The Friend of India, 1. köidePrinted at the Mission Press, 1818 |
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... and wretchedness , Britain seems evi- dently destined by Providence . Placed at the head of the Euro- pean world in point of influence , and actuated by a concern for A 1 . the welfare of mankind hitherto scarcely known among PROSPECTUS .
... and wretchedness , Britain seems evi- dently destined by Providence . Placed at the head of the Euro- pean world in point of influence , and actuated by a concern for A 1 . the welfare of mankind hitherto scarcely known among PROSPECTUS .
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... influence by that blameable conformity to the world from which we cannot exone . rate him . Perhaps we should not greatly mistake , were we to conclude , that while his love to religion prompted him to acts of the most generous nature ...
... influence by that blameable conformity to the world from which we cannot exone . rate him . Perhaps we should not greatly mistake , were we to conclude , that while his love to religion prompted him to acts of the most generous nature ...
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... influence , stationed there ; among whom , Mr. William Brown , Mr. William Grant , and Mr. Henry Creighton , are names which deserve far more ample mention than this cursory view permits us to give them here . We might adduce other ...
... influence , stationed there ; among whom , Mr. William Brown , Mr. William Grant , and Mr. Henry Creighton , are names which deserve far more ample mention than this cursory view permits us to give them here . We might adduce other ...
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... influence of the spirit of wisdom and truth . It was therefore no more than a just tribute to its real merits which the man ,, termed by Johnson " the most enlightened of men , " paid it when he said , " Theological enquiries are no ...
... influence of the spirit of wisdom and truth . It was therefore no more than a just tribute to its real merits which the man ,, termed by Johnson " the most enlightened of men , " paid it when he said , " Theological enquiries are no ...
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... influence of God , for that they could endure coals of fire in their hands without shrinking before they departed to the pile , and further it had been seen , that when widows had been hindered from thus sacrificing . themselves , they ...
... influence of God , for that they could endure coals of fire in their hands without shrinking before they departed to the pile , and further it had been seen , that when widows had been hindered from thus sacrificing . themselves , they ...
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Page 270 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth,' — it is manifestly the duty of all Christians who enjoy the light of the present day, when the inconsistency of slavery, both with the dictates of humanity and religion, has been demonstrated, and is generally seen and acknowledged, to use their honest, earnest, and unwearied...
Page 183 - And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 172 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich...
Page 305 - Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.
Page 269 - We consider the voluntary enslaving of one part of the human race by another as a gross violation of the most precious and sacred rights of human nature...
Page 269 - Slavery creates a paradox in the moral system — it exhibits rational, accountable, and immortal beings in such circumstances as scarcely to leave them the power of moral action. It exhibits them as dependent on the will of others, whether they shall receive religious instruction ; whether they shall know and worship the true God ; whether they shall enjoy the ordinances of the gospel ; whether they shall perform the duties and cherish the endearments of husbands and wives, parents and children...
Page 275 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 271 - As our country has inflicted a most grievous injury on the unhappy Africans, by bringing them into slavery, we cannot indeed urge that we should add a second injury to the first, by emancipating them in such manner as that they will be likely to destroy themselves or others.
Page 273 - We enjoin it on all church Sessions and Presbyteries under the care of this Assembly, to discountenance, and, as far as possible, to prevent all cruelty of whatever kind in the treatment of slaves ; especially the cruelty of separating husband and wife, parents and children, and that which consists in selling slaves to those who will either themselves deprive these unhappy people of the blessings of the gospel, or who will transport them to places where the gospel is not proclaimed, or where it is...
Page 23 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.