But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.

When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants.

The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is.