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A treatise on domestic education

(1889, c1885)

p. 11

INTRODUCTION.
ON invitation of my esteemed friend and brother,
the Rev. D. A. Payne, D. D., LL. D., the
venerable senior bishop of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, I submit a few considerations as
an introduction to his interesting and able discussion
on Domestic Education.
This service becomes a pleasant one in view of
our long and intimate friendship, which commenced
in 1858, when I entered upon my duties as president
of the Wilberforce University, and which has con¬
tinued without the slightest interruption until the
present hour.
Bishop Payne took an active part in the establish¬
ment of the university, aided it by pen, purse, and
speech; was its true and steadfast friend in the most
trying period of its history, and when the institution
passed into the hands of the African Methodist Epis¬
copal Church, he became its honored president. His
advice and counsel were of great value to me in the
discharge of the critical duties connected with my
office. Conscientious and upright in all the relations
of life, refined and cultivated by study and travel,
intensely interested in securing educational advanta¬
ges for the preparation of young men for the Chris-
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