 | Methodist Episcopal Church. General Conference, Luther Lee - 1845 - 544 pages
...most pressing occasion ; and such we consider the practice of holding our fellow creatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hang all the law mid the prophets, [ The discovery by a Bishop, that slaves may be held in accordance with the golden... | |
 | Orange Scott - Slavery - 1849 - 244 pages
...History of the Methodists we are told that the following rules were, in substance, adopted in 1784. " We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hangs all the law and~the prophets,* and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as * Is it not... | |
 | Orange Scott - Slavery and the church - 1851 - 246 pages
...History of the Methodists we are told that the following rules were, in substance, adopted in 1784. " We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hangs all the law and the prophets,* and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as * Is it not... | |
 | Charles Elliott - Slavery and the church - 1855 - 640 pages
...most pressing occasion; and such we esteem the practice of holding our fellowcreatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hang all the law and the prophets, and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as every principle of the Revolution, to hold in the deepest... | |
 | John Dixon Long - Slavery - 1857 - 438 pages
...most pressing occasion : and such we esteem the practice of holding our fellow-creatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hang all the law and the prophets, and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as every principle of the Revolution, to hold in the deepest... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - Slavery - 1858 - 150 pages
...most pressing occasion ; and such we esteem the practice of holding our fellow-creatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on...as every principle. of the revolution, to hold in the deepest debasement, in a more abject slavery than is, perhaps, to be found in any part of the world,... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 514 pages
...most pressing occasion, and such we esteem the practice of holding our fellow-creatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hang all the law and the prophets, and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as every principle of the Revolution, to hold in the deepest... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1861 - 642 pages
...most pressing occasion ; and such we esteem the practice of holding our fellow-creatures in slavery. We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on which hang all the law and the prophets, and the unalienable rights of mankind, as well as every principle of the revolution, to hold in the deepest... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1864 - 556 pages
...Methodists believe that any such advantage would have been more than counterbalanced by many disadvantages. which hang all the law and the prophets, and the inalienable...well as every principle of the Revolution, to hold in the deepest debasement, in a more abject slavery than is perhaps to be found in any part of the world... | |
 | Abel Stevens - Methodist Church - 1864 - 556 pages
...stringent and comprehensive measures were adopted for its " extirpation." The Conference declared that " We view it as contrary to the golden law of God, on It includes the very quintessence of the English Liturgy in the best possible form. I am not aware... | |
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Revolution, to hold in the deepest debasement, in a more abject slavery than is perhaps to be found in any part of the world except America, so many souls that are all capable of the image of God. 
