er she had frankly spoken her mind.

John found Richmond, which so long had held him in chains, fully
humbled, and her slave power utterly cast down. His wondering eyes gazed
until he was perfectly satisfied that it was the Lord's doings, and it
was marvellous in his eyes. He was more than ever resolved to get an
education, and go back to Virginia, to help teach his brethren who had
been so long denied the privilege. It was not long before he was at
Oberlin College, a faithful student, commanding the highest respect from
all the faculty for his good deportment and studious habits.

After advancing rapidly there, the way opened more fully to pursue his
studies with greater facilities and less expense at a college in one of
the Eastern States. He accepted the favors of friends who offered him
assistance, with a view of preparing him for a mission among the
freedmen, believing that he possessed in a high degree, the elements for
a useful worker, preacher, organizer and teacher. As the friends alluded
to, were about taking measures to start a college at Harper's Ferry,
especially for the benefit of the Freedmen, they anticipated making this
latitude the field of his future endeavors, at least for a time. Ere he
graduated in view of the fact that the harvest in the South so urgently
called for laborers, he was solicited to be an agent for the Storer
College,[A] and subsequently to enter upon a mission under the auspices
of the Free-Will Baptists, in Martinsburg, Virginia. For three or four
years he labored in this field with commendable zeal and acceptably,
gathering young and old in day and Sunday-schools, and also organizing
churches. By his constant labors his health became impaired; receiving a
call from a church in Providence, he accepted, not without knowing,
however, that his mission was to be left in faithful hands, to carry on
the good work.

[Footnote A: The appended extract from an official circular, issued by
the Board of Instruction of Storer College, will throw light upon this
Institution: STORER COLLEGE, HARPER'S FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA.

This Institution, deriving its name from John Storer, Esq., late of
Sanford, Me., who gave ten thousand dollars to aid in its establishment,
is located at Harper's Ferry, West Va., and has been chartered with full
powers by a special act of the Legislature. The Corporation has been
regularly organized, about thirty thousand dollars in money has been
obtained, a large tract of