REV. AUGUSTUS SHEPARD 13 



pression which was characteristic of him, and 

 offered a prayer fervent and effective; the most 

 profound impression was made on his former 

 master, and he left him bathed in tears. 



^ While Augustus was pious and of a godly 

 life, his home life did much to shape him and 

 make him the man he was. He was never ad- 

 dicted to any vicious or filthy habit; and al- 

 though he had grace, he also had what we call 

 "grit,'' and whenever it became imperative, like 

 the Christ, the ^^lion" could be seen in him, as 

 well as the lamb. This was exhibited on one 

 occasion during the days of slavery, when he 

 was but eighteen years of age, when an inhu- 

 man overseer employed by Mr. Manly under- 

 took to brutally beat him into submission; with 

 all the force at his command, he resented it, 

 broke away from this cruel and inhuman over- 

 seer, and, like Paul ^^appealed to Caesar," he 

 appealed to his master; it was doubtless this 

 brave stand for justice and fair treatment that 

 gave him the exalted place he held in the es- 

 teem of Governor Manly. 



We have mentioned the devotion in which 

 Augustus was held by his parents and others of 

 Uie family. It is just to say that this esteem 



