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... earth : behold , I will bring evil upon this people , even the fruit of their thoughts , because they have not hearkened unto my words , nor to my law , but rejected it . ” — Jer . vi . 16-19 . HIS is a terrible message . It was God's ...
... earth : behold , I will bring evil upon this people , even the fruit of their thoughts , because they have not hearkened unto my words , nor to my law , but rejected it . ” — Jer . vi . 16-19 . HIS is a terrible message . It was God's ...
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... earth near Harper's Ferry . If the fragment of an exploding aerolite had fallen down out of the air , while the meteor swept on , it would not have been more sudden or less apparently connected either with a cause or an effect ...
... earth near Harper's Ferry . If the fragment of an exploding aerolite had fallen down out of the air , while the meteor swept on , it would not have been more sudden or less apparently connected either with a cause or an effect ...
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... earth will not make this case appear any better . Do what you please , muster a crowd of supposed confederates , call the roll of conspirators , include the noblest men of these States , and exhibit this imaginary army before the people ...
... earth will not make this case appear any better . Do what you please , muster a crowd of supposed confederates , call the roll of conspirators , include the noblest men of these States , and exhibit this imaginary army before the people ...
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... earth , wherever a human being is held in bondage , he has a right to slough his burden and break his yoke if he can . If he wishes liberty , and is willing to dare and suffer for it , let him ! If by his manly courage he achieves it ...
... earth , wherever a human being is held in bondage , he has a right to slough his burden and break his yoke if he can . If he wishes liberty , and is willing to dare and suffer for it , let him ! If by his manly courage he achieves it ...
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... earth ! We do not want half - way measures , nor half - way men . We want true men , who will say to the South : " The North loves liberty , and will have it . We will not aggress on you . Keep your institutions within your own bounds ...
... earth ! We do not want half - way measures , nor half - way men . We want true men , who will say to the South : " The North loves liberty , and will have it . We will not aggress on you . Keep your institutions within your own bounds ...
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Page 420 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying ; Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues; for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
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 223 - Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Page 445 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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 368 - When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him : and he was as one dead ; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
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 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 444 - Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 444 - ... the merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and of pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...