Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the TimesThis book contains the author's discourses on secession, the Union, slavery and Christian morality. |
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... continent , and nothing can be hid from the shining thereof . 3. By all the ways consistent with the fearless assertion of truth , we must maintain sympathy and kindness toward the South . We are brethren ; and I pray that no ...
... continent , and nothing can be hid from the shining thereof . 3. By all the ways consistent with the fearless assertion of truth , we must maintain sympathy and kindness toward the South . We are brethren ; and I pray that no ...
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... stem , and every bough has this year tasked itself for prodigal bounty . Except a narrow strip , this continent has been so blessed with husbandry as to make this year memorable even among years AGAINST A COMPROMISE OF PRINCIPLE . 29.
... stem , and every bough has this year tasked itself for prodigal bounty . Except a narrow strip , this continent has been so blessed with husbandry as to make this year memorable even among years AGAINST A COMPROMISE OF PRINCIPLE . 29.
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... Continent , will this tumult of an angry people move the firm decrees of God . He who came to open prison doors , to deliver captives , to loose those that are bound , he it is that is among us . We are surrounded by airy hosts greater ...
... Continent , will this tumult of an angry people move the firm decrees of God . He who came to open prison doors , to deliver captives , to loose those that are bound , he it is that is among us . We are surrounded by airy hosts greater ...
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... continent or the world ; for such governments fall but once , and then there is no resurrection . Since there is no famine in the land , no pestilence , no in- vasion of foreign foe , no animosity of the industrial classes against each ...
... continent or the world ; for such governments fall but once , and then there is no resurrection . Since there is no famine in the land , no pestilence , no in- vasion of foreign foe , no animosity of the industrial classes against each ...
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... continent in which , though there was slavery , it was perishing ; I gave you a nation in which the sentiment was for liberty and against oppression ; I gave you a nation in which the tendencies were all for freedom and against slavery ...
... continent in which , though there was slavery , it was perishing ; I gave you a nation in which the sentiment was for liberty and against oppression ; I gave you a nation in which the tendencies were all for freedom and against slavery ...
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Page 420 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit. and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 420 - Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.
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 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 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 414 - But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
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...
Page 142 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.