Hisconversionwasnottochangehisrelationtowardmen——atanyratenottowardBLACKmen——buttowardGod。Myfaith，Iconfess，wasnotgreat。Therewassomethinginhisappearancethat，inmymind，castadoubtoverhisconversion。StandingwhereIdid，I
couldseehiseverymovement。Iwatchednarrowlywhileheremainedinthelittlepen；andalthoughIsawthathisfacewasextremelyred，andhishairdisheveled，andthoughIheardhimgroan，andsawastraytearhaltingonhischeek，asifinquiring“whichwayshallIgo？“——Icouldnotwhollyconfideinthegenuinenessofhisconversion。Thehesitatingbehaviorofthattear-dropanditsloneliness，distressedme，andcastadoubtuponthewholetransaction，ofwhichitwasapart。Butpeoplesaid，_“Capt。Auldhadcomethrough，“_anditwasformetohopeforthebest。Iwasboundtodothis，incharity，forI，too，wasreligious，andhadbeeninthechurchfullthreeyears，althoughnowIwasnotmorethansixteenyearsold。Slaveholdersmay，sometimes，haveconfidenceinthepietyofsomeoftheirslaves；buttheslavesseldomhaveconfidenceinthepietyoftheirmasters。_“Hecantgotoheavenwithourbloodinhisskirts_，“isasettledpointinthecreedofeveryslave；risingsuperiortoallteachingtothecontrary，andstandingforeverasafixedfact。ThehighestevidencetheslaveholdercangivetheslaveofhisacceptancewithGod，istheemancipationofhisslaves。ThisisproofthatheiswillingtogiveupalltoGod，andforthesakeofGod。Nottodothis，was，inmyestimation，andintheopinionofalltheslaves，anevidenceofhalf-
heartedness，andwhollyinconsistentwiththeideaofgenuineconversion。Ihadread，also，somewhereintheMethodistDiscipline，thefollowingquestionandanswer:
“_Question_。Whatshallbedonefortheextirpationofslavery？
“_Answer_。Wedeclarethatwearemuchaseverconvincedofthegreatevilofslavery；therefore，noslaveholdershallbeeligibletoanyofficialstationinourchurch。“