One day the news came into the prison that there was a boat up from City
Point, and there were over nine hundred men in the prison rejoicing at
once. They expected to get good news. Then came the news that there was
only one man in that whole number that was to be let go, and they all
began to say, "Who is it?" It was some one who had some influential
friend at Washington that had persuaded the government to take an
interest in him and get him out. The whole prison was excited. At last
an officer came and shouted at the top of his voice, "Henry Clay
Trumbull!" The chaplain told me his name never sounded so sweet to him
as it did that day. That was election, but you can't find any Henry Clay
Trumbull in the Bible. There is no special case in the Bible. God's
proclamations are to all sinners. Everybody can get out of prison that
wants to. The trouble is, they don't want to go. They had rather be
captives to some darling sin.
An Emperor Sets Forty Million Slaves Free.
Once the Emperor of Russia had a plan by which he was to liberate the
serfs of that country. There were forty millions of them. Of some of
them, their whole time was sold, of others, only a part. The Emperor
called around him his council, and wanted to have them devise some way
to set the slaves at liberty.
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