THE CROSS.
Richard Dillingham, a young member of the Society of Friends, died in the Nashville penitentiary, where he was confined for the act of aiding the escape of fugitive slaves.
"The cross, if rightly borne, shall beNo burden, but support to thee;"So, moved of old time for our sake,The holy monk of Kempen spake.
Thou brave and true one! upon whomWas laid the cross of martyrdom,How didst thou, in thy generous youth,Bear witness to this...
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