ce, and burning
eloquence to quiet and win the most obstreperous mob.

It was quite easy for a man to be carried away by the irresistible
enthusiasm of the excited multitude, and think the rising of the
animal spirits the impulses of his better nature. But, for a man to be
moved from within, to feel the irresistible power of truth, to feel
that except he obeys the voice of his better nature he is arraigned by
conscience--though the whole world without is against him, such a man
is a hero, deserving of the gratitude and praise of the world.

There were heroes in the days of Anderson, and he was worthy of the
high place he held among them. He was possessed of genius of the
highest order. He appreciated the times in which he lived. He was
equal to the work of his generation, and did not shrink from any work
howsoever perilous. He worked between the sluggish conservatism of the
anti-slavery element on the one hand, and the violent, mobocratic
slave element on the other. Hence, the school of religious and
political sentiment to which he belonged had few disciples and
encountered many hardships. It was a desperate struggle between an
ignorant, self-seeking majority and an intelligent, self-sacrificing
minority. It often appears that vice has more votaries than virtue,
that might is greater than right, and that wrong has the right of way.
But in the light of reason, history, and philosophy, we see the
divinity of truth and the mortality of error. We look down upon the
great spiritual conflict going on in this world--in society and
government,--and seeing the mutations of fortune we think we see truth
worsted, and sound the funeral requiem of our fondest hopes, our most
cherished ideals.

But the mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly
fine. Time rewards the virtuous and patient. It was faith in God,
united with a superior hope, that gave him strength in the darkest
hours of the "irrepressible conflict."

He was a faithful and indefatigable worker; and the State Missionary
Society honored him by thrice choosing him as State Missionary. About
this time he became an active member of the "Underground Railroad."
His presence, bearing, and high character carried conviction. He made
men feel his superiority. He was, consequently, a safe counsellor and
a successful manager. He was soon elevated to an official position,
which he filled with honor and satisfaction. Many slaves were helped
to their freedom by his