He is now in this town.

He is this very day lying upon a sick bed in the tenement district.

And this black man has for several weeks out of his small earnings helped the son of his mother's master and cared for him through his illness with all the devotion of a friend.
"I have only lately learned these facts.

But, knowing them as I do, and believing that he is as worthy to sit about this table as any Christian here, I cannot reconcile the rejection with my own purpose to unite here.

I therefore desire to withdraw my application for membership here.
Mr.Strong, I desire to be baptized and partake of the communion as a disciple of Christ, simply, not as a member of Calvary Church.