February 7, 1851
Song sung by all at the twentieth anniversary Soiree:
I AM AN ABOLITIONIST
By Wm. Lloyd Garrison
Air – Auld Lang Syne
I am an Abolitionist
I glory in the name;
Though now by Slavery’s minions hissed,
And covered o’er with shame:
It is a spell of light and power –
The watchword of the free;
Who spurns it in the trial-hour,
A craven soul is he!
I am an Abolitionist!
Then urge me not to pause;
For joyfully do I enlist
In freedom’s sacred cause:
A nobler strife the world ne’er saw,
The enslaved to disenthral;
I am a soldier for the war,
Whatever may befall!
I am an Abolitionist!
Oppression’s deadly foe;
In God’s great strength will I resist,
And lay the monster low;
In God’s great name do I demand,
To all be freedom given,
That peace and joy may fill the land,
And songs go up to heaven!
I am an Abolitionist!
No threats shall awe my soul,
No perils cause me to desist,
No bribes my acts control;
A freeman will I live and die,
In sunshine and in shade,
And raise my voice for liberty,
Of naught on earth afraid.
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