The Life of William WilberforceProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857 - 767 Seiten |
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... Slavery and the Slave Trade , it has been thought desirable to present once more to the public view the admirable picture of his character , with which his sons have furnished us , by the minute and can- did insight they have afforded ...
... Slavery and the Slave Trade , it has been thought desirable to present once more to the public view the admirable picture of his character , with which his sons have furnished us , by the minute and can- did insight they have afforded ...
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... Slave - Trade , his would have been unrivalled honor . Other men have given freedom to their own country - he was the successful champion of humanity ; and it may be questioned whether the benefit he conferred on bleeding Africa or ...
... Slave - Trade , his would have been unrivalled honor . Other men have given freedom to their own country - he was the successful champion of humanity ; and it may be questioned whether the benefit he conferred on bleeding Africa or ...
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... slaves in the British West - Indies , just as he was passing away ; the news of which cheered his latest moments ... slavery . " A fellow - pupil in the school at Pocklington , who board- ed in the village , while Wilberforce was ...
... slaves in the British West - Indies , just as he was passing away ; the news of which cheered his latest moments ... slavery . " A fellow - pupil in the school at Pocklington , who board- ed in the village , while Wilberforce was ...
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... Slave Trade . " It would not interest readers on this side the At- lantic , to follow the course of this election struggle . We merely record the result , that he was honorably chosen in opposition to the combined efforts of the gov ...
... Slave Trade . " It would not interest readers on this side the At- lantic , to follow the course of this election struggle . We merely record the result , that he was honorably chosen in opposition to the combined efforts of the gov ...
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... slave of ambition into the free - born child of God , doing service not by constraint , but willingly ; not for the base rewards which perish with the possession , but for the crown of righteousness that fadeth not away . After a hasty ...
... slave of ambition into the free - born child of God , doing service not by constraint , but willingly ; not for the base rewards which perish with the possession , but for the crown of righteousness that fadeth not away . After a hasty ...
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Seite 501 - ... meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Seite 23 - When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe, And led me up to man.
Seite 395 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Seite 80 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbor as thyself.
Seite 556 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Seite 23 - I was introduced, on the very first night of my arrival, to as licentious a set of men as can well be conceived. They drank hard, and their conversation was even worse than their lives.
Seite 98 - Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world...
Seite 24 - did not act towards me the part of Christians, or even of honest men. Their object seemed to be to make and keep me idle. If ever I appeared studious, they would say to me — ' Why, in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging?
Seite 184 - And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Seite 133 - He then proceeded to a particular account of his day, of the inquiries he had made respecting the poor ; there was no resident minister, no manufactory, nor did there appear any dawn of comfort, either temporal or spiritual. The...