Story of the Hutchinsons (tribe of Jesse) . - ofour calling. Here we found a true, radical spirit of reform, anti-slavery, temj^erance and womans equalit3\ I believethis the first college where a black man was recognizedas a brother and both women and men could be edu-cated and graduated together. Some eight hundredstudents and citizens gathered into the Tabernacle. Jud-sons remarks were well received, and the Iadical songswere loudly applauded. President Finney spoke in anapproving manner of them. These happy days we contrasted with the scourgingwe received at poor St. Louis, and so took cour
Story of the Hutchinsons (tribe of Jesse) . - ofour calling. Here we found a true, radical spirit of reform, anti-slavery, temj^erance and womans equalit3\ I believethis the first college where a black man was recognizedas a brother and both women and men could be edu-cated and graduated together. Some eight hundredstudents and citizens gathered into the Tabernacle. Jud-sons remarks were well received, and the Iadical songswere loudly applauded. President Finney spoke in anapproving manner of them. These happy days we contrasted with the scourgingwe received at poor St. Louis, and so took we met Miss Mary White, who was the soprano. THE TKIO OF BlIUTHERS — (p. 300) LIGHTS AXD SHADOWS. 301 of the choir — a lovely spirited ladj^ whose voice seemedto blend with ours like that of our dear Sister Abby,who was still away from the circle at her home in NewYork. So we consulted with Miss White about joiningwith us, but the son of President Finney gave an en-couraging word for loves sake, and we left them aloneto their love-making and passed on, a disappointed trio,back to Cleveland and took a steamboat to Painesville,for no Lake Shore Railroad was yet built. On July 4th we had a rather peculiar experience inPainesville. Arriving at the town on the precedingday, we found our old friends of the Baker Family alsothere. Soon after, we were waited upon by a committee-man named Steele, who desired to know if we wouldnot sing for the celebration of Independence Day, in abeautifnl grove near by. We declined. He wished usto set a price, but Ave refused to do that. We were just then feeling, as did many other Abo-litionists, t
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