The Commemorative Wreath: In Celebration of the Extinction of Negro Slavery in the British DominionsE. Fry, 1835 - 112 páginas |
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1st August Afric's ALDERSGATE STREET Almighty band beams BERMUDA bless blest blood boast BOLIVAR bonds bosom breath bright Britain British brow burst BUXTON captive free cease chain CHILD OF BONDAGE Christian dark dawn death of Slavery divine e'en earth Emancipation Falmouth fetters Freedom hath Freedom's Freemen glad glad song glorious glorious song glory grace grateful grave hail hand heard heart Heaven heavenly holy humble HYMN isles JAMAICA JAMES EDMESTON JAMES MONTGOMERY Jehovah land Liberty Lord M.DCCC.XXXIV Mercy Mercy's Nation ne'er Negro is free night oppressed Oppression's peace praise prayer race redeemed reign rejoice rose sable sacred Sambo Saviour shore Sing the death Slavery's son of FREEDOM song of Jubilee sons sorrow soul Sound the loud Spirit stain SUFFIELD sweet tears thanksgiving thee thine Thou hast toil Truth twas tyrant voice wave West Indies Whilst WILBERFORCE yoke
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Página 56 - When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Página 39 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Página 26 - God made all His creatures free ; Life itself is liberty ; God ordained no other bands Than united hearts and hands. 2. Sin the primal charter broke — Sin, itself earth's heaviest yoke ; Tyranny with sin began, Man o'er brute, and man o'er man. 3. But a better day shall be, Life again be liberty, And the wide world's only bands Love-knit hearts and love-linked hands. 4. So shall every slavery cease, All God's children...
Página 84 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Página 24 - AGES, ages have departed Since the first dark vessel bore Afric's children, broken-hearted, To the Caribbean shore ; She like Rachel, Weeping, for they were no more. Millions, millions have been slaughter'd In the fight and on the deep ; Millions, millions more have water'd, With such tears as captives weep, Fields of travail, Where their bones till doomsday sleep.
Página iv - from a child known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...
Página 25 - ... captives weep, Fields of travail, Where their bones till doomsday sleep. Mercy, mercy vainly pleading, Rent her garments, smote her breast, Till a voice, from heaven proceeding, Gladden'd all the gloomy west, " Come, ye weary ! Come, and I will give you rest ! " Tidings, tidings of salvation!
Página 111 - The great doubt is solved; the alarming prognostications of the advocates of slavery falsified; the highest hopes of the negro's friends fulfilled, and their pledges honorably redeemed. A whole people, comprising 30,000 souls, have passed from slavery into freedom, not only without the slightest irregularity, but with the solemn and decorous tranquillity of a sabbath.
Página 24 - To this far-off western shore ; She, like Rachel, Weeping, for they were no more. Millions, millions have been slaughtered In the fight and on the deep ; Millions, millions more have watered, With such tears as captives weep, Fields of labor Where their wasted bodies sleep.
Página 110 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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| Título | The Commemorative Wreath: In Celebration of the Extinction of Negro Slavery in the British Dominions |
| Autor | Commemorative wreath |
| Editor | E. Fry, 1835 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 22 Jun 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 112 páginas |
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