A TOUCHING SCENE.
weeks ago, says our London correspondent;, at" JWUberforcß;- House,, the birthplaoe. of . WiHiam*-Wilberforce. Before leaving . Hull, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the des* cendants of slaves in the Southern States, ■ paid a visit to the birthplace of the grent liberator of the slaves, which is how transformed from an old mansion into suites of modern offices. As Mr Thomas Masson conducted the negro singers to the room in which Wilberforce was born, they stood fora moment with uncovered heads and then burst into " John Brown'B Body Lies Mouldering m the Grave." From all sides the tenants of the offices rushed to hear the harmonious melody and onoe more the Fisk Singers lifted up their voices and' chanted an anthem, " Arise and Shine for Thy Lisrht Has Come."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6124, 10 March 1898, Page 2
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129A TOUCHING SCENE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6124, 10 March 1898, Page 2
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