A STERLING TRUTH.
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Great men are not always great Though it
cannot be said of VIM. Wilberforce that he ever
gained the staff in the field or the flag of fleet


or like Napoleon, that he had ambition to grasp
at the go@ysgpment @ Of the world, or ever crossed


Is to unveiI Eternity J Iaeonidas, perished
among his millions, giving his life sacrifice for
his country, or like Cato or Coriolanus, that they
were proud and noble Romans and had received
many wounds in defence Of their country-Yet it
can be said Of him, as tribute Of respect to his
memory, that he was the stern champion of free
dom, the uncompromising friend of suffering hu-
nanity. Save in the total annhiaton Of the in
iouitous system, it can be said of him as of the
Redeemer of the world, that he came to break
every yoke, undo the heavy burden, and let the
oppressed 60 free, to bind up the broken-hearted,
and set the captive at liberty. Methinks it was
VIM. Wberforce that loved his neighbor as him
self. We can 60 farther than this he loved the
down-trodden Of the world as himself; he went
about every where, binding up the wounds and
drying the tears of the oppressed !: was he that
to a great extent lit up the fire of abolition and
continued to blow it during a protracted life, ne
yer growing weary or exhibiting any degree of re-
Taxation in the cause of bleeding humanity, being
determined never to cease blowing the blaze of
abolition until this monstrous evil should be wiped
from the escutcheon of his country as with the
besom of destruction. 1t has already burnt up
the evil in trans atlantic countries. 1t has cross
ed the Atlantic, and has lit up the fire Of abolition
in this country, and it continues to burn through