I regret that space does not permit me to copy her discussion with the Rev. Mr. McDowell on Presbyterianism; her answers to the questions given her when arraigned before the Sessions for having left the Church; her conversation on Orthodoxy with some Hicksites who called on her, and her arguments on silent worship.  They all show remarkable reasoning power, great lucidity of thought, and great faculty of expression for so young a woman.

But, interesting as is the whole history of Angelina’s last year in Charleston, I may not dwell longer upon it, but hasten towards that period when the reason for all this mental and spiritual preparation was made manifest in the work in which she became as a “light upon the hill top,” and, which, as long as it lasted, filled the measure of her desires full to the brim.

As it is important to show just what her views and feelings about slavery were at this time, and as they can be better narrated in her own words than in mine, I shall quote from her diary and a few letters all that relates to the subject.

In May, 1829, we find this short sentence in her diary:—­

“May it not be laid down as an axiom, that that system must be radically wrong which can only be supported by transgressing the laws of God.”

“3d Mo. 20th.  Could I think I was in the least advancing the glory of God by staying here, I think I would be satisfied, but I am doing nothing.  Though ’the fields are white for harvest, yet am I standing idle in the market place.’  I am often tempted to ask, Why am I kept in such a situation, a poor unworthy worm, feeding on luxuries my soul abhors, tended by slaves, who (I think) I would rather serve than be served by, and whose bondage I deeply deplore?  Oh! why am I kept in Carolina?  But the answer seems to be:  ’I have set thee as a sign to the people.’  Lord, give me patience to stand still.”

“29th.  At times slavery is a heavy burden to my heart.  Last night I was led to speak of this subject, of all others the sorest on which to touch a Carolinian.  The depravity of slaves was spoken of with contempt, and one said they were fitted to hold no other place than the one they do.  I asked what had made them so depraved?  Was it not because of their degraded situations, and was it not white people who had placed them and kept them in this situation, and were they not to blame for it?  Was it not a fact that the minds of slaves were totally uncultivated, and their souls no more cared for by their owners than if they had none?  Was it not true that, in order to restrain them from vice, coercion was employed instead of the moral restraint which, if proper instruction had been given them, would have guarded them against evil?  ‘I wish,’ exclaimed one, ’that you would never speak on the subject.’  ‘And why?’ I asked.  ’Because you speak in such a serious way,’ she replied.  ‘Truth cuts deep into the heart,’ I said, and this is no doubt the reason why no one likes to hear me express my