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... Slavery - it yet needed , by a more malign outbreak , and a more distinguished sacrifice , to have its holy wrath aroused and intensified into a deadly and uncompromising decision against all further tolerance of the system then might ...
... Slavery - it yet needed , by a more malign outbreak , and a more distinguished sacrifice , to have its holy wrath aroused and intensified into a deadly and uncompromising decision against all further tolerance of the system then might ...
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... slavery's bloody hand set at its own clumsy seal , slavery's crimson endorsement of its own indictment ? Might not the very champions of the institution become thus God's select and appointed expositors of its true hideousness , and his ...
... slavery's bloody hand set at its own clumsy seal , slavery's crimson endorsement of its own indictment ? Might not the very champions of the institution become thus God's select and appointed expositors of its true hideousness , and his ...
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... Slavery , has been through our whole national lifetime the Achan , troubling our peace . We must bury it now , in this valley of Achor , the scene of our national mourn- ing . Let them massacre without stint , the witnesses of Right at ...
... Slavery , has been through our whole national lifetime the Achan , troubling our peace . We must bury it now , in this valley of Achor , the scene of our national mourn- ing . Let them massacre without stint , the witnesses of Right at ...
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... slavery . It begins in a wanton destruction of all human rights , and in a desecration of all the sancti- ties of heart and home ; and it is the universal enemy of mankind , and of God , who made man . It can be main- tained only at the ...
... slavery . It begins in a wanton destruction of all human rights , and in a desecration of all the sancti- ties of heart and home ; and it is the universal enemy of mankind , and of God , who made man . It can be main- tained only at the ...
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... slavery which is a deadly poison to soul and body . 1. I do not say that there are not single natures , here and there , scattered through the vast wilderness which is covered with this poisonous vine , who escape the poison . There are ...
... slavery which is a deadly poison to soul and body . 1. I do not say that there are not single natures , here and there , scattered through the vast wilderness which is covered with this poisonous vine , who escape the poison . There are ...
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Page 205 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Page 361 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
Page 189 - Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth...
Page 248 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 201 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 300 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 243 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 11 - I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Page 194 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 102 - For Humanity sweeps onward: where to-day the martyr stands, { On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.