efforts and advice. He was bold, yet discreet;
wise without pedantry; humble without religious affectation; firm
without harshness; kind without weakness.

The conflict between slavery and freedom grew hotter and hotter; and
the spirit of intolerance became more general. Anderson had proven
himself an able defender of human freedom and a formidable enemy to
slavery. But it _seemed_ as if his efforts in the great aggregate of
good were unavailing. His high hopes of educating his children were
blasted in the burning of Missionary Institute by a mob from Missouri.
It was evident that the slave power would leave no stone unturned in
order to accomplish their cowardly and inhuman designs. It was not
enough to destroy the only school where all races could be educated
together, to disturb the meetings of the few anti-slavery men who
dared to discuss a question that they believed involved the golden
rule and hence the well-being of the oppressed,--they put a price on
his head. He was to be hung to the first tree if caught upon the
sacred soil of Missouri. He was secretly, though closely watched. One
of his sons writes: "He took a deep interest in the Underground
Railroad in connection with a Mr. Turner and Vandorn of Quincy, and a
Mr. Hunter and Payne of Missionary Institute. These gentlemen, I
believe, with the exception of Mr. Payne, are alive and extensively
known in the North."

He was not lacking in the qualities of moral or physical bravery. He
could not be bought or bullied. He was unmovable when he felt he was
right. The bitterest assaults of his enemies only drove him nearer his
ideas, not from them. He might have lived and died in Quincy if he had
not greatly desired the education of his children, who were denied
such privileges in the destruction of the institute.

At this time intelligent, to say nothing of educated, ministers were
few and far between. St. Louis was blessed with an excellent minister
in the person of the Rev. Richard Anderson. He was a man of some
education, fine manners, good judgment, and deep piety; beloved and
respected by all classes both in and out of the church, white and
black. The Rev. Galusha Anderson, D.D., who pronounced the funeral
sermon over the remains of Richard Anderson, says he had the largest
funeral St. Louis ever witnessed. His servant, who had been an
attendant upon the ministrations of Richard Anderson, said mournfully,
when asked by the doctor if they missed him: "Ah, sir