Pulpit Politics: Or, Ecclesiastical Legislation on Slavery, in Its Disturbing Influences on the American UnionFaran & McLean, 1862 - 624 Seiten |
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... never counseled violence as a means of overthrowing American slavery ; and uniformly expressed their aversion to the aims and actions of the abolitionists . But in admitting that slavery presented ob- stacles to the progress of the ...
... never counseled violence as a means of overthrowing American slavery ; and uniformly expressed their aversion to the aims and actions of the abolitionists . But in admitting that slavery presented ob- stacles to the progress of the ...
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... never popular , 490 ; it ruined Mr. Webster's prospects for the Presidency , 490 ; remarks on other speakers , 490-492 ; burning of " Cotton is King , " note , 492 ; remarks on Mr. Johnson's charge of conspiracy against abolitionists ...
... never popular , 490 ; it ruined Mr. Webster's prospects for the Presidency , 490 ; remarks on other speakers , 490-492 ; burning of " Cotton is King , " note , 492 ; remarks on Mr. Johnson's charge of conspiracy against abolitionists ...
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... never before been attempted upon earth . Nations had conquered nations - had destroyed their captives or enslaved them - but never had the strong devoted themselves to the elevation of the weak . Two thousand years had the whites ...
... never before been attempted upon earth . Nations had conquered nations - had destroyed their captives or enslaved them - but never had the strong devoted themselves to the elevation of the weak . Two thousand years had the whites ...
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... never in a better condition than when the emancipation act was carried into full effect in 1838. In 1841 , the number of members had increased to 27,706 ; and , in Jamaica , in 1842 , the ministers unanimously resolved , as an ...
... never in a better condition than when the emancipation act was carried into full effect in 1838. In 1841 , the number of members had increased to 27,706 ; and , in Jamaica , in 1842 , the ministers unanimously resolved , as an ...
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... never entered . But when a broader view of the subject is taken , the hand of God is perceivable in this wonderful movement . Africa was sunk in the deepest moral darkness , and had wholly forgotten the only Creator . Among her gods ...
... never entered . But when a broader view of the subject is taken , the hand of God is perceivable in this wonderful movement . Africa was sunk in the deepest moral darkness , and had wholly forgotten the only Creator . Among her gods ...
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abolition of slavery abolitionism abolitionists adopted African race American Missionary Association annual anti-slavery Apostles Assembly Assembly Presbyterian Church Barbadoes Bishop blacks Brazil Britain British British West Indies cent Christ Christian civil clergymen colonies colored population committee condition Conference Congress Constitution converts coolie cotton cultivation declaration duty emancipation England equal evangelization evil existence exports facts favor foreign free colored free labor freedom Gospel Government human Ibid important increase India instruction island Jamaica land legislation Liberia liberty masters means membership ment Methodist Episcopal Church ministers mission missionaries moral nation native negro North opinion party planters political pounds preaching Presbyterian Church present principles production progress prosperity question reference relation religious resolutions secure sentiment Sewell Sierra Leone slave trade slaveholding society South South Carolina Southern subject of slavery success sugar supply Synod territory tion Union United West Indies whole
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Seite 103 - And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening; knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Seite 180 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Seite 159 - And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Seite 516 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 446 - It must conform to the judgment of the law upon that subject; and acting as a court in the administration of law, it cannot attribute criminality to an act where the law imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality; and upon a question of this nature, that standard must be found in the law of nations as fixed and evidenced by general and ancient and admitted practice, by treaties and by the general tenor of the laws and ordinances, and the formal transactions of civilized states;...
Seite 539 - We hope never to live in a republic, whereof one section is pinned to the residue by bayonets.
Seite 103 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Seite 531 - But the Missouri question is a breaker on which we lose the Missouri country by revolt, and what more, God only knows. From the battle of Bunker's Hill to the treaty of Paris, we never had so ominous a question.
Seite 489 - The constitution of the United States was formed by the sanction of the states, given by each in its sovereign capacity.
Seite viii - ... perception of right and wrong, he finds too late that he has only created a more than mortal power of doing mischief, and himself recoils from the monster which he has made.