Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the TimesThis book contains the author's discourses on secession, the Union, slavery and Christian morality. |
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... CAMP , ITS DANGERS AND DUTIES VII . ENERGY OF ADMINISTRATION DEMANDED VIII . MODES AND DUTIES OF EMANCIPATION IX . THE CHURCH'S DUTY TO SLAVERY 130 153 174 200 X. THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM 223 XI . THE SUCCESS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 248 ...
... CAMP , ITS DANGERS AND DUTIES VII . ENERGY OF ADMINISTRATION DEMANDED VIII . MODES AND DUTIES OF EMANCIPATION IX . THE CHURCH'S DUTY TO SLAVERY 130 153 174 200 X. THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM 223 XI . THE SUCCESS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 248 ...
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... camp of an enemy , which , though harmless in appearance , would blow up and destroy them . Suppose you tell the people there that when their fugitives come North they shall be sur- rendered ? Will you not please to catch them first ...
... camp of an enemy , which , though harmless in appearance , would blow up and destroy them . Suppose you tell the people there that when their fugitives come North they shall be sur- rendered ? Will you not please to catch them first ...
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... camps . All men are aping soldiers . For almost a thousand miles there is one wild riot of complaint and boasting . Acts of flagrant wrong are committed against the Federal Government . And these things are but the prelude . It is ...
... camps . All men are aping soldiers . For almost a thousand miles there is one wild riot of complaint and boasting . Acts of flagrant wrong are committed against the Federal Government . And these things are but the prelude . It is ...
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... the Red Sea , with great hills on either side of them , and the sea before them , some one brought panic into the camp , saying , " I see the signs J of an advancing host ! The air far on the THE BATTLE SET IN ARRAY . 85.
... the Red Sea , with great hills on either side of them , and the sea before them , some one brought panic into the camp , saying , " I see the signs J of an advancing host ! The air far on the THE BATTLE SET IN ARRAY . 85.
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... reached the other side . They were divided from the camp of the Egyptians by a fiery cloud , and the Egyptians could not touch them . And what was the fate of the Egyptians ? They attempted to THE BATTLE SET IN ARRAY . 87.
... reached the other side . They were divided from the camp of the Egyptians by a fiery cloud , and the Egyptians could not touch them . And what was the fate of the Egyptians ? They attempted to THE BATTLE SET IN ARRAY . 87.
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Page 178 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 57 - And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Page 87 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 86 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Page 142 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 1 - Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see. and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 414 - But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 113 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 275 - You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 87 - Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward : but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.