Whereupon all members of the congregation are seated.
THE LECTIONARY
First Reading
On Being Br
William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner
THE GATHERING
Whereupon all members of the congregation are seated.
THE LECTIONARY
First Reading
On Being Brought from Africa to America
'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die." Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.
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