In a letter John Brown wrote:
I commend you all to Him “whose mercy endureth forever,” to the God of my fathers, “whose I am, and whom I serve.” “He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Finally, my dearly beloved, be of good comfort!
Be sure to remember and follow my advice, and my example, too, so far as it has been consistent with the holy religion of Jesus Christ, in which I remain a most firm and humble believer.
Never forget the poor, nor think anything in them is to be lost in you, even though they may be black as Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian eunuch, who cared for Jeremiah in the pit of the dungeon; or as black as the one to whom Philip preached Christ.2148
