Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, Virginia |
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... evil of slavery , and the duty of Christians to let no selfish interest prolong the sin and injustice , but in the fear of God to do all they can in consistency with duty , to fit for and restore to freedom , those in bondage . In ...
... evil of slavery , and the duty of Christians to let no selfish interest prolong the sin and injustice , but in the fear of God to do all they can in consistency with duty , to fit for and restore to freedom , those in bondage . In ...
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... evil ; and more than will result from the course of those , who , while they own the evil of slavery , still give it the sanction of their example . If liberating those slaves was not , as many have thought , the main offence I gave ...
... evil ; and more than will result from the course of those , who , while they own the evil of slavery , still give it the sanction of their example . If liberating those slaves was not , as many have thought , the main offence I gave ...
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... evil . Few among the more intelligent in our community justify slavery in the abstract ; there are , however , a good many of the less knowing who do . It was my fortune to meet with some of this sort . In conversations on the sub- ject ...
... evil . Few among the more intelligent in our community justify slavery in the abstract ; there are , however , a good many of the less knowing who do . It was my fortune to meet with some of this sort . In conversations on the sub- ject ...
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... evil . When I asked a passage for them , I no more apprehended an evil to the Society than the Society did in granting it . I believe , however , that the real interest of the Society has not been injured , but promoted . There was ...
... evil . When I asked a passage for them , I no more apprehended an evil to the Society than the Society did in granting it . I believe , however , that the real interest of the Society has not been injured , but promoted . There was ...
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... evil- doers and a praise to those that do well . " Whatever the form may be , and whatever the mode of procedure , the substance to be secured and the end to be sought , is the same justice and honesty , and fair dealing , and well ...
... evil- doers and a praise to those that do well . " Whatever the form may be , and whatever the mode of procedure , the substance to be secured and the end to be sought , is the same justice and honesty , and fair dealing , and well ...
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Page 53 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 74 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Page 69 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 99 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows...
Page 73 - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Page 106 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Page 75 - If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Page 112 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of My 'wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 69 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Page 111 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.