The Weekly Anglo African

POEMS, ANECDOTES AND SKETCHES

For the Weekly Anglo-African.

GOD NEVER MADE A SLAVE.

BY THEODORE DOUGHTY MILLER.

Ah! dark skinned tribes, though black we be.
God, our creator, made us free;
To all He life and being gave,
But never, never made a slave.
His works, all wondrous to behold,
Proclaim to us a power untold;
He made the sea and formed the wave
But never, never made a slave.
He made yon sun with splendor bright,
The moon to brighten earth's dark night;
He made in power this vast concave,
But never, never made a slave.
He made all colors and all climes.
Of living things made every kind;
For all he made the common grave,
But never, never made a slave.
Though Adam's sin brought pain and death.
Yet life came with Christ's dying breath;
From henceforth heaven and hell may rave,
His blood speaks freedom to the slave.
For all He sent His Son to be
The Great High Priest of Liberty;
From sin's strong chains our souls to save
And break the fetters of the slave.
All men are equal in His sight.
The bond, the free, the black, the white;
He made them all—all freedom gave—
God made the man, man made the slave.
But glorious tidings of great joy!
Yon kingdom beams without alloy;
And while we view that 'crystal sea,'
We'll shout, praise God. we're free! we're free!