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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... duty of the immediate and unconditional abolition of slavery , after its announcement by William Lloyd Garrison ; and that adhered faithfully to this cause , through evil report and good report , until God gave it the victory : This ...
... duty of the immediate and unconditional abolition of slavery , after its announcement by William Lloyd Garrison ; and that adhered faithfully to this cause , through evil report and good report , until God gave it the victory : This ...
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... duties it forbids . Cast all our influence against it . III . Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill . It comes from the State . Slavery , its nature ; condemned by instincts , conscience , Providence , and the Bible . Our duty , to ...
... duties it forbids . Cast all our influence against it . III . Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill . It comes from the State . Slavery , its nature ; condemned by instincts , conscience , Providence , and the Bible . Our duty , to ...
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... before me ; and it was written within and without ; and there was written therein lamentations , and mourning , and woe . " Ezekiel ii . 9 , 10 . ; C ARGUMENT . The right and duty of ministerial utterance xiv CONTENTS .
... before me ; and it was written within and without ; and there was written therein lamentations , and mourning , and woe . " Ezekiel ii . 9 , 10 . ; C ARGUMENT . The right and duty of ministerial utterance xiv CONTENTS .
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... duty . Decline in the post - revolu- tionary period . Revived under Garrison . 2. Fear of the slave power . II . Con- sequences of this victory . 1. It will suppress efforts to extend slavery . 2. Sets us right before the world . 3 ...
... duty . Decline in the post - revolu- tionary period . Revived under Garrison . 2. Fear of the slave power . II . Con- sequences of this victory . 1. It will suppress efforts to extend slavery . 2. Sets us right before the world . 3 ...
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... duty , to ex- punge the word " colored " from the Church ; to give the man of color access to every field of effort . Its obligation and real popularity . Peter's prejudice ; how cured . Lybica Sybilla and Sojourner Truth . The Church ...
... duty , to ex- punge the word " colored " from the Church ; to give the man of color access to every field of effort . Its obligation and real popularity . Peter's prejudice ; how cured . Lybica Sybilla and Sojourner Truth . The Church ...
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Page 266 - 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 524 - Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Page 69 - But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
Page 634 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 517 - And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast ; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Page 153 - 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 451 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil ? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave ? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence ; ripen, fall and cease : Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
Page 10 - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
Page 34 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 350 - 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.