National Sermons: Sermons, Speeches and Letters on Slavery and Its War: from the Passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill to the Election of President Grant |
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... divine events that has passed before this people , their hearts are hardened toward those for whom God has wrought such great deliv- We are still cursed with a curse , even this whole nation . Chattel slavery is dead . Political slavery ...
... divine events that has passed before this people , their hearts are hardened toward those for whom God has wrought such great deliv- We are still cursed with a curse , even this whole nation . Chattel slavery is dead . Political slavery ...
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... Divine Lawgiver must assign to each faculty authority proportionate to its original design . Each is allowed full powers within its own borders , with restrictions against any intrusion upon the rights of adjacent faculties , and un ...
... Divine Lawgiver must assign to each faculty authority proportionate to its original design . Each is allowed full powers within its own borders , with restrictions against any intrusion upon the rights of adjacent faculties , and un ...
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... divine origin , the body is only a servant of the soul . Its mechanism , its vitality , its appetites , its instincts are all acknowledged to be subordinate to other powers which inherit it for a season , and which can mar its structure ...
... divine origin , the body is only a servant of the soul . Its mechanism , its vitality , its appetites , its instincts are all acknowledged to be subordinate to other powers which inherit it for a season , and which can mar its structure ...
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... divine , and dis- obedience to any of their behests is treason against God . - This plea has been the strongest weapon of offense and defense in our great controversy . Slavery exists in society , and is recognized in the Constitution ...
... divine , and dis- obedience to any of their behests is treason against God . - This plea has been the strongest weapon of offense and defense in our great controversy . Slavery exists in society , and is recognized in the Constitution ...
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... divine , through its entire limits . If wild and wicked fantasies have sought refuge under its panoply , if single passages have been wrested from their connected and evident meaning to the support of criminal opinions and the ...
... divine , through its entire limits . If wild and wicked fantasies have sought refuge under its panoply , if single passages have been wrested from their connected and evident meaning to the support of criminal opinions and the ...
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abolitionism abolitionist American anti-slavery arms blood Border Ruffian brethren brother cast cause Charles Sumner Christ Christian Church civil colored conscience Constitution crime dare death declare decree deed defend despised divine duty earth emancipation England enslaved equal evil extirpate eyes faith Faneuil Hall fathers fear feeling freedom Fugitive give glory hand Harper's Ferry heart heaven holy honor hour human idolatry iniquity John Brown Kansas labor land less liberty light Lord Massachusetts masters ment mighty millions minister Missouri Compromise moral murder nation nature never North Northern oppressed party perfect Pharisees political prayer preached prejudice privileged altar race refuse religion sacred Satan seat sentiment servants sins slave power slaveholder slavery soul South Southern speech spirit stand suffer thee things thou thousand tion to-day triumph truth unto victory vote Washington whole wicked William Lloyd Garrison word
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Page 577 - And there was mounting in hot haste ; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 256 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Page 104 - I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 143 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 364 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 638 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 340 - I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
Page 428 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 356 - Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Page 59 - And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him. they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some and killing some.