'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
While she was still in Africa, Phillis was ignorant of the fact that there was redemption from sin and as such, did not search for it.
On Being Brought from Africa to America