He left England in early life, along with his pa-
rents, who, having imbibed favourable sentiments
of America, had bidden a final farewell to their
native land. In the recollection of this friend, I
have often thought that the general tenor of his
life and conversation, possessed as much of what
I should call sterling Christianity, as I have ever
observed in any other man. In him were seen the
innocence and simplicity of a child, although he
was a man of considerable literary attainments and
reputation in the world. Through life he had
been an active and able advocate of the enslaved
Africans; and, though not backward in giving a
sentiment on the passing public transactions of the
day, he was far from being a busy-body in matters
of this kind; and such was the religious subjection
into which his mind was brought, that, in lamenting
or approving the measures of those in authority,
it was done with a meekness and calmness, which
evinced that he was biassed by no narrow, party
spirit in the observations he made; but that they
were the effusions of a heart which felt and
cared for all. Being an industrious man, and suc-
cessful in business, he had the means, as well as
the inclination, of serving his friends and strangers.
Frequent opportunities of the latter offered in this
city, where emigrants from almost every nation
in Europe, are often arriving.