Memoirs of the Life of Anthony BenezetJames P. Parke, 1817 - 136 עמודים Anthony Benezet was an 18th century reformer/abolitionist. |
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... Divine favour is thus implor- ed for the infant's preservation and happiness , 66 may God bless him , in making him a partaker of his mercies . " Though virtue be not heredita- ry , it must be admitted that example is powerful . ANTHONY ...
... Divine favour is thus implor- ed for the infant's preservation and happiness , 66 may God bless him , in making him a partaker of his mercies . " Though virtue be not heredita- ry , it must be admitted that example is powerful . ANTHONY ...
עמוד 30
... divine direction promote to the utmost of their power . If this could be obtained , I trust the sufferings of those already amongst us , by the interposition of the government , and even from selfish ends in their masters , would be ...
... divine direction promote to the utmost of their power . If this could be obtained , I trust the sufferings of those already amongst us , by the interposition of the government , and even from selfish ends in their masters , would be ...
עמוד 37
... divine love would impel them to visit remote regions in order to make the inhabi- tants acquainted with the corruption of the hu- man heart , and invite them to seek for the in- fluence of that grace proposed by the gospel , by which ...
... divine love would impel them to visit remote regions in order to make the inhabi- tants acquainted with the corruption of the hu- man heart , and invite them to seek for the in- fluence of that grace proposed by the gospel , by which ...
עמוד 39
... Divine displeasure on the na- tion and its dependencies . May these considera- tions induce thee to interpose thy kind endeav- ours on behalf of this greatly oppressed people , whose abject situation gives them an additional claim to ...
... Divine displeasure on the na- tion and its dependencies . May these considera- tions induce thee to interpose thy kind endeav- ours on behalf of this greatly oppressed people , whose abject situation gives them an additional claim to ...
עמוד 59
... Divine regard , but by acting agreeably to the Divine attribute , which was love , and was to overcome by suffer- ing . " That whatever wound might be given or re- ceived , between us and the mother country , if ever that which was ...
... Divine regard , but by acting agreeably to the Divine attribute , which was love , and was to overcome by suffer- ing . " That whatever wound might be given or re- ceived , between us and the mother country , if ever that which was ...
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עמוד 99 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
עמוד 54 - ... as repugnant to humanity, as it is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty? Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation how few in practice from conscientious motives...
עמוד 55 - I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day ; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy .lot, and an abhorrence for slavery.
עמוד 53 - It is not a little surprising, that the professors of christianity, whose chief excellence consists in softening the human heart, in cherishing and improving its finer feelings, should encourage a practice so totally repugnant to the first impressions of right and wrong. What adds to the wonder is, that this abominable practice has been introduced in the most enlightened ages.
עמוד 54 - Would any one believe that I am master of slaves, of my own purchase ! I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not, I cannot justify it. However culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my devoir to 'virtue, as to own the excellence and rectitude of her precepts, and lament my want of conformity to them.
עמוד 54 - Times that seem to have pretensions to boast of high improvements in the arts and sciences and refined morality, have brought into general use, and guarded by many laws, a species of violence and tyranny which our more rude and barbarous, but more honest, ancestors detested.
עמוד 70 - Cousins know this, and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there, and build Houses, and make it stronger and stronger every Day; for this Reason we entirely deny your Request; you shall not have a Road this Way.
עמוד 53 - I take this opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of Anthony Benezet's book against the slave-trade : I thank you for it. It is not a little surprising, that the professors of Christianity, whose chief excellence consists in softening...