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such apologue; and, lastly, I related to them a 

 portion of the life of Christ, and explained to them 

 the object of his death and sufferings. The latter 

 part of my service always seemed to interest them 

 greatly; but, indeed, they behaved throughout 

 with much attention. Unluckily, the head driver, 

 who was one of the most zealous of my disciples, 

 never could repeat the responses of the Litany 

 without an appeal to myself, and always made a 

 point of saying — " Good Lord, deliver us; yes, 

 sir !" and made me a low bow : and one day when 

 I was describing the wonderful precocity of Christ's 

 understanding, as evidenced by his interview with 

 the doctors in the temple, while but a child, the 

 head driver thought fit to interrupt me with — 

 " Beg massa pardon, but want know one ting as 

 puzzle me. Massa say ' the child,' and me want 

 know, massa, one ting much ; was Jesus Christ a 

 boy or a girl?" Like my friend the Moravian, at 

 Mesopotamia, I cannot boast of any increased 

 audience ; and if the negroes will not come to hear 

 massa, I have little hope of their giving up their 

 time to hear Dr. Pope, who inspires them with no 

 interest, and can exert no authority. Indeed, I am 

 afraid that I am indebted for the chief part of my 

 present auditory to my quality of massa rather than 

 that of priest ; and when I ask any of them why 

 they did not come to prayers on the preceding 

 Sunday, their excuse is always coupled with an 

 assurance, that they wished very much to come, 



