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... light be thrown upon this difficult path ? Some light may be shed ; but the difficulties of duty can never be removed except by the performance of duty . But some things may be known beforehand , and guide to practical solutions . I ...
... light be thrown upon this difficult path ? Some light may be shed ; but the difficulties of duty can never be removed except by the performance of duty . But some things may be known beforehand , and guide to practical solutions . I ...
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... light in this picture is too high , and that the background is not dark enough . I do not wish you to think that the back- ground is not dark ; for it is . There is excitement . There is brewing mischief . The clouds lie lurid along the ...
... light in this picture is too high , and that the background is not dark enough . I do not wish you to think that the back- ground is not dark ; for it is . There is excitement . There is brewing mischief . The clouds lie lurid along the ...
Page 47
... light in the North , and even in the darkness of the planta- tion , to keep men in slavery . When one man gains his freedom , twenty men will know it , and to gain theirs will do what he did . Every hour there will be men who will take ...
... light in the North , and even in the darkness of the planta- tion , to keep men in slavery . When one man gains his freedom , twenty men will know it , and to gain theirs will do what he did . Every hour there will be men who will take ...
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... light they had ; but if we , know- ing the facts that we know now , had done what they did , we should have been infamous . When , later , the compromise of 1850 was set on foot , there were not wanting , as there are not wanting now ...
... light they had ; but if we , know- ing the facts that we know now , had done what they did , we should have been infamous . When , later , the compromise of 1850 was set on foot , there were not wanting , as there are not wanting now ...
Page 81
... light like the morning sun , rising over hill and vale , round and round the world ; and it will do it again ! And yet there come up in our midst men that say that the Bible is in favor of slavery . And as men that are about to make a ...
... light like the morning sun , rising over hill and vale , round and round the world ; and it will do it again ! And yet there come up in our midst men that say that the Bible is in favor of slavery . And as men that are about to make a ...
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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...