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JosiAH Henson, tlje original of Mrs. Beecher Stowe's " Uncle Tom," are pub- lished in the lielief that those who had, and many who had not, the opportunity of seeing Mr. Henson and his wife, whose portraits arc prefixed, will be glad to preserve this Memorial of their visit to Scotland. It is hoped, also, that the circulation of the book, especially in the United States of America and Canada, may serve a useful pur- pose, by showing how the people of Great Britain can love and honour a man of worth, whatever his country or his clime, and thus assist in removing the foolish prejudice to colour which still exists in some quarters, and which it may yet take years to destroy. riLAsaow, Mtiii, 1877. ^ ^ ^ / FAEEWBLL MEETING WITH UNCLE TOM.' TESTIMONIAL TO MR. AND MKS. HENSON. > ■»♦♦ < In the sumrner of 1876 the Rev Josiah Hcnson, the prototy})o of Mrs. Beecher Stowe's " Uncle Tom," came over from Canada to England to raise funds to clear off a mortgage which he had boon obliged to grunt over his farm in order to meet the costs of a lawsuit connected with the Dawn Educational Institute, incorporated now as the Wilberforce University. The required sum — about .£1000 — had been obtained, leaving a small sur- plus ; and Mr. Henson having come to Scotland in February, 1877, it was proposed, before he returned, to raise another large sum, as a present to Mr. Henson himself, in the evening of his long life. In Edinburgh and the East, which he first visited, £350 was raised, and it was believed that in Glasgow and the West a large amount would also be readily obtained. At a numerously attended meeting of influential citizens, held in the Religious Institution Rooms, Glasgow, on Monday, 19 th March — John Burns, Esq. of Castle Wemyss, in the chair, and which was addressed by Mr. Henson — a ^ committee was appointed to carry out the object ; and it was 6 intimatod that Mr. James A. Wcnloy, of the Bank of ScotUmil, Bt Vincent Phvce, had agreed to receive subscriptions. The committee was composed of the foUowing gentlemen -.-John Burns, James White, Sir Peter Coats, Alex. Allan, Bailie William Collins, and William Smeal. Following on the; meeting in the llcligious Institution Rooms, Mr. Hensou addressinl crowded audiences in the City liall and the Kibble Art Palace, Glasgow— capable, resi)ectivcly, of accommodating 3000 and 5000 persons. He likewise addressed meetings in Greenock, Paisley, and other towns, and preached Iq different churches, as lie had done elsewliere, while several friends gave subscriptions, which, with the proceeds of the meetings referred to, will be found noted in the lists api)ended to this" report. As the result of these efforts, combined with the proceeds of the efforts in Edinburgh and the East of Scotland, at a ftirewell meeting, held in the City Hall, (Masgow, on the evening of Fri.lay, 20tli April, 1877, a Testimonial was presented to "Uncle Tom," consisting of a cheque for .£7;)(», while, at the same time, a beautiful gold watch and chain, furnished by Messrs. Aird & Thomson, Buchanan Street, were given to Mrs. Heuson. The meeting took place at eight o'clock, and there was a numerous attendance of ladies and gentle- men. Mr. Alex. Allan, of the firm of James & Alex. Allan (proprietors of the Canadian line of steamers), occupied the chair, and on the right sat Mr. and Mrs. Henson. On and around the crowded platform were— Rev. Dr. Alex. Wallace, Rev. Dr. Jose])h Brown, Rev. J. Davis Bowden, Edinburgh ; Rev. Messrs. John M'Dermhl, Walter Roberts, J. M. Rae (Mary- hill), A. Andrew, Wm. Jetfrey, Wm. Miller (Lenzie), and Geo. Proudfoot ; Mr. Thomas Biggart (Dairy), Mr. Wm. Colquhoun (Luss), with Major and Mr. Robert Colquhoun ; Councillor William Brown; Messrs. James A. Wenley, William Kerr, William Crawford, A. S. 13. Colquhoun, James Thomson, James Wilson, George Mathieson, George Hay, George Macfarlane (of Macfarlane &, Huttou), J. R. MUler, George Macfarlane (of Geo. of Scotlauil, ptions. Tlie men : — John \U:iii, Bailie ution Rooms, e City Hall spectivcly, of ise addiessed and pi'caclied while several ceeds of the ists a]>])ended Hnbined with the East of [all,(rlasgo\v, jitiuionial was ue for £7;")0, ;h and chain, 1 Street, were eight o'clock, i and gentle- Alex. Allan pied the chair, >n and around Wallace, Rev. aburgh ; Rev. '.. Rae (Mary- izie), and Geo. m. Colqulioun n ; Councillor Villiam Kerr, lomson, James Macfarlane (of arlane (of Geo. Gray Macfarlane & Co.), Colin Brown, Andrew Aird, W. V. Hunter, James Hunter, John Robertson, W. T. M'Auslanr, and others. Apologies were received from Mr. George Burns, W«inyss House ; Mr. John Darns, of Castle Wemyss ; Mr. J. C. •Vhite,of CroHslet; Rev. Dr. Marshall Lang; Provost Orknc^y (Roiiesay); Rev. Robert Cameron, Rev. R. Niven (Maryhill), Mr. Thomas Ellis (Coatbridge), Mr. John Frew, Mr. Daniel Maonab, and Mr. Sanuiel Duncan, Young Men's Christian Association, Greenock. Tlu proceedings comuienc(;d with the singing of the Hundredth Rsalm led by the Ewing J'lace Evangelistic Choir, with Miss J3onar presiding as accompanist. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. M'Derraid, and a hymn from the choir, sung— as they always do — with admiraljle taste and effect, Mr. "Vm. Crawford read the names of the gentlemen from whom apologies liad been received. The CiiAiHMAN then said— The occasion of our meeting this evening is a very interesting om^ Our dear old friend. Uncle Tom, being now about to recross the Atlantic, after an absence of eleven months from his home in Canada, we have assembleo to-night to bid Mrs. Henson and him God-speed on their fiture journey through life, and to present them with substantial tokens of our esteem and affection. (Applause.) I am sure it will be gratifying to you to know that the object of Mr. Heason's visit to Great Britain has been most satisfiio- torily acconplished, and in a manner much beyond his expecta- tions. (Ajplause.) His reception in this country has indeed been most enthusiastic, and nowhere has he been more cor- ilially received than by the ]ieople of Scotland and the citizens of Glasgow. (Applause.) The thrilling story of his life, the hoirors of the slave system, his wonderful escape to the free soil of North America, and his subsequent history as a freedman and a minister of the Gospel, are of themselves sufficient to avaken the sympathy and the interest of e^ right-thinking man in this country; but I believe there is something over and above thiB to account for the hearty welcome our rcBpcctea friend has met with. My conviction is that, in showing such a deep interest in Uncle Tom, the people of this country have been desirous to give forth no uncertain sounc. rospectrng thoir detestation of slavery, and of their determination never to res satisfied till this fearful and horrid system is swept away fiom every part of the world. (Applause.) Africa is still groa..ing under its burden, but, thank God! the glorious light of the Gospel is now beginning to shine on the lake, and mourtams and valleys of that hitherto dark and benighted land. Wc have, indeed, good reason to hope that it, too, wil , at no distant day, be ransomed from this fearful bondage, and --hat to it we may have the joy and privilege of extending the CLnstian help implored in the well-known hymn— From GrccnlaniVs icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain. They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. (Applause.) 1 must not, however, forget the spcnal object for which we are this evening convened. I hav3 now the satisfaction (addressing Mr. Henson)-in name of tiis meeting and your numerous friends in Scotland-of asking your accept- ance of this cheque for £750-(loud applause)-and of assuring you that during the remainder of your life you shah have our warmest sympathy and earnest prayers. I trust you may have a safe and speedy passage across the Atlantic-that some y^rs of usefulness may still be in store for you-and that, vrhen God's wise purposes with you on earth are finished, you miy receive the joyful welcome-- Enter thou into the joy of tly T.nrd" ^E«nftwed applause.) ' The Rev. Mr. Bowden was then called upon to make tlr. ffl: )ur respected ihowing such country have ipecting their never to rest |)t away fi'oni Btill groaaing light of the [id niouitains (1 kind. Wo », will, at no e, and /hat to the CLristian spcnal object hav? now the )f tlis meeting ig your accept- ed of assuring shaV. have our ; you may have ,hat some years nd that, vrhen shed, you miy the joy of tly n to make tie presentation > Mrs. Henson, and, in so doing, said— Before proceeding to perform the very pleasing task which has bcou assigrioil to me, allow to exi)ress the very spcjcial and personal satisfaction I have in being present at this gatiiering to-night. Sitting hero, my tlujuglits have been going back over the past two or three months, and more es])Ocially to the occiision when I first met Mr. Hensoii in London in the month of October last. I may hei'c say that it was upon my invitation that Mr. Henson was inchu'od to come to Scotland. I met him then, as wo would say, casually, and he expressed a very strong desire, before leaving Britain — never, as he said, to return to it again — to see Hcotland, to visit some of its large cities, and to look upon its people. I at once invited him to come to Edinbi'.i.d;, offered him my own cluiroli to holii sonu; meetings in, with ih-^ cer- tainty that if he came he would be received most enthusias- tically, and liave expressions of sympathy on the part of the I)eople of Scotland (piite equal to what he had experienced in England. (Applause.) He arrived in Scotland on, I think, the 17th day of February. He held a meeting in my church, and such was the outburst of intei-est and sympatliy exjjressed that, while my obligation to him had been comi)l(!ted, Mr. Henson, at the close of the meeting, implored me to stand by him, for there were requests for visits from him coming from all quarters, and from Glasgow among the first ; and so it fell to my lot to arrange meetings for him in the East of Scotland, just as Mr. Crawford has been doing in Glasgow and the West. It has Ijeen a great delight to me to see how out of that small beginning there has been such a great result. But the people of Scotland have not been satisfied with merely man-'' sting their interest and symj^athy by attending crowded meetings to hear Mr. Henson's thrilling story ; they have given expression in a more substantial way of their interest in him, and sympathy with his work — (applause) — and not satisfied with manifesting their interest in Mi-. Henson himself, they have taken occasion to show theii" goodwill to Mrs. Henson !1 10 also. (Applause.) And I think thoro is a special (itnosa iu this. I ilon't know why it is that I have been asked to make this presentation to Mrs. H.'nson, unless from the circumstances that they lived four weeks in my house in K.linl.urf^h, and therefore I am perhaps better able than anyone present to testify— as I can, and hav<> the ,i,'reatest pl.-asure in d,)irig-to Mrs. Ilensoi.'s worth as a Ohristian lady. (Applause.) I have therefore, without further trespassing upon th(s time of this meeting, to present to you, Mrs. llenson, in the namci of Christian friends in Scotland, this tok.m (holding in his hand the gold watch and chain) of their interest in and .sympathy with you and your husban.l in tlus work in which you wen^ engaged in (!anada. The watch beat i]w following inscription: — ° rrewnited, as a token of respect, to Mr.s. Josiah Henson, along with a testimonial to her husband ("Uncle Tom"), in the City Hall, Glasgow, on 20tli April, 1877, previous to their departure for Canada, and as a souvenir of her visit to Scotland." (Applause.) I have to ask your acceptance oi this watch and chain in nanu« of Christian friends iu Scotland, and tc express, on their behalf and my own, our regard and sympathy with yon and your husband, and the carn(;st desire that He who holds the waters in the hollow of His hand n\ay take you and him safely to Canada, .uid that you may fo ba-ili: there stimulated and encouraged to carry on more ". •< '"jly than ever the good work in which you have been engaged. (ApT'laase.) M. Henson, who had risen to receive the testimonial, bowod i. I had tho liotMiir of putting my foot in Scotland. (Applause.) It has fiu ctceedfid my e.xpcctations ; and allow mo to say that what has been done has been a spoutau(>ous, a voluntary ellbrt, \ had no thought of spending more than a fortnight in Scotland ; but the manner in which I have been treated has been so far Iteyond anything I could have t'Xpeeted that I have been induced to prolong my stay. Now, Sir, I don't know that I co'.iM , to have the honour of standhig before a Uritish audience — (applause)— -whose minds and hearts are right upon what we in America call " ti.o goose (juestion." (Laughter.) That is one of tho greatest questions in America. If there is anything done good and noble, they call it " a grand thing upon the goose ques*;ion." (Laughter and applause.) This is ;■ goose question indeed, (llenewed laughter.) I look back trom whence I came, and see by tho eyes of my mind what you cannot see with your eyes, because you have not been there, and feel in my heart what you cannot feel, and I hope never will feel, and no one can feel it but the man who has had the iron through his own soul. (Applause.) A few years ago 1 was dragging the chains of oppression and groaning beneath the bondsman's burden, with not an eye to pity nor an arm to deliver, and could not tell which way the thing would ti but I looked steadfastly to God, and dc))ended u})on His wu. — at least as well as I understood it — (ai)plauso)— and now these dark clouds have all been dispersed and blown asunder, and I have the honour to-nicht of standing uiion British soil. 12 among British people, with British feelings, and a love of lil)orty. (Loud applause.) I wanted, Sir, when speaking to my friend, Mr. Bowden — I wanted to come to Scotland before I left for Canada, because I had a reason for it. It was not for noney— I did not know I was going to get any. (Laughter.) I did not think mucli about it; but I wanted to put my foot in Scotland, for when I was, as it were, between heaven and earth, and exposed to death, dragging through the wilderness with my dear little woman and four little children — when I had got to the extreme point and could get no farther, having reached the waters of Lake Erie, I knew not what to do. ] liid my wife and children in the wood, in the prairie bushes, and went out and exposed my life, because I could not do better. I lay in the woods and groaned till the groans of ray wife and children, who were starving with hunger, aroused my heart. I said — " Lord, I cannot bear this ; for if I lie here I must die. I can only die, and I am bound to try and save my wife and children." I went out, not knowing where I was going or what I should meet; but, as the Lord would have it, something was prepared for me, as something was prepared for Jonah. It was not a whale. (Laughter.) Well, what was it? It was a man with a heart in him as big as a great fat ox. (Laughter.) And he was not only a man but a Scotchman. (Applause.) I don't say this because I am among Scotch people now. I have written this some thirty-seven years ago, and you will find it in the history of my life written then ; so I am not making a specukition of it now. And I don't need to do that to have your affectionate sympathies and prayers, because I have got them already, and shall remember your kindness in all time coming, when I get home to my land where I expect to live and die. This man, a Scotchman, in the hour of trial, stepi)ed forward, took me by the hand, brought myself and family on board his vessel, and took us to Bufialo city. He asked me what I had to live on. I told him — "Three threepenny bits"— that is, about 18 cents in 13 md a love of n speaking to cotland before It was not for (Laughter.) ;o put my foot ;n heaven and the wilderness dren — when I arther, having vhat to do. 1 prairie bushes, could not do e groans of my er, aroused my if I lie here I y and save my ; where I was would have it, IS prepared for 1, what was it? L great fat ox. i a Scotchman, among Scotch !ven years ago, ritten then ; so d I don't need es and pi-ayers, [•emember your ne to my land )tchman, in the by the hand, il, and took us ive on. I told ut 18 cents in American coin. "Is that all you have got 1" "Yes; every cent," " "What are you going to do ?" " I will give you all I have got." " Well," he said, " never mind. You see those trees across the river there?" "Yes, Sir." " Well," says he, "you are not a man till you get there; but when you get there you stand a man." That good man helped me and my wife and children. Ho stood on the deck above me. " I am a poor man myself," he said, " and have a wife and four or five children. I wail this boat ; I am hired to do it, and am but a servant. If I had anything wortli while I would give you something to help you to buy some bread. I will pay your ferry over. Here is one dollar. Go away, then," he said, and, putting his hand on my head, added, " be a good fellow — won't you r I told him I would. (Applause.) I have nothing to brag about lay goodness ; but I iironiised him ; and T pron)ised the Lord before, that while I lived I would be a good man • that whatever took place — if I starved — I would be a o-ood man. I niiide up that in my mind ever since the Lord con- verted my soul ; and I hope I am a good man now, and that I shall live and die a good man— a straiglitforward man. I went to work in Canada. I toiled with my hands during the week for a livelihood and preached on the Sabbatli for a livinrr. (Laughter. ) I suppose you call a livelihood a living— (laughter) — but I toiled with my hands to make a living, and preached to live hereafter. (Applause.) I may tell you a few things about how I got on. I used to walk from twelve to fifteen miles on Sabbath on my feet, and preached twice and sometimes three times a day the best way I could. I could not read, Init then I could sing and talk a little, and kneel down and pi-ay with them, and would teach them to be honest, and upright, and frugal, and to serve God, and by and by tliey would be better. I preached "repentance toward God and fiith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." I ha].pen("d to say that to Archbishop Sumner in my interview with him when I visited London in ISal, and he said it was very good preaching. I used to go 14 ulmost naked. I went barefooted cvei7 day during the week, and on Saturday night got a pair of shoes tied with string, had them bhickened uj) a little, wrapped them in a cloth, and took them with me on Sabbath. I walked barefooted till I got m sight of the place where I was going to try to hold forth, when I put the shoes on. (Applause.) I put them on whon I came in sight of the houses or cabins, because God commands respect, and I think a minister ought to command respect— (hear, hear) --and be as good a looking man as any of the rest. (Laughter and applause.) I preached as well as T could ; if they gave me something to eat, I took it, and if they had nothing to give, I went home without it. (Renewed laughter and applause.) Frequently 1 was asked to stay all night, having nine or ten miles to go, but I would beg to be excused. " You had better stop," they would say ; " you are tired, aiid it will bo ten o)- eleven before you get home. Well, I would think the matter over, and would have been glad enough to have stayed, for I was tired, but I found I could not do so without dishonouring the cause' of Christ. My wife had tixed on my shirt collar— (laughter)— and put a white rag round my neck to make me hiok something like a minister. T would have been glad to have stayed, but if I had done so I would have been obliged to take off my coat, and how would I have been] (Laughter.) Sooner than I would dishonour the Lord that way, and let the p.^ople know I was so poor as not to have a shirt on, I would walk home, and get there at ten or eleven, and go to work next morning. Further details connected with his early experiences were given by Mr. Henson, including some particulars of his long journeys— extending to some hundreds of miles- to attend meetinus, his preaching every week night and twice on Sabbatli; and one incident illustrative of the prejudice against colour, and the hardships to which, on that account, he was subjected in Canada. In Hamilton the people .had raised money to pay his expenses to London by the stage, as the weather was cold ami storjviv He went to the stage office, paid for a seat, and wa« 15 luring the week, with string, had I cloth, and took ted till I got in hold forth, when on whon I came )ramau(ls respect, ect — (hear, hear) rest. (Laughter ; if they gave me lothing to give, I V and applause.) vin «- *" ^ j^, the Sfluare, on going forward, to my horror I found .v Tu, t. li lav cti n going on. Shall the people of tins land ever h^. frTnrkey) (Loud cries of "No.") That >s one thmg that se!* away for ever. Public sentiment will never allow .t. \ Ine.) Two flue jet-black Nubian boys were exi»sed for al ' he auctioneer w,>s expatiating on their good ,,uaht,es. AnkLrican friend who was with me asked me to hold h^ Mud sayin..-" I feel my blood tingling at the sight, and w 11 si* Mm unless you hold my hand." I felt "<""- ['^f.;:* indication. The boys were sold for £7.5 each to a Cu.lush i:. "Thank «od !■• said n,y friend, "that horrid system f shwery L, over in my country ;" .uul here yo" '-ve a l™g proof of it before you this evening. (.Vpplause. Theie are a few things I would like to know in connection «th our friend. I wlkUike to know the name of the Scotchman who was the onlTo give him the last push, after a terrible struggle for merty, into the land of freedom. There is notlnng more thri fn» in the whole of this book than the fact to winch "Und:Tom " referred in the outset of his address. He tells the whole story-how, after ^^--^'""^'"Y"^ 'if Zltl hiding in the woods by day and travelling by mght, lest the Ive-tanter. or the bloodhounds should be down upon them he ca-e at last to near the banks of Lake Ene, and then a progress seemed stopped. How was he to get across that Ctt. Itwasaspecial providence. A man with his schoonc was there, loading it with grain, and, as Uncle Tj '-Jf. his appearance, cried "Hallo "-■"' "-"^ ='^", ^ I" f^ "Yes Sir," was the reply; and as he approached, ate i^ weary march of six weeks, carrying two of his Uuldien 21 In 1866 I ^er saw flesh I the Helles- c passengers, ke Lazaretto. 1 collected iu itl a Turkish lid ever fight le thing that !ver allow it. 3 exposed for 3od qualities. i to hokl his iirht, and will uivering with to a Turkish lorrid system have a living I There are a ith our friend. 1 who was the } struggle for nothing more fact to which •ess. He tells X long weeks, night, lest the wn upon them, e, and then all et across that th his schooner ;le Tom " made n you workl" ,ched, after his ,f his children on his hack all the way for six hundred miles till the skin was raw to an extent almost equal to the size of the knapsack in which he bore them, no wonder he came up weary and crippling. " I'll give you a shilling an hour," said the man; but on seeing "Uncle Tom," ho added, "Oli, you can't work— you're cripi)leil," and ho was going to let him off; but "Uncle Tom" quickly replied, "Can't II" seized a bag of corn, followed the gang, coming and going, and wrought with a will. Then he got into conversation with a coloured man, one of the labourers, and asked him, "How far is it to Canada?" This coloui'ed brother, com))rehending the situation, answered, " Woidd you like to go to Canada?" "Yes, if I could get." "Then toll our Captain; he's a fine fellow." The Captain came, and all honour tu that nameless Scotchman who f^ave our friend the last push from the land of bondage into the land of freedom. (Loud applause.) I do regret I don't know his name. I wish I could get it. Be it ]\Lvcpherson or Living- stone, or Duncan Macdougall — (a laugh) — if living anywhere on the face of God's earth, God bless him ! But if not, ho will have his reward from that Saviour who at the last will say, " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." " Uncle Tom " has redeemed the pledge he gave the Scotchman that morning, when, having one more river to cross, and after receiving from him money to pay the ferryman. Green, the Captain put his hand on his head and said, " Be a good fellow, won't you 1 " " Uncle Tom " gave a pledge, which I will (^uote in his own words. " Yes," he said, " I'll use my freedom well ; I'll give my soul to God." He has i-edeemed that pledge to the Scotch- man, and he is here to show he has redeemed it both to God and man. " I'll use my freedom well." He has — has he not? He has used it well in this way, that he has endeavoured in Canada to educate and elevate his coloured brethren. He began at once to do this. On getting to the land of freedom he saw their degraded condition. He got schools erected, had 22 sawmills established, became a missionary preacher, and he has redeemed, all of you will aeace." (Loud applause.) The choir sang the hymn " Over There." Mr. Henson then came forward, and was received with re- newed applause. After mentioning that the name of the Scotchman who had so nuich befriended him in his elforts to reach Canada, was, to the best of his recollection, John Burns or Burnet, ho said he now rose to move a vote of thanks to theii- friend, Mr. William Crawford, who had so generously stood by him on the occasion of his visit to Glasgow and the West of Scotland, and had done so spontaneously ami volunta- rily. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. Wallace likewise proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Bowden, who had brought Mr. Henson to Scotland, and had charge of arranging his meetings in the East, where £330 had been raised in behalf of their -^ ar old friend. (Applause.) Mr. CuAWFORD, in acknowledging the compliment paid him, expressed how much he had valued the intercourse ho had enjoyed with Mr. Henson as a Christian man, upright, straight- forward, and anxious to do his best, bore testimony to the amiable qualities of Mrs. Henson, and how much both she and her husband had won the esteem of those who had met them, including some of the first people in Scotland, several of whom, by letter and personally, regretted that their stay had been so short. One gentleman had wished Mr. and Mrs. Henson to spend six weeks at his estate. A great deal had been said in reference to whether Mr. Henson was the real "Uncle Tom." In connection with the proof that he was so, Mr. Crawford referred to a musical performance of " Eva," given on a previous 25 e hotiso of \i8 iiso the lur city to- Lonl bless xipou thee, ouutenance ed with re- inio of the H efforts to Fohii Burna f thiinks to 1 generously ow ami tho iiul voluuta- hearty vote Henson to ill the East, old friend. it paid him, iirso ho had ght, straight- nony to the )oth she and 1 met them, ral of whom, had been so . Henson to been said in Uncle Tom." »Ir. Crawford on a previous ^ night in the Wellington Talaco, Soutli Side, in connection with the Foundry Boys' llcligiouH Society. Mr. Henson pr('si of Wednesday, (From the Dumfries and Gai.lonvax brANUAKu j April 25, 1S77.) Mn. H.NSOS ha.l n,a,te -P Ws ,mnd to make his ivceut ap poarance in Glasgow .„ l,i» la.t v^Uic 7-7- '"^;'^^:'^^ L a committee of gcntlcn.eu had heo„ f"™;'"; ^^^f;';;,^ endeavouv to persuade him to pay m a visit, and plied by t e ; taciou, impoitiiiiity of Mr. John Johnstone, mere tan, he at kst consented, and on Saturday forenoon he "^ - ;* arrived, becoming the guests of Mr. and Mi.. C"'^ ^°" »' Chapelmoiint. On Sabbath afternoon he F-ehed m L™e burn Street U.l>. Church. The ehnreh was completely filled Hill seats having to be placed up the aisle, the pulpi steps also being occupied. " Uncle Tom" was accompanied to the lit .V the Rev. Mr. Eae, the pastor of tlie congregaUon :„ conducted the other pai-ts of the service. -Uncle Ton although en the verge of fourscore and ten years, has a sur- Sy hale appearance, and a clear, distinct voice of eon- Ue"lle slreng". and which in -'- "fe-;" ^^w ,,e vigour of manhood ^^^J^^'^'^^. countrymen the imperishable tiuths ot len^io his text the Gospel invitation, "Come unto ^-'^^l ^^^t labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest -Matthew xtTs-from which he preachcl an able and impressive dis- course, in the course of which he said :— Ill^w me to refer you to some of my own experiences^ I offer you this because I know it will do you good. I remember what prayer has done, and I know -1-t prayer can do and will do. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, Z He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to preach deliverance to the captive, to open the prison doors of them that arc bound, and to proclaim 27 f Wednesday, iwn expei'iences. the acceptable year of the Lord-the universal salvation of all that believe in the blood and redemption of Jesus Christ. All ! I am so glad that it does not show any difference. Any who will qive their hearts to Christ may come. It was not preached so in the country where I lived some sixty or seventy years afro. It was a kind of one-sided, one-handed salvation. There was a salvation for all the whites, but none for the poor negro. None ! But when I grew a little older and thought for myself, and heard the first sermon that ever I heard preached in my life, I knew it had Jesus Christ in it. Christ had died for the sins of all men, and I only had to settle the question, I wond(;r if Christ died for me I The minister preached that Christ died for all men— yes, for the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the bond, the free— the poor negro dragging his chains might have a free soul and an enslaved body. The next thought I had was, I wonder if this is what my mother has always been praying for, that I might be brought to Christ. Poor little starving negro as I was. I wondered if Christ would save my little soul. The minister said that Jesus would bear the burden and the sins of the world on His shoulders on the cross ; there He hung, and bled, and groaned, and sighed, and died. He promised to rise again on the third day, and He did. He ascended up to God on high and led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto the sons of men, and the greatest gift He gave was His precious l)lood. I looked at the man. I looked through the door. My soul was so engrossed with the truth which I had never heard before. My heart was wound up. I always remember him, and today, my friends, I have the honour to stand before this congregation an example of amazing mercy, and the prayers of a dear old mother. Yes, and I think now, and ever have thought, that never will the prayei's of a faithfid mother or father go to the ground. They may not be answered in the way they expect, but God never forgets them. He never for- gets the prayers of some of your dear old mothers who have bended over you and wetted your cheeks with their tears. They m ill 28 are perhaps not answered yet, but they will be answered. God hears them and treasures them up. Yes, He treasures them up in the book of life. The minister's text was this — (Heb. ii. 9)—" We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." I remember the day, the time, the place, when and where I yielded up all that I had for Christ*, and then peace was brought to my soul, and I have walked in ways of peace and joy ever since. Can you say thati Well, if you cannot say it, you ought to. I was fifteen or sixteen when I heard the first sermon with Jesus in it. It was a sermon of free salvation to all. I thought of the prayers of my dear old mother who has gone long since to heaven. She lived the Christian's life, she died in the triumph of faith, and she has gone home to heaven, and I expect to go there by-and-by. I have thought what a l)lessed thing it will be that a few days and months will bring this glorious collection and selection around, when you and I will have the pleasure of mounting on the wings of the wind, and be escorted away to that place of rest above. And what a blessed thing it is to think of the friends we will meet there, and the societies we will be connected witli. I wish to impress on your mind the sacred congratulations which will take place when you go there. I don't say what will be your fate if you go anywhere else. Here we are divided from one another— some of our friends are on the briny ocean, and some sleep in the grave, but Christ invites us all to come to that place of rest, and I think by the eyes of my mind that I see thousands going to meet Him. I shall be there too. We shall meet there on the frontier of eternal rest. Oh ! what a morning it will be to see the mothera and daughters and sons and fathers meeting on the frontiers of glory, and hearing the congratulation—*' Good morning "—it will always be morning there—" Good morning, my mother." ♦' Good morning, my daughter." "Have you crossed over at 29 last?" "Which way did you comer' " I came by the way of the cross." Oh what a morning that will be ! To see your dear father clasping hands with his son, and the mother with her daughter on the frontiers of glory ! Mr. Henson addressed a monster meeting in the INTechanics' Hall, Dumfries, last night (Tuesday). Every part of tlu; hall was crowded, platform, aisles, and doorways ; and numbers of people had come in from Annaii, Kirkcudbright, and other places nearer and more remote, the audience including several of the county families. On Mr. Henson entering the hall, he was received with great cheering. INIrs. Henson was also on the platform. The chair was taken by Dr. Gilchrist, of the Crichton Royal Institution ; and among those present were— Mr. Maxwell, of Munches, ^Nlr. Starke, of Troqueer Tlolm, Mr. Starke, yr., and IMrs. Starke, Mrs. Da vies, Mrs. S. A damson, Rev. John Paton, Rev. Marshall N. Goold, Rev. John D. M'Kinnon, Rev, G. Rae, Rev. W. Graham, Rev. R. INt'Kenna, Rev. J. Strachan, Rev. J. Duff, Rev. W. Tiplady, Rev. T. Bowman, Rev. L. M'Pherson, Rev. Mr. Simpson (Crichton Institution), Mr. Boyd, Kinder House, Mr. Walter (h-ierson, Chapelmount, Mr. W. Grcgan, St. Christopher's, Mr. J. B. Milligan, Mr. James Rodger, Mr. John Johnstone, merchant, Mr. Johnston, Bank of Scotland, Mr. :M'Neillie, of Castlehill, Provost Gillies, :Mr. R. B. Carruthers, Mr. M'Dowall, Mr. J. Ewing, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Scott, INIr. W. F. Johnstone, Mr. Allan, inmmonger, &c. The Rev. Mr. Paton having ojtened the meeting with prayer, and the 100th Psalm, Mr. J. Rodger leading, having been sung, The Chairman said : Ladies and Gentlemen, — I know that you expect me to say nothing, or next to nothing, on this occasion, and I need not certainly waste your time in explain- ing to you the object of this meeting, as you are all acquainted with it equally with myself. It is a trite observation that man never chanoea. Like many o*^^her trite observations, it has a 30 Ik iM .00(1 deal of truth in it; and if we look at what is going on around us in this nineteenth century, wc, cannot fail to see that the truth of the observation is pretty well confirmed. We see that confirmation, for example, in the slavery that still exists in Africa, and in the M-ar which we are anticipating in the East, a war whose results we cannot divine. I. is, however, an equally trite observation that man is changeable pro- gressive, and never stands still. There is probably more truth hi this than in the former observation. At all events, if we hike an extended view of man's history from the creation, 1 think we will come very confidently to the conclusion that man i. a creature of change .ml progression ; and if we consult an Old Book-which we ought all to know- we shall certaudy find that, from beginning to end, it is sim,.ly a proof that he is progressive. It is very remarkable, too, I think, that the very last book of that " Book of books " is a witness to the whole subject, continuing the history of man's progress from time into the future eternity, where he is to attain to a perfect develop- ment. Now, a great many people in the present day tell us that this development or progression of man can be accomplished through education, or science, or civilization. But it appeal^ to me that science, civilization, and education merely furnisli men with knowledge, or the means of acquiring it^ Know- lecde, no doubt, is a great thing-a great power. But, after an science-which is the knowledge of Nature-only puts certain tools into man's hand, and we still want to get the art of using these tools aright. If we look l>ack to the garden oi Eden we shall find that this was precisely the error that man at first made in supposing that knowledge was everything. Eve wanted to acquire knowledge, thinking that with know- ledcre all else would be within her reach. But the truth 's, she crained nothing by the knowledge which she got, and lost much hideed by the w^y she took to acquire it. What she wanted to mnke the knowledge useful was a something which would enable her to apply it. Now I come, very briefly, to my con- I 31 J going ou to see that We see still exists m<* in the , however, eahle, pro- more truth 3nts, if we creation, I in that man consult an 11 cortahily f that he is lat the very tlu-' whole m time into ct dcvelo])- day tell ns :coin})lished . it appears •ely furnish it. Know- But, after —only puts nret the art e oarden of ir that man everything, with know- truth 's, she id lost nuich she wanteil vhich would to niv con- clusion—namely, that in order to apply this knowledge which education, ocience, and civilization give us, we want the in- clination and the power to apply it rightly, for the mere knowledge of good and evil, as shown by the history of Fuve, and of all the evil, is not suflicicnt. Now there is nothing that can direct \is to where we may get that inclination and that power except that Old Book I have named— the Bible. I have made these observations because 1 think they are naturally su<'c'ested by the object of this meeting ; and I conclude by simply turning to the best living evidence that I know of the truth of what I have said, and whom I am hajjpy to recognise and present to you as our Christian brother. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Henson, who was loudly cheered, in the opening part of his address said: There has been so much said and written about me, so much read about me, and so many things thought about me, that I did not know that I could do better than come and let you see me. (Laughter and ai)plause.) It has been spread abroad that " ' Uncle Tom' is comiug," and that is what has brought you here. Now allow mo to say that my name is not Tom, and never was Tom, and that I do not want to have any other name inserted in the newspapers for me than my own. My name is Josiah Henson, always was, and always will be. I never change my colours. (Loud laughter.) I would not if T could, and I could not if I would. (Bene wed laughter.) Well, inquiry in the minds of some has led to a deal of inquiry on the part of others. You have read and heard some persons say that " ' Uncle Tom' was dead, and how can he be here 1 It is an imposition, that is being practised on us." Some people in this town have said so. Very well, I do not blame you for saying that. I do not think you are to blame. A great many have come to me in this country and asked me if I was not dead. (Laughter.) Says I, " Dead? " Says he, " Yes. I heard you were dead, and read you were." " Well," says I, " I heard so too, but I never believed it yet. (Laughter.) I tliought in all probsibility I would have found it out as soon as 32 anybody else." (Laughter.) Well, now, to remove this difficulty, if it exist in your minds. As a matter of course it is not a very pleasant thing to me to hear that I am traversing the country and practising an imposition upon the people. No, it is not pleasant; and the only way I have to meet it is to say that when people have this doubt upon their minds it shows me they ain't well read, or have for- gotten what they have read, if they have ever read at all. (Laughter.) They have forgotten that Mrs. Stowe's " Uncle Tom's Cabin " is a novel ; and it must have seemed a glorious finish to that novel that she should kill her hero— a glorious finish. Now you get the Key to " Uncle Tom's Cabin"— you can buy it for about sixpence, fifteen or sixteen cents— and you commence and read it. I see iliat gentleman along there setting it down. [Referring to our reporter.] That is all right. (Laughter.) I see you. (Laughter.) Well you com- mence at the^37th chapter and read up to the 57th chapter of the " Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," and I think you will there see me. (Laughter and applause.) You remember that when this novel of Mrs. Stowe came out, it shook the foundations of this world. It shook Americans almost out of their shoes, and out of their shirts. (Laughter.) It left some of them on the sandbar barefooted and scratching their heads, without know- ing where to go, or what to do or say. However they came to the conclusion to say that the whole thing was a fabrication, a false- hood, and a lie ; and they accused her of writing it, and they demanded of her a clue or key to the novel she had written, the exposure she had made, and the libel she had fixed on the United States. And so, as she was in duty bound to give some- thing, she, I think in 1853, brought out the "Key," between you and she, and in that she si)oke of me, and in that way set the negro free. (Laughter and applause.) I am not a Robert Burns— (laughter)— but that is a fact. (Applause.) ^ You will find in tl'.at " Key " of me, the position which I held in relation to her work. They said there were never any such things per- *l smove this jf course it that I am 1 upon the ay I have loubt upon • have for- ead at all. 3's " Uncle a j;ioriou3 —a glorious ibin " — you ;s — and you ilong there That is all 3II you com- li chapter of u will there ■ that when foundations their shoes, of them on thout know- r came to the tion, a false- it, and they written, the ixed on the o give sonie- y> between hat way set ot a Robert ) You will d in relation I things per- 33 potrated on the negroes ; never any negroes so atfiictetl, iind that the book was a libel on the people of the United States • and when she took to this "Key," she told them where they would find a man called Josiali Henson. She gave me a great name and said I was a venerable fellow, in which she was not much mistaken, for I was an old man, to be found in Canada West, labouring there as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ preaching to the fugitive slaves, encouraging the cause of educa- tion, and building up the poor aiflicted race of negroes. (Applause.) Josiah Henson, then, is my name. I am not responsible for anything written in Mrs. Stowe's novel, but only for what she wrote about me. You can find that where- ever I have been T have never changed my predilections of colours— (laughter)— for mine is a good substantial, fast colour —(laughter and cheers) — one of the best in the world, and the ladies all love it, for they like to dress in black. (Laughter.) I have nothing but the truth, the whole truth, and my man- hood ; and they who don't like that may let me alone. I am not ashamed to shov/ my face, and never did anything that I am ashamed of. Do you suppose that such men as Samuel Crossley, Samuel Morley, George Sturge, the Earl of Shaftes- bury, Earl Cray, Baptist Noel, and others who have honoured me with their friendship and given me their pulpits, would be deceived by me, or that 1, by falsifying one of the highest principles in this world, would jiractise an imposition on my friends? Never! never! (Cheers.) Too much of a man for that, even though I am a black man. Mr. Henson then pro- ceeded to tell the story of his life. He concluded by thanking them for their patient hearing, and by singing the slave hymn of parting, the audience taking the chorus "Glory, glory, hallelujah, freedom reigns to-day," ahjrjn, which after Lincoln's T proclamation received new words, " John Brown," and a quicker ttime, for the negroes wer^ then made happy from their heads to their heels — he boundint^ smd lieaisiing as he rendered a stave i 34 . I< of the joyous strain, the immense audience cheering him to the echo. Mr. Maxwell, of Mimchos, said : Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,— I have been most unexpectedly asked to take part on this very interesting occasion. 1 have attended many meetings in Dumfries, of various kinds, but I can honestly say, and with perfect confidence, that I never witnessed so large a meeting as this within the walls of this ancient burgh. (Cheers.) I do not wonder that so vast an assemblage should have come here, and I am sure none of you will wonder at it after what you have just seen and heard. (Cheers.) Wo have this night had an opportunity of seeing and listening to one who is older, I presume, than almost any other person in Dumfries, address us for two hours and a half— (cheers)— and who is ready, evidently, to address us for two hours longer— (cheers) —and whom I would have been delighted to have listened longer to, giving us more and more of his interesting history. (Cheers.) Let me urge you, however, to buy his book, and so have amplified the account of his life which you have just been hearinc^. We have hoard the address of a man who has seen more and knows more from practical experience of the hoirors and miseries of slavery than any man alive, and who can show you what a spirit there is, and what a heart there is, in those fellow-beings who have been looked down upon so much and despised. (Cheers.) We have heard much which we may benefit by. I have now to ask you to award a vote of thanks to Mr, Henson. (Cheers.) You have already shown by your cheers that you will do so most heartily. (Cheers.) I trust that he may safely return to his own country, and be spared many days to see that district, in which he has made his home and where he is resolved to end his life, prosper and succeed ; for you know that it is because of his desire to promote the prosperity of that district that he has come among us here, and is now with us. (Cb.eers.) In his address there were frequent references to a subject which must have come liome to the I 35 him to the Ladies and sd to take tided many Diicstly say, so large a . (Cheers.) liave come after wliat 3 this night lio is older, ies, address is ready, leers) — and L longer to, (Cheers.) ,nd so have e just been 10 has seen the hoiTors 10 can show is, in those ) much and ich we may e of thanks wn by your s.) I trust 1 be spared ie his home nd succeed; promote the us here, and ^ere freouent home to the nearts of many — I mean the benefit which he derived from his mother's tender care for his immortiil interests ; and when we bear that great regard wliicli ho has for his niotlior in mind, you will the more readily join to the vote of thanks to himself an expression of the satisfaction we have felt in the circum- stance that he is to-night accompanied here by his better-half. (Cheers.) Mr. Starke, yr., said : Ladies and Gentlemen, — T have been asked, and rise with the greatest pleasure to propose our cordial thanks to the Chairman for presiding here this evening. (Applause.) I am sure that we in Dumfries and neighbour- hood owe Dr. Gilchrist a debt of gratitude for his kindness in forsaking his professional duties and being with us to-night. We have to-night had an opportunity of seeing and heaving one whom we have long known most intimately, and long clierished in our hearts — one whom we have longed to see in the flesh, and hcf r from his own lips the story of his life, and those sentiments of liberty which he has expressed, and which are the sentiments of the race he represents. (Cheers.) The negro race I know something about — [Mr. Starke was formerly a judge in Jamaica] — and I can assure you their hearts are full of the sentiments of independence and liberty. (Cheers.) They are as fond of liberty and independence as wo Scotchmen are. But unfortunately theii- lot in life has been one of slavery. There have been good slave-masters, but they have been the exception. I am proud to think that Uncle Tom has had the opportunity of seeing the good town of Dumfries, the Queen of the South ; and he will well know the jiroverb of his race, and appreciate its use on this occasion — ** Come see me is nothing ; come live with me is something." The blessing was then pronounced, and the interesting meeting terminated. On Wednesday (Iho day after the meeting) Mr. and Mrs Henson left Dumfries for Liverpool, from which, on the after- 36 noon of Thursday, they sailed for Boston on board the Canard steamship China. They were accompanied from Dumfries to Liverpool by Mr. William Ci-awford, Glasgow, with whom, and with Mr. Lobb, of Loudon, editor of '' Uncle Tom's Story of his Life," who met them at Liverpool, they had some pleasant but aftecting intercourse ere they bade what, iu all probability, will l)e their final farewell to Britain. During his sojourn in the West of Scotland, Mr. Henson, as already indicated, visited several of the towns adjacent to Glasgo\\ , where he was the guest of a number of well-known philanthropic gentlemen, who showed him and INIrs. Henson every possible kindness, being forward through him to evince their sympathy with a long-oppressed race, and to lecognise in him, though of a different colour, a brother man, endowed with more than ordinary [)owers both of mind and body, and who, as the prototype of the hero of Mrs. Stowo's tale, and on account of his own thrilling story of his experience, was an object of such deep interest. Mr. Henson stayed — at Paisley, with Sir Peter Coats, of Woodsidc ; at Dumbarton, with James White, Esq., of Overtoun ; at Helensburgh, with John Ure, Esq., of Cairndhu ; at Gi-eenock, with Provost Lyle ; at Wemyss Bay, with John Burns, Esq., of Castle Wemyss; at Rothesay, with Provost Oi-kney ; at Coatbridge, with Thomas Ellis, Esq., of the North British Iron Works ; at Lenzie, with the Rev. William Miller, of Union Church ; and at Dumfries, with Walter Griersou, Esq., of Chapelmount. i| i! lio Canard iimfrics to vliom, and s Story of lo pleasant roljability, rienson, as djaccnt to i^cU-known s. Henson 1 to evince cognise in lowed with and who, on account L object of r, with Sir ics White, e, Esq., of myss Bay, lesay, with s, Esq., of I the Rev. fries, with TESTIMONIAL FUND Til rili: j Rev. JOSIAH HENSON, "UNCLE TOM." SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PROCEEDS OF MEETINGS. KDINHI'HCH - Troceoils of Subscrijitions and Meeting, - - i'MHO Paisley Sunsfitin-ioNH. Glasgow St'iiscnir •lON.S. Allan, MrH. Alexander, ■ £20 Allan, Alexander, r» lUirns, I\li'8. George, - 5 Burns, John, r, ]5urnley, Wni. F., rj (: Collins, Bailie, - 5 (1 Findlay, Junieg, - ■^ Kerr, AVilliani, - .') 1) Hniitli, George & Sons, r. 1) i'- ■) Smeal, William, 2 •> Mitchell, James, 2 White, J. C, • 2 () Scott, Bailie, 1 1 Bro'.vu, Rev. Dr. Joseiih, - 1 Brown, Jolin, 1 Brown, William, Councillc r 1 Crombie, A., - t Hannay, A., I Miller, J. K., - 1 Robertson, John, 1 Thomson, James, 1 Wenley, J. A., - 1 Glasuow, Proceeds of Meetings . Two greetings in City Hall and one in Kibble, - 161 John Street U.P. Church, ■ 20 <> ;5 East Campbell Street U.P. Church, . . . . 20 0- Free St. Paul's Church, • 16 Crown Street Singing Class !, 14 Barony Free Church, - 11 Dennistoun U.P. Church, ■ 8 la y Clark & (;o., - • - £20 Coats, J. & P., . 20 Coats, Sir Peter, r> Palsley— Proceeds of Meeting, IS 12 fi Gkelnock— Proceeds of Electing, ■ JO 12 Ci DUMFUIES - Proceeds of Meeting, :>\ ;? COATB II 1 1 k; E S U liMCUI PTION— Ellis, Thomas, ') ('OATiilUl)GE— Proceeds of Meeting, Young Men's Christian Union, 20 HEI.E.VSliUUCH SUBSCHIPTION.- n Presented to I\Irs. Henson by a few friends, per John Ure, Escj., iJ") :\lillar, Hugh, M,D., - 1 Breingan, John, 1 lAI'iAIicking, Thomas, - - 10 Helensburgh— Proceeds of Two I^Ieetings, 28 7 10 KOTHESAY— Proceeds of Meeting, - 25 18 11 Len/.ie — Proceeds of Meetiui^', Union Church, - - 18 Dumbarton Subscription— Mrs. Jamea White, of Overtoun, - - - 10 Dumbarton— Proceeds of Meeting, - 12 2 WEMY.S3 Bay- Skelmorlie Church, - 8 14