Oberlin: the colony and the college1833-1883 . ut any distinct anticipation when or howthe end was to come. Some of them were mechan-ics, of various crafts, and their friends furnishedthem the tools and materials for prosecuting theirbusiness. Two of them were printers, and a print-ing-office was soon established in the jail, and a papernamed the The Rescuer was issued. Five thou-sand copies of the first number were sent out, and itwas promised every alternate Monday. The twostudents in the group were furnished with books,and set themselves to the work of their from all parts
Oberlin: the colony and the college1833-1883 . ut any distinct anticipation when or howthe end was to come. Some of them were mechan-ics, of various crafts, and their friends furnishedthem the tools and materials for prosecuting theirbusiness. Two of them were printers, and a print-ing-office was soon established in the jail, and a papernamed the The Rescuer was issued. Five thou-sand copies of the first number were sent out, and itwas promised every alternate Monday. The twostudents in the group were furnished with books,and set themselves to the work of their from all parts of the land came to the jail,and letters of sympathy and funds to meet expensespoured in upon them. One of the most interesting occasions at the jailwas a visit of four hundred Sabbath-school chil-dren from Oberlin—the school of which Mr. Fitchhad been superintendent sixteen years. They wereinvited and entertained by the Sabbath-school ofthe Plymouth Church, Cleveland; then they filedinto the jail, filling all its corridors and open spaces,.
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