I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.

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.

Good servants frequently make good masters.

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.

I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.

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