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WORDS OF SYMPATHY FROM ABROAD.—The following is an extract from a letter received from the Rev. Dr. CROFTS, England. It shows in what light a Doctor of Divinity views the twin abominations of slavery and negro hate in America. We thank Dr. CROFTS for the assurance of his sympathy, and hope often to receive his earnest words in behalf of our enslaved people.
"Though not acquainted with your bodily presence, I have long known you through the medium of your excellent paper, and from the representations of our mutual friend, Miss Griffiths. The struggle in which you are engaged for the benefit of the colored portion of our race, has long had my heartfelt sympathy; and both my tongue and pen have been employed in their behalf on both sides of the Atlantic—Having spent twelve years in Canada, I am well acquainted with the heavy disabilities which lie on the colored people in the States; but as surely as GOD IS, they will be removed. The Israelites long endured the cruel bondage of the Pharaohs; but at length God arose in his might and majesty, and came down to their help, and speedily delivered them to the utter confusion and ruin of their cruel tormentors. What means God will ultimately use to liberate our brethren who are in bonds, we know not; but this we are well assured of, that the circulation of knowledge concerning the cruelties of slaveholders, and the miseries of the slaves, is one great means of awakening the sympathies, arousing the energies, and calling forth the prayers and gifts of God's people, in all lands, on behalf of the down-trodden children of Africa.—Go on in your glorious work of pleading the claims of the slave, and we will do all we can to help you on this side of the Atlantic."