The Anti-Slavery Alphabet
Listen, little children, all, Listen to our earnest call: You are very young, 'tis true, But there's much that you can do. Even you can plead with men That they buy not slaves again, And that those they have may be Quickly set at liberty. They may hearken what _you_ say, Though from _us_ they turn away. Sometimes, when from school you walk, You can with your playmates talk, Tell them of the slave child's fate, Motherless and desolate. And you can refuse to take Candy, sweetmeat, pie or cake, Saying "no"--unless 'tis free-- "The slave shall not work for me." Thus, dear little children, each May some useful lesson teach;
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. THE MILLER'S WIFE OF ERBISDORF
II. THE FAMILY AT HOME
III. PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES
IV. THE ENEMY BEFORE THE TOWN
V. THE SOWER OF TARES
VI. THE SECOND ASSAULT
VII. CONRAD UNDER THE WINDOW-SEAT
VIII. ORDINARY INCIDENTS OF A SIEGE
IX. DIVERSE HUMAN HEARTS
X. WAR OFTEN OPPOSES THE TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANITY
XI. HISTORICAL
XII. TREACHERY AND DELIVERANCE
ILLUSTRATIONS
'She seized the robber unexpectedly by the legs, and tipped him head
Listen, little children, all, Listen to our earnest call: You are very young, 'tis true, But there's much that you can do. Even you can plead with men That they buy not slaves again, And that those they have may be Quickly set at liberty. They may hearken what _you_ say, Though from _us_ they turn away. Sometimes, when from school you walk, You can with your playmates talk, Tell them of the slave child's fate, Motherless and desolate. And you can refuse to take Candy, sweetmeat, pie or cake, Saying "no"--unless 'tis free-- "The slave shall not work for me." Thus, dear little children, each May some useful lesson teach;