Deacon Allen Kingsbury

FRIEND DOUGLASS:—That man was one of
the excellent of the earth. Brother A. PrynePryne, Abram

Abram Pryne (c. 1822-62), a theologically liberal clergyman, entered New York abolitionist circles in the 1850s. Originally a supporter of Gerrit Smith and the Liberty Party, he served a term in the state legislature as a Republican representative from Wayne County (1860-62). In September 1858 Pryne and Tennessee minister, William G. Brownlow, participated in a public debate over slavery, which was stenographically reported and published as a book. Along with his clerical responsibilities, Pryne also edited a newspaper, the Progressive Christian, in the mid-1850s and later assisted Douglass with editorial tasks on the Frederick Douglass` Paper and the Douglass` Monthly. Ought American Slavery to be Perpetuated? A Debate Between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne (Philadelphia, 1858); DM, 3: 724 (October 1862); Lib., 30 October 1862.
of Cazenovia has well written the obituary
notice; it is explicit, comprehensive and con
densed.

The exactness and promptitude with which
Dea. Kingsbury transacted all business mat
ters is worthy of record. No benevolent
agency suffered in his hands. In a letter ad
dressed to me, one says: "He died as you
might expect a man to die who lived the life
which he had lived. He died at peace with
God, and at peace with the world. (I do not
mean at peace with the sins of the world.")
His closing expressions were: "Love! Love!
Happy! Happy!" May his mantle fall on
many others. To whom shall we look to fill
his place? We must look to those who love
God for what he is, and who evince that love
by a proper regard to all the beings whom
God hath erected.

Yours, J. R. J.

SYRACUSE, March 25th, 1853