Freedmen's Book Author:Lydia Maria Francis Child Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: only to bear many precious testimonies faithfully to the end of his days, but also to bring forth tbose fruits of the spirit which redound to the glory of God an... more »d the salvation of the soul. As he lived, so he died, — a rare pattern of a self-denying follower of Christ. 'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace.'" ANECDOTE OF GENERAL WASHINGTON. During the war of the Revolution, Primus Hall was the colored servant of Colonel Pickering, with whom General Washington often held long consultations. One night, finding they must be engaged till late, he proposed to sleep in the Colonel's tent, provided them was a snare blanket and straw. Primus, who was always eager to oblige the Commander-in- Chief, said, " Plenty of straw and blankets." When the long conference was ended, the two officers lay down to rest on the beds he had prepared. When he saw they were asleep, he seated himself on a box, and, leaning his head on his hand, tried to take as comfortable a nap as he could. General Washington woke in the night, and seeing him nodding there, called out, " Primus I" The servant started to his feet, and exclaimed, " What do you wish for, General?" " You told me you had plenty of straw and blankets," replied Washington; " but I see you are sitting up all night for the sake of giving me your bed." " It is no matter about me," rejoined Primus. " Yes, it is," replied General Washington. "If one of us must sit up, I will take my turn. But there is no need of that. The blanket is wide enough for two. Come and lie down with me." Primus, who reverenced the Commandcr-in-Chief as he did no other mortal, protested against it. But Washington threw open the blanket, and said, " Come and lie down, I tell you ! There is room enough for both, and I...« less