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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... True , the churches and clergy were not all , or instantly converted , and many severe and just scourgings both received from those who devoted themselves exclusively to the great reform . Yet they made * For these facts we are indebted ...
... True , the churches and clergy were not all , or instantly converted , and many severe and just scourgings both received from those who devoted themselves exclusively to the great reform . Yet they made * For these facts we are indebted ...
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... Encourage them to enter all branches of trade . IV . Result , intermarriage ; its right and fitness . True mar- riage . Shakespeare's foresight and courage . Othello and Desdemona . VI . THE BEGINNING OF THE END . Delivered at CONTENTS .
... Encourage them to enter all branches of trade . IV . Result , intermarriage ; its right and fitness . True mar- riage . Shakespeare's foresight and courage . Othello and Desdemona . VI . THE BEGINNING OF THE END . Delivered at CONTENTS .
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... true to its original character . The needle may be drawn by wrong attractions , for the moment , from its true direction ; but still within it dwells the force that is ever pressing it against all temp- tations to point to its pole ...
... true to its original character . The needle may be drawn by wrong attractions , for the moment , from its true direction ; but still within it dwells the force that is ever pressing it against all temp- tations to point to its pole ...
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... true that a man must forsake his father and mother , wife and child , if he would be Christ's disciple . Will a Christian not say that circumstances may arise which will make it supremely necessary for 12 THE HIGHER LAW .
... true that a man must forsake his father and mother , wife and child , if he would be Christ's disciple . Will a Christian not say that circumstances may arise which will make it supremely necessary for 12 THE HIGHER LAW .
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... true reason by any such pretenses . It is an abhorrence to the claim of Prop- erty in Man that is the inspiration and the vitality of the pas- sion that now belts the North with a burning zone . Is this conviction based on immutable ...
... true reason by any such pretenses . It is an abhorrence to the claim of Prop- erty in Man that is the inspiration and the vitality of the pas- sion that now belts the North with a burning zone . Is this conviction based on immutable ...
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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.