Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, VirginiaA. T. Skillman, 1833 - 207 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... servant as his Lord . " The duty of faithfulness , generally considered , all admit . But when we come to its application to particular parts of religious duty - for in- stance , slavery , then objections are made , and it is per- haps ...
... servant as his Lord . " The duty of faithfulness , generally considered , all admit . But when we come to its application to particular parts of religious duty - for in- stance , slavery , then objections are made , and it is per- haps ...
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... servants and thy people . Thus saith the Lord : execute ye judgment and righteous- ness , and deliver the spoiled out of the hands of the oppressor ; and do no wrong , do no violence to the stranger , the fatherless and the widow - wo ...
... servants and thy people . Thus saith the Lord : execute ye judgment and righteous- ness , and deliver the spoiled out of the hands of the oppressor ; and do no wrong , do no violence to the stranger , the fatherless and the widow - wo ...
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... servants , must , from the nature of the case , impart much informa- tion to them , and in some degree supply the place of a regular education . Perhaps I would not go beyond the truth were I to say , that one half , or two - thirds of ...
... servants , must , from the nature of the case , impart much informa- tion to them , and in some degree supply the place of a regular education . Perhaps I would not go beyond the truth were I to say , that one half , or two - thirds of ...
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... servants . They are the neatest , the best looking , and for the most part the most intelligent and active . Other equally natural reasons might be imagined as having an influence . But what I have in view chiefly is the fact that while ...
... servants . They are the neatest , the best looking , and for the most part the most intelligent and active . Other equally natural reasons might be imagined as having an influence . But what I have in view chiefly is the fact that while ...
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... servants who attend their masters on these occa . sions , wait at the tables , and hear their toasts , & c . , must be destitute of common sense not to learn something . The visit of General De Lafayette , with the excitement it ...
... servants who attend their masters on these occa . sions , wait at the tables , and hear their toasts , & c . , must be destitute of common sense not to learn something . The visit of General De Lafayette , with the excitement it ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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?
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.