it not 
 be best to go at once either by Zanzibar or Egypt to 
 these latitudes, and found your Chicago ; or, as I may 
 more fittingly say, establish your missionary college ? " 
 " There is no stable government to protect you," ho 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 185 
 
 said, " or civilization upon which to build your school 
 in the Soudan, as yet. In Egypt, however, you have 
 a base for operations ; you should learn a lesson from 
 the apostles, who worked on the tide of civilization ! " 
 
 " These things are doubtless true," I replied ; " but 
 great success has been achieved by English and German 
 missionaries on the Gold Coast ; while at Sierra Leone, 
 Liberia, and Cape Palmas, the English and Americans 
 number their converts by thousands. At Cape Colony, 
 KafFraria, Bechuana, Natal, and other southern regions 
 a great work has been accomplished by missionary 
 societies of different Protestant countries ; while mis- 
 sions at Madagascar, an island off the south-east coast 
 of Africa, have as many as 67,388 church members. 
 It is not so much where in Africa work should be done, 
 as how we can find the men and the means to do it. 
 There are many healthy lands, located very favourably, 
 awaiting missionary labours." 
 
 By this time we had reached Cairo," where we 
 visited the mission established by a daughter of Arch- 
 bishop Whately, and also one sustained by the United 
 Presbyterians of America; but these agencies were 
 utterly inadequate to keep pace with the rapid 
 growth of Egyptian civilization, which is fast extend- 
 ing itself towards equatorial Africa, The doctor 
 and I took a fancy to make our journey to the 
 Pyramids at a time which would enable us to reach 
 them about dawn of day, and, ascending to the sum- 
 
186 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 mit of Cheops, we endeavoured to pledge ourselves 
 anew to labour for African evangelization, wherever 
 the most open and urgent fields for effort should 
 present themselves, and that, as all missionary labour 
 for the Freedmen of America looked towards Africa, 
 we should study diligently how best to fill the hand 
 with heaven's blessing that Ethiopia was stretching 
 out to God. When we had done this, it was under- 
 stood that I should, in narrating the closing scenes in 
 the Jubilee Singers' Campaign for £10,000, speak of 
 some of the hopeful characteristics developed in their 
 journeyings, and keep in mind that the work they 
 represented would never be ended till the whole of 
 Africa was brought to Christ. . 
 
 " As to the singers themselves," I said, " they found 
 that on the whole it was easier for them to do their 
 work in Great Britain than it had been in America. 
 The distance to be travelled from town to town when 
 giving concerts was not so great. The climate was 
 not cold in winter, while they were never hindered 
 by ice or snow. The fogs and dampness made it 
 needful for them to exercise great care in dull or 
 rainy weather; but apart from this there was little 
 to embarrass them. Few of them suffered from sick- 
 ness, and at the end of the campaign they appeared 
 as strong and courageous as ever. The attentions 
 they received had become so common that they were 
 not especially flattered ; indeed, so much of this was 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 187 
 
 bestowed after they had exerted themselves to the 
 utmost to do well, that they were exhausted in receiv- 
 ing it, and it often became a rather irksome addition 
 to their labours. There is an amount of attention that 
 serves as a stimulus, and, indeed, as a healthy support; 
 but when a certain limit is reached, every excess is 
 a burden. Popular men, and women as well, doubt- 
 less often suffer more from undue attentions than 
 unknown persons from a lack of notice. A wise 
 providence seems to balance our circumstances so as 
 to give to every man a penny. I think there were 
 many hopeful characteristics developed in the stu- 
 dents during both their American and European 
 campaigns. One was a desire to do their work well : 
 they generally fully realized how much depended 
 upon that. Another was a disposition to convince 
 people that the Freedmen could appreciate the efforts 
 put forth for their advancement, and that such efforts, 
 so far as they were concerned, had not been expended 
 in vain. They were also neat in their habits, and 
 careful in their use of language. I never heard an 
 immodest word from one of them, or observed an 
 impropriety of deportment in the intercourse between 
 the gentlemen and ladies of the party, during the two 
 years I was associated with them ; and this, I think, 
 is as much as could be said of any eleven young 
 people born out of slavery. The most of them were 
 careful of their clothing, and saving of money, while 
 
188 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 their great ambition seemed to be for advancement 
 in their studies. Few, if any of them, were content 
 with their attainments, and I think none of them 
 would knowingly do anything to weaken the con- 
 fidence of their many thousand generous friends. Mr. 
 White's singleness of purpose and rare taste was of 
 great assistance to them in almost every respect ; 
 while the counsels and care of Miss Gilbert, a 
 daughter of Dr. Gilbert of Fredonia, New York, were 
 of constant assistance in all matters pertaining to their 
 public life. The young men often mentioned in their 
 brief public addresses how very desirable it would be 
 to prepare the Freedmen for missionaries to Africa; 
 and the last time I heard Mr. Dickerson speak, he 
 gave the impression that he was about to enter upon 
 studies to fit himself for the work of a missionary in 
 that land. 
 
 " As to the closing work of the campaign," I con- 
 tinued, "it embraced work done in Wales and the 
 south of England. Mr. Halley and Miss Gilbert had 
 by this time so far recovered as to be enabled to 
 proceed with their labours, and the pressure of busi- 
 ness was more easily borne. Mr. J. B. Graham, of 
 Newport, in Monmouthshire, received us when we 
 came down from Birmingham, and the large Victoria 
 Hall was crowded to its utmost with people waiting 
 to welcome the singers. We had often heard it said 
 that the Welsh were not only exceedingly fond of 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 189 
 
 music, but filled with religious devotion as well ; and 
 what we experienced in Newport fully justified this 
 report. As we only proposed to visit four towns in 
 this Principality, we went from Newport to Swansea 
 for our next engagement. On our arrival we weie 
 honoured with much attention at the Maxwell Arms 
 Hotel, and received visits from prominent towns- 
 people. The audience at Swansea was very large, 
 and the interest awakened by the singers unusual. 
 During the intermission I made a statement of our 
 success and necessities, telling the people that we 
 wished to secure money for rooms. The chairman, 
 after endorsing our mission, walked down through 
 the audience and collected from one and another more 
 than sufficient for the furnishing of one, to bear the 
 name of Swansea. The weather was fine, and during 
 Saturday we visited Oystermouth Castle and other 
 places of interest. On Tuesday we were engaged at 
 Cardiff, where the Rev. D. Howell, of the Established 
 Church, had favoured me with assistance. In him we 
 found a representative of the genuine vicar. He 
 looked after the temporal as well as the spiritual 
 wants of his flock; and the kindness he manifested 
 to poor people calling on him for assistance com- 
 pletely won my heart. We were also indebted to 
 Mr. Jones, proprietor of a large book warehouse and 
 printing establishment, who did all in his power to 
 make our concert a success, and insisted on undertake 
 
190 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 ing the sale of our tickets gratis. Our concert was 
 given in the Temperance Town Chapel, where every 
 precaution had been taken to avoid a crush of people, 
 on account of the great demand for tickets. The 
 mayor took the chair, and at the intermission, the 
 audience being in a most generous mood, some one 
 proposed that boxes be passed to gather up contribu- 
 tions for a room to bear the name of Cardiff. A very 
 willing response was made, the collection amounting 
 to nearly enough for two. A concert was also given 
 at Merthyr Tydvil. 
 
 " If our engagements had allowed, there is reason 
 to believe that we might have secured a much larger 
 harvest among the very appreciative and kindly dis- 
 posed people of these towns. 
 
 "Mr. Samuel Budgett, of Bristol, a son of 'The 
 Successful Merchant,' the history of whose benevolent 
 acts is well known in America, had heard the students 
 in London. I had applied to him for co-operation 
 early in the winter, and most of the excellent arrange- 
 ments for this town were completed under his super- 
 vision. Leading citizens gave their patronage, and 
 the mayor promised to take the chair. As Mr. George 
 Muller's orphanage is situated on the Ashley Downs, 
 near Bristol, I had hoped that the students might get 
 some adequate idea of the method of his work, as a 
 suggestion to them during future labours. I therefore 
 made the acquaintance of Mr. Muller, and stated to him 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 191 
 
 the object of our enterprise. It was on the Sabbath, and 
 he had been preaching to a newly-established church. 
 I remember particularly the impression he made upon 
 me respecting his business capacity. I thought he 
 would have been as distinguished if he had been a 
 banker or merchant as he now was as a philanthropist. 
 His mind is very clear and well trained, and the steps 
 he takes in whatever he does are judiciously chosen. 
 When I saw the five massive stone buildings on a 
 hill overlooking a beautiful stretch of open country, 
 and observed the neatness and order of all their ap- 
 pointments, and learned the successive steps he pursued 
 in raising the money, purchasing the ground, and 
 putting up the buildings, one after another, till he had 
 made ample room for two thousand children, I under- 
 stood that his prayers were accompanied with superior 
 sagacity. He said to me that his object had been to 
 make it known how God answered prayer, and that 
 the five buildings were monuments of God's faithful- 
 ness ; that by them it could be seen that even in our 
 day God is a present help to aid in the accomplish- 
 ment of great things for Himself. Mr. Muller also told 
 me that the income of the orphanage during one year 
 equalled £50,000, or $250,000. Some days after this 
 interview Mrs. Muller wrote to me for the purpose of 
 furthering our wishes respecting a visit of the Jubilee 
 Singers, but other engagements prevented its fulfilment. 
 The Rev. Dr. Doudney had heard the singers in London 
 
192 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 and very kindly wrote an article in his own name, and 
 published it in one of the papers. He also took the 
 chair in the absence of the mayor at the Victoria 
 Rooms, the first night a concert was given in Clifton. 
 Mr. Cook, a young man in the employment of Mr. 
 Budgett, volunteered much service in furthering our 
 arrangements, and generous citizens subscribed money 
 for furnishing two rooms in the Jubilee Hall — one to 
 bear the name of Colston and the other Livingstone. 
 Our visit to Bristol was one replete with encouraging 
 circumstances, and the proceeds of the concerts large, 
 considering the size of the hall where they took place. 
 Although we had many generous promises of co-opera- 
 tion if we would visit other large towns in the west 
 of England, we only closed with the overtures made 
 by the citizens of Bath. Here Mr. Henry Denning, a 
 gentleman who devotes much time as a lay preacher 
 for the elevation of the masses, proffered his aid, and 
 on account of my illness assumed all the responsibility 
 of the work. After the concert, which was a pleasant 
 success, he kindly accompanied the students to the hot 
 springs and grounds made famous since the Roman 
 conquest. He also took us into the abbey church, 
 and devoted much attention to explaining the historic 
 incidents the city afforded. Here we saw a statue of 
 the world-renowned Beau Brum m ell. From Bath the 
 students went to London, to be again welcomed by Mr. 
 Spurgeon, according to arrangements made the summer 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 193 
 
 before. When they went forth they had little save 
 the blessings of the London people ; when they re- 
 turned they brought their sheaves with them. They 
 had commenced working for £6,000 ; they had re- 
 turned with nearly ten. Although the great preacher 
 had so many and varied duties, he did not forget his 
 promise of books for the Fisk University, but brought 
 his literary sheaves with him to the concert. Mr. 
 Blackshaw, his secretary, had consented a second time 
 to attend to the essential details of advertising, and 
 a second time the house was densely crowded. Many 
 well-known persons were present, among whom was 
 the Rev. Dr. Moffat, also the Rev. R. Balgarnie, of Scar- 
 borough. The programme was one of much interest, 
 and Mr. Spurgeon was happy, as he ever is, in hj« 
 remarks. During the intermission a large parce. 
 containing about twenty volumes of his sermons and 
 other works was brought to the platform, when Mr. 
 Spurgeon in a felicitous speech presented them to 
 the Fisk University. In accepting them on behalf of 
 that institution, I endeavoured to assure him and the 
 audience that we fully appreciated how much men 
 like Mr. Beecher and Mr. Spurgeon had to do with the 
 great success we had achieved, and how we should 
 ever remember with pleasure the way in which the 
 Prime Minister of Great Britain and the greatest 
 preacher of the nineteenth century had honoured the 
 
 humble endeavours of a few negro children, who were 
 
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194? The Singing Campaign. 
 
 labouring for the recovery of a people that had been 
 hated and wronged. Dr. Moffat, the veteran African 
 missionary, gave expression to great hopefulness that 
 the wonderful interest manifested in these coloured 
 people would result in lasting benefits ; and throughout 
 the entire evening there was a heartiness of interest 
 fitted to impress us with the thought that we were 
 experiencing a foretaste of the time when the ' Re- 
 deemed of the Lord shall return with singing unto 
 Zion.' The proceeds of the concert were considerably 
 in excess of the one given at the Tabernacle on a 
 former occasion ; while not only Mr. Spurgeon but 
 also his people have written their names very high in 
 the annals of the uprising of the Freedmen in America. 
 There were now only a few engagements to fulfil before 
 the farewell concert. Two of these were at Brighton, 
 where the students were to spend the Sabbath, and 
 sing in the great Dome on Monday and Wednesday. 
 Messrs. Albrighton and Beves had fully informed the 
 people of the students' cause and previous success. 
 The m&yor, Mr. Alderman Brigden, occupied the chair 
 on one of the evenings, and a large company of visitors 
 and friends at this extensive watering-place were pre- 
 sent, and appreciative. In the many full reports given 
 in the papers especial mention was made of Miss 
 Maggie Porter, whose rendering of, ■ If I were a voice,' 
 during the last weeks of our concerts, attracted much 
 attention. Another concert, and the only one I will 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 195 
 
 speak of, was given at Southampton, through the kind- 
 ness of the Rev. Septimus March, who had obtained 
 for us the use of the large lecture-hall at the Scientific 
 Institute, and had given his influence and labours to 
 awaken an interest among the people of his town. 
 As it not unfrequently happened, the crowd of people 
 was so great that long before the time announced for 
 opening they broke over the barriers in the entrance 
 of the building, causing much confusion among the 
 different classes of ticket-holders. The service, how- 
 ever, was in every way a success." 
 
 " But," inquired the doctor, " have you not failed to 
 tell me about a great number of towns where you 
 were well received, and of churches and individuals 
 who gave you assurances and money ? " 
 
 " To be sure," I said. " Sir Sidney Waterlow, Lord 
 Mayor of London, told me in 1873 that he would take 
 the chair if I would gather a public meeting for the 
 benefit of our mission ; while Mr. Alderman Lusk, 
 M.P., the present Lord Mayor, promised to preside on 
 one occasion, and would have done so had he not been 
 unexpectedly detained by a military banquet at the 
 Mansion House, held in honour of Sir Garnet Wolseley . 
 Many Sunday-schools gave money for the library, 
 while donations of books and pictures were frequent. 
 It has only been my purpose to mention some of the 
 more noteworthy events in the campaign ; and as I 
 now recall the honoured names associated with them 
 
196 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 they seem to span themselves above me like a galaxy 
 of stars. The Queen of Britain lends her ear, the 
 Prime Minister listens again and again with sympa- 
 thetic affection. Dukes and earls, lords and ladies, 
 stars of the first magnitude, are there. Members of Par- 
 liament by scores, mayors and councillors, dignitaries 
 of the Church, philosophers, scholars, philanthropists, 
 musicians, bankers, merchants, citizens, and a milky 
 way of millions of working people are all there, while 
 the Star of Bethlehem shines over them all — a firma- 
 ment that may indeed be a lasting inspiration to the 
 Black man as he seeks for advancement. We have 
 now come," I went on to say, " to the closing concert of 
 the campaign, at Exeter Hall, which yielded us greater 
 returns from the sale of tickets than any other given 
 in the country. It was the goal to which our eyes 
 had turned for many days. There were present the 
 Rev. Henry Allon, D.D., to whom the singers had 
 been especially commended before their departure 
 from America ; the Rev. Newman Hall, whose letter 
 in the New York Independent had proved of incalcu- 
 lable value, not only in overcoming prejudice in the 
 United States, but also in aiding us in raising funds ; 
 and (as was most becoming) the Right Hon. the Earl of 
 Shaftesbury, who presided on their first appearance in 
 London, was present and occupied the chair. 'We need 
 not characterize the singing,' says the English Inde- 
 penderd ; ' but, recalling the first appearance of the 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 197 
 
 singers after their arrival in England, we could 
 not but note that, although they must have been 
 well-nigh surfeited with applause, they are as natural 
 and unaffected now as at the beginning of the cam- 
 paign, while their execution seems to have gained in 
 precision.' 
 
 " At the interval between the two parts of the con- 
 cert Dr. Allon made a statement of the results of the 
 campaign, telling the audience that, in addition to 
 the amount needed for the construction of Jubilee 
 Hall, the singers had secured £400 by special dona- 
 tions, for furnishing students' dormitories at an average 
 cost of £10 each ; that £250 had been given towards 
 a library, and books by Mr. Gladstone, Dean Stanley, 
 Mr. Spurgeon, Thomas Nelson, and many others. 
 Members of the Society of Friends, through the efforts 
 of Mr. E. R Ransome, had contributed £231 for the 
 purchase of a set of philosophical apparatus, in ad- 
 dition to a donation of books. Hall had given to the 
 University an oil painting of Wilberforce ; Mr. Brad- 
 ford, the marine artist, a beautiful painting ; while Mr. 
 F. Havill the artist, had given two portraits in oil, one 
 of David Livingstone and the other of Mr. White, the 
 treasurer of the University, and was now at work on 
 a life-sized painting of the Jubilee Singers. Dr. Allon 
 concluded by giving an account of Che more prominent 
 events of the campaign, ending with commendations 
 and assurances fitted alike to sanction what we had 
 
198 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 done and to encourage the British people who had so 
 kindly aided us. 
 
 " Mr. Ransome, on behalf of the Society of Friends, 
 was present, bearing gifts ; and after a statement to the 
 effect that there were still two million persons held 
 in slavery by professing Christians, he introduced his 
 two little daughters, who, amid the hearty applause of 
 the audience, presented the singers with the £231 
 mentioned above. Mr. Holmes, in acknowledging the 
 gift, closed with the following words : — 
 
 " ' You have nobly responded to our appeal for 
 £6,000, and have given us £10,000, and we feel sure 
 the foundation of Jubilee Hall, which was laid last 
 spring with American greenbacks, will be capped with 
 British gold. (Laughter and cheers.) We hope in 
 that University a noble work will be accomplished. 
 We hope that we who live in the Southern States of 
 America will be able to prove to you that we are 
 worthy of the liberty which, through the influence of 
 good people and by the blessing of God, we now enjoy. 
 (Cheers.) We hope that men and women will be 
 educated there who shall go to Africa — that country 
 which has so long been in bondage and sin — and carry 
 the glad tidings, and tell the Africans that there is a God 
 for them. We ask you, as we leave you, that you will 
 remember us in yoflr sympathies and prayers to God, 
 that we may be successful in the work which we have 
 undertaken. By the assistance of the good people of 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 199 
 
 England and America, and by our own efforts, we 
 hope by the blessing of God to get, before many years, 
 even Africa to praise God and serve Him as you do. 
 (Applause.) 
 
 " At the close of the singing, which had been 
 received with expressions of continued interest, Lord 
 Shaftesbury said, — 
 
 " ( Before this meeting closes, you will, I am sure, 
 allow me to express to these young people the delight 
 with which you have received them in this country, 
 and the regret with which you part from them ; and 
 you will permit me also to express your deep sympathy 
 with all the sorrows they have undergone, and with 
 the success that, under the blessing of Almighty God, 
 they have been enabled to achieve. And now we can 
 do it with great comfort and free speech, as before wc 
 had a free heart, for our brethren in America; wc 
 have now wiped away the cursed reproach of slavery, 
 and we can now rejoice with them in wishing well foi 
 the advancement of the human race. As you listened 
 to the songs they sing did you observe the high, the 
 tender, hallowed sentiment that pervaded all that they 
 expressed ? Did you observe, in these people singing to 
 you the songs of their captivity, that the prayer came 
 from their hearts to God to keep them " from sinking 
 down " ? He has not only kept them from sinking 
 down, but raised thern in His mercy; and now they 
 stand before you fit to compete with the very best oJ 
 
200 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 all the human race. (Cheers.) See how, the moment 
 the pressure was removed, they have come forth and 
 have been the means not only of exalting themselves 
 but all their brethren who have been so long trodden 
 down in the lowest depths of human misery. It is a 
 glorious manifestation of moral virtue, and will teach 
 us, I hope, henceforward to know that there is no dis- 
 tinction of heart, although there may be distinction of 
 colour, and that God has made of one blood all the 
 nations of the whole world. (Cheers.) I assume, then, 
 that I may address these young people, and say to 
 them on your behalf, and on behalf of the whole king- 
 dom of England, that our affection and respect will 
 follow them wherever they go through all the period 
 of time ; and I pray Almighty God that we may all 
 join them in that blessed eternity, the hope of which 
 sustained them in all their sorrows and all their 
 despair.' (Loud applause.) 
 
 " The Doxology was sung by the entire assembly, 
 and Lord Shaftesbury, amid the cheers of the 
 audience, shook Lands with each of the singers as 
 they quitted the platform. 
 
 " And thus ended the Campaign for £10,000. The 
 students tarried in England a few weeks before leav- 
 ing for America, completing some arrangements for 
 themselves, and taking a kindly farewell of friends for 
 • vhom they had formed endearing attachments. With 
 the exception of Mr. Dickerson, who remained to study 
 
The Closing of the Campaign. 201 
 
 in Edinburgh, those whose homes were in Nashville 
 returned to the Fisk University in time to participate 
 in the commencement exercises. 
 
 " They were met at New York on their arrival by 
 General Clinton B. Fisk, the Rev. E. M. Cravath, and 
 Captain Stewart, officers of the Fisk University, who, to- 
 gether with the Rev. George Whipple and the Rev. M. E. 
 Strieby, corresponding secretaries of the American 
 Missionary Association, welcomed them home; while at 
 Nashville formal resolutions expressive of thanks for 
 the services rendered were adopted, and a copy of them 
 supplied to each of the members of the company. 
 
 M ' We have followed the singers,' said the trustees, 
 of the University, 'with feelings of the deepest in- 
 terest and sympathy, and have rejoiced in then 
 patient industry, their zeal, their devotion to their 
 great art, their purity and their humility, their grea>, 
 success, and the high honour they have achieved foj 
 themselves and for the people for whom they went 
 out. No one can estimate the vast amount of preju 
 dice against the race which has perished under the 
 spell of their marvellous music. Wherever they havt 
 gone they have proclaimed to the hearts of men in a 
 most effective way, and with unanswerable logic, th<; 
 brotherhood of the race.' 
 
 "That the blessings of this brotherhood may be 
 co-extensive with the human family, and that the in- 
 fluences for good promoted by the Jubilee Singers 
 
202 The Singing Campaign. 
 
 may increase till the last vestige of prejudice against 
 a people — ' Guilty of a skin not coloured like our 
 own' — is removed, and that Africa itself may rise 
 and shine, its light being come, — shall, with ever- 
 increasing faith, become the prayer of one who in the 
 'Singing Campaign' has been permitted to see 'the 
 ^lory and the coming of the Lord.' " 
 
 THE ENDt 
 
JUBILEE SOHGS. 
 
PEEFACE TO THE MUSIC. 
 
 In giving these melodies to the world in a tangible form, it seems 
 desirable to say a few words about them as judged from a musical 
 stand-point. It is certain that the critic stands completely disarmed 
 in their presence. He must not only recognize their immense power 
 over audiences which include many people of the highest culture, but, 
 if he be not thoroughly encased in prejudice, he must yield a tribute 
 of admiration on his own part, and acknowledge that these songs touch 
 a chord which the most consummate art fails to reach. Something of 
 this result is doubtless due to the singers as well as to their melodies. 
 The excellent rendering of the Jubilee Band is made more effective and 
 the interest is intensified by the comparison of their former state of 
 slavery and degradation with the present prospects and hopes of their 
 race, which crowd upon every listener's mind during the singing of 
 their songs. Yet the power is chiefly in the songs themselves, and 
 hence a brief analysis of them will be of interest. 
 
 Their origin is unique. They are never "composed" after the 
 manner of ordinary music, but spring into life, ready made, from the 
 white heat of religious fervor during some protracted meeting in 
 church or camp. They come from no musical cultivation whatever, 
 but are the simple, ecstatic utterances of wholly untutored minds. 
 From so unpromising a source we could reasonably expect only such 
 a mass of crudities as would be unendurable to the cultivated ear. On 
 the contrary, however, the cultivated listener confesses to a new charm, 
 and to a power never before felt, at least in its kind. What can we 
 infer from this but that the child-like, receptive minds of these unfor- 
 tunates were wrought upon with a true inspiration, and that this gift 
 was bestowed upon them by an ever-watchful Father, to quicken the 
 pulses of life, and to keep them from the state of hopeless apathy into 
 which they were in danger of falling. 
 
 A technical anal) sis of these melodies shows some interesting facts. 
 The first peculiarity that strikes the attention is in the rhythm. This 
 is often complicated, and sometimes strikingly original. But although 
 so new and strange, it is most remarkable that "these effects are so 
 extremely satisfactory. We see few cases of what theorists call mis-farm, 
 although the student of musical composition is likely to fall into that 
 error long after he has mastered the leading principles of the art. 
 
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 Another noticeable feature of the songs is the entire absence of 
 triple time, or three-part measure among them. The reason for this 
 is doubtless to be found in the beating of the foot and the swaying of 
 the body which are such frequent accompaniments of the singing. 
 These motions are in even measure, and in perfect time; and so it will 
 be found that however broken and seemingly irregular the movement 
 of the music, it is always capable of the most exact measurement. In 
 other words, its irregularities invariably conform to the "higher law '' 
 of the perfect rhythmic flow. 
 
 It is a coincidence worthy of note that more than half the melodies 
 in this collection are in the same scale as that in which Scottish music 
 is written; that is, with the fourth and seventh tones omitted. The fact 
 that the music of the ancient Greeks is also said to have been written 
 in this scale, suggests an interesting inquiry as to whether it may not 
 be a peculiar language of nature, or a simpler alphabet than the ordi- 
 nary diatonic scale, in which the uncultivated mind finds its easiest 
 expression. 
 
 The variety of forms presented in these songs is truly surprising, 
 when their origin is considered. This diversity is greater than the 
 listener would at first be likely to suppose. The frequent recurrence 
 of one particular effect, viz. : that given on the last syllable of the 
 word "chariot " in the first line of " Swing Low," conveys an impres- 
 sion of sameness which is not justified by the general structure of the 
 songs. The themes are quite as distinct and varied as in the case of 
 more pretentious compositions. 
 
 The public may feel assured that the music herein given is entirely 
 correct. It was taken down from the singing of the band, during 
 repeated interviews held for the purpose, and no line or phrase was 
 introduced that did not receive full indorsement from the singers. 
 Some of the phrases and turns in the melodies are so peculiar that the 
 listener might not unreasonably suppose them to be incapable of exact 
 representation by ordinary musical characters. It is found, however, 
 that they all submit to the laws of musical language, and if they are 
 sung or played exactly as written, all the characteristic effects will be 
 reproduced. 
 
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 chorus or refrain, which is to be rang after eacb verse. The return to this chorus 
 should be made without breaking the time. 
 
 In some of the versee the syllables do not correspond exactly to the notes in the 
 music. The adaptation is so easy that it was thought best to leave it to the Bkill of 
 the singer rather than to confuse the eye by too many notes. The music is in each 
 case carefully adapted to the first verse. Whatever changes may be necessary in 
 singing the remaining verses will be found to involve no difficulty. 
 
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 4 Oh, children, don't stay away. 
 
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 5. In that dreadful Judgment day. 
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 Cho. — O sinners, I love Jesus, &c. 
 
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 4. Gwine to meet my niassa Jesus, Sooner, &c. 
 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
 Go down, Moses, Ac. 
 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go; 
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 17. let us all from bondage flee, 
 
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 Let my people go. 
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 18. We need not always weep and moan, 
 
 Let my people go; 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Let my people go. 
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 Done with the sin and sorrow. — Cho. 
 
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 The foolish took no oil when the bridegroom cume. 
 
 Cho. — O Zion, &c. 
 
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 The foolish they kept knocking when the bridegroom came. 
 
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 King Jesus speaks and the chariot stops, 
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 The gospel highway must be trod, 
 No man can a hinder me. 
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 To ring those charming bell^. 
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 To ring those charming bells. 
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 3. Going to wear the starry crown sooner in the morning, &c. 
 
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 If sinners only would believe, Zion, Zion. — Chorus. 
 
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 3. In dark days of bondage to Jesus I prayed, 
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 Cho. — I'm troubled, &c. 
 
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INDEX TO MUSIC 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Pheface to the Music 205 
 
 A little more faitb in Jesus 260 
 
 Angels waiting at the door 271 
 
 Been a-listeuing 226 
 
 Children, you'll be called on 22-2 
 
 Children, we all shall be free 212 
 
 Come, let us all go down 233 
 
 Did dot old Pharaoh get lost ? 261 
 
 Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel 216 
 
 Farewell, my brother 264 
 
 From every Grave-yard 211 
 
 Getting ready to die '254 
 
 Give me Jesus 222 
 
 Go down, Moses 224 
 
 Go, chain the Lion down 256 
 
 Gwine to ride up in the Chariot 220 
 
 He arose 242 
 
 He's the Lily of the Valley 245 
 
 He's the Lord of Lords 230 
 
 I ain't going to die no more 253 
 
 I ain't got weary yet 969 
 
 I'll hear the Trumpet sound 218 j 
 
 I'm a-rolling 215 
 
 I'm a-travelling to the Grave 228 
 
 I'm going to live with Jesus 255 
 
 I'm so glad 237 
 
 I'm troubled in Mind 255 
 
 Inching along 268 
 
 In the River of Jordan 235 
 
 I've just come from the Fountain 219 
 
 Judgment-day is rolling round 231 
 
 Judgment will find you so 244 
 
 Keep me from sinking down 227 
 
 Keep your lamps trimmed and burning 272 
 
 Love-feast in Heaven 264 
 
 Many Thousand gone 228 
 
 March on 248 
 
 Mary and Martha 252 
 
 My good Lord's been here 259 
 
 My Ship is on the Ocean 247 
 
 My Way's cloudy 249 
 
 Nobody knows the Trouble 1 see 207 
 
 Oh ! holy Lord 239 
 
 Old Ship of Zion 2£4 
 
 O! let me get up 256 
 
 O, Redeemed 210 
 
 O 1 Sinner Man 258 
 
 Prepare us ... 246 
 
 Reign, O reign 251 
 
 Ride on, King Jesus 250 
 
 Rise, Mourners 218 
 
 Roll, Jordan, roll 213 
 
 Room enough 209 
 
 Run to Jesus 270 
 
 Save me, Lord, save me 243 
 
 Shine, shine 233 
 
 Steal away 229 
 
 Swing low, sweet Chariot 208 
 
 The General Roll 254 
 
 The Gospel Train 232 
 
 The Rocks and the Mountains 223 
 
 These are my Father's Children 250 
 
 There's a Meeting here tonight 266 
 
 The Ten Virgins 241 
 
 This Old Time Religion 240 
 
 Turn back Pharaoh's Army 214 
 
 We'll die in the Field 221 
 
 We'll stand the Storm 236 
 
 When Moses smote the Waters 257 
 
 When shall I get there 205 
 
 Westling Jacob 262 
 
 Zion's Children 238 
 
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION'S 
 WORK IN THE SOUTH, 
 
 is represented, in Christian Schools and in Churches, as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 CHARTERED INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia.— Number of 
 pupils, 240. Boarding accommodations for 150 students. 
 
 Berea Colleffe, Berea, Ky.— Number of pupils, 287. Boarding accommodations for 
 200 students. 
 
 Fi^k University, Nashville, Tenn.— Number of pupils, 390. Boarding accommoda- 
 tions for 100 students. 
 
 Atlanta University. Atlanta, Ga.— Number of pupils, 197. Boarding accommoda- 
 tions for 150 students. 
 
 Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.— Number of pupils, 198. Boarding accommoda- 
 tions for 100 students. 
 
 Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.— Number of pupils, 327. Boarding Accom- 
 modations for 100 students. 
 
 Straight University, New Orleans, La.— Number of pupils, 266. Boarding accom- 
 modations for 30students. 
 
 OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Williston Academv, Wilmington, N. C. 
 Avery Institute. Charleston, S. C. 
 Brewer Normal School, Greenwood, S.C. 
 Normal School, Andersonville, Ga. 
 Storrs School, Atlanta, Ga. 
 Lewis High School. Macon, Ga. 
 Beach Institute, Savannah, Ga. 
 Trinity School, Athens, Ala. 
 
 Barnes Institute, 
 
 Lincoln School, Marion, Ala. 
 Emerson Institute, Mobile, Ala. 
 Swayne School, Montgomery, Ala 
 Burrell School. Selma, Ala. 
 Howard School, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 La Moyne School, Memphis. Tenn. 
 Normal School, Lexington, Ky. 
 Union Academy, Columbus, Miss. 
 Galveston, Texas. 
 
 Total number of pupils enrolled, 8,978. Classified: Theological, 76; Medical, 12 ; 
 Law, 15 ; Collegiate, 46 ; Collegiate Preparatory, 231 j Normal, 1,392 ; Grammar, 
 1,580 ; Intermediate, 2,452 ; Primary, 3,292. Studying m two grades, 18. 
 
 The estimated number of pupils taught in 1874, by teachers who had been edu- 
 cated in the schools of the Association, was 64,000. 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 Number of Churches, 54 : Church Members. 3,277 ; Number of Scholars in Church 
 and Mission Sunday-schools, 9,605. 
 Number of Ministers, Missionaries, and Teachers, for 1874, 256, 
 
 E. M. CRAVATH, Field Secretary. 
 Rooms of the A. M. A., 56 Reade Street, 
 
 NEW YORK.