William Alexander Stephenson

“ Each time I attend at Liberty Hall, I come away with the music of the Universal Ethiopian Anthem ringing in my ears. The melody is a shirring one possessing the power and the grip of La Marsellaise. The last time I heard it rendered, it roused me even more than on the previous occasions I heard it sung. All national anthems have a history. What was it that impelled the composer of this beautiful, devotional, inspiring anthem with this theme? ”

“ In conclusion – to all – black men and women, Africans or people of aboriginal African blood, be you fair or dark; to all whom the white man can conveniently apply the term “Negro;” in the name of Jehovah, this anthem is sacredly and respectfully dedicated by the composer.” ”

“ The music is the original composition and arrangement of the composer, including the copying of the plates, from which the original publication was printed.
The whole composition was completed in the year 1919 and at the before mentioned place. We do not care to mention the name of the city (which is in America) here, as the crime was nothing less than a blot on the name of that fair city, which has an equal percentage of black and white people living peacefully together. ”