With us, in British
Guiana, blacks and whites mingle together indiscriminately in the
worship of our common Father."
_Young Man._ (with amazement).--"There must be a a great change here
before it comes to that. It must appear very strange."
_Myself._--"Very much like heaven where they shall come together from
the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, &c. Why,
we have black deacons, who, at the celebration of the Lord's Supper,
carry the bread and wine, and give them even to white people."
_Young Man._ (with more astonishment than ever, and in a tone of
offended dignity).--"I don't think I could stand that--I don't! A great
change must take place in my feelings before I could. I don't like to
mingle Ham and Japhet together for my part--I don't!"
_Myself._--"Why, they were mingled together in the ark."
_Young Man._--"Yes; but old Noah quarrelled with Ham soon after he came
out, and cursed him."
_Myself._--"Granted; but you and your pastor profess to be anxious for
the slaves' conversion to God, and thereby to roll away the curse."
Here the dialogue ended.
In the evening I was desirous of hearing Dr.
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