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| LUCRETIA MOTT. 649 the following incident: Upon «ne occasion, his eon received a kick from a horse, which he was about to mount at the door. When be had recovered from the shock, ,and it was found that he was not seriously injured, the father still continued to look serious, and did not oeaee to shed tears. On being asked why he grieved, his answer was: " I was just thinking how it would have been with thee, had that stroke proved fatal." Such thoughts were at once the notes qf his own preparation and a warning to others to be also ready. A life consistent with his views, was a life of humility and universal benevolence, and Bach was his. It was a life, as it -were in Heaven, while yet on earth, for it soared above and beyond the corrupt and slavish influences of earthly passions. His interest in temperance never failed him. On his death-bed he would call persons to him, who needed such advice, and admonish them on the subject,of using strong drinks, and his last expression of interest in any humanitarian movement, was an avowal of his belief La the great good to arise from a prohibitory liquor law. To a friend, who entered his sick room, a few days before his death, he said: " Well, E., thee is preparing to go to the West." The friend replied: " Yes, and Daniel, I suppose thee is preparing to go to eternity." There was an affirmative reply, and E. inquired, "How does th«e find it?" Daniel said: " I don't find much to do, I find that I have not got a hard master to deal with. Some few things which I have done, I find not entirely right." He quitted the earthly service of the Master, on the 17th day of the eighth month, 1852. A young physician, son of one of his old friends, after attending his funeral, wrote to a friend, as follows : " To quote the words of Webster, ' We turned and paused, and joined our voices with the voices of the air, and bade him hail! and farewell!' Farewell, kind and brave old man ! The voices of the oppressed whom thou hast redeemed, welcome thee to the Eternal City." LUCRETIA MOTT. Of all the •women who served the Anti-slavery cause in its darkest days, there is not one whose labors were more effective, whose character is nobler, and who is more universally respected and beloved, than Lucretia Mott. You cannot speak of the slave •without remembering her, who did so much to make Slavery impossible. You cannot apeak of freedom, •without recalling that enfranchised spirit, which, free from all control, save that of conscience and God, labored for absolute liberty for the whole human race. We cannot think of the partial triumph of freedom in this country, without rejoicing IB the great part she took in the victory. Lucretia Mott is one of |