Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber: Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the March Term, 1819, in the Frederick County Court, for a MisdemeanorDavid Martin. Geo. Kolb, printer., 1819 - 111 páginas Gruber was tried on a charge of having, in a sermon, incited a slave insurrection. |
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Página iv
... happiness , the security , protection and conversion of his congregation . The general scope of his sermon was a call to all to repent and seek the pardon of their sins ; and to prevent all possible misunderstanding among the whites ...
... happiness , the security , protection and conversion of his congregation . The general scope of his sermon was a call to all to repent and seek the pardon of their sins ; and to prevent all possible misunderstanding among the whites ...
Página xix
... happiness or peace . Sin is a reproach to you . There is no peace to the wicked . Some of you have good masters ; you ought to attend to religious duties ; never be absent from family prayer when it is in your power to attend ...
... happiness or peace . Sin is a reproach to you . There is no peace to the wicked . Some of you have good masters ; you ought to attend to religious duties ; never be absent from family prayer when it is in your power to attend ...
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... happiness . He said , the husband had no right to punish his wife , nei- ther has a master any right to punish his slave . I was disgusted and went off . * Cross examined by Mr. Pigman . Q. What part of the discourse was addressed , to ...
... happiness . He said , the husband had no right to punish his wife , nei- ther has a master any right to punish his slave . I was disgusted and went off . * Cross examined by Mr. Pigman . Q. What part of the discourse was addressed , to ...
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... happiness . He said , it was degrading to humani- ty , to see human souls mixed with horses , cows and stock , and offered at public sale to the highest bid- der ; that it was inconsistent with the republican prin- ciples of this nation ...
... happiness . He said , it was degrading to humani- ty , to see human souls mixed with horses , cows and stock , and offered at public sale to the highest bid- der ; that it was inconsistent with the republican prin- ciples of this nation ...
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... happiness of the whole assembly . When upon the point of slavery , he gave the good and bad masters their meat in due season . Kept up the distinction between good and bad masters . He admitted , in his argument , that many masters used ...
... happiness of the whole assembly . When upon the point of slavery , he gave the good and bad masters their meat in due season . Kept up the distinction between good and bad masters . He admitted , in his argument , that many masters used ...
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Página vii - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Página 65 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events : that it may become probable by supernatural interference ! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Página i - Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Página 65 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Página vii - And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Página 89 - We declare that we are as much as ever convinced of the great evil of slavery ; therefore, no slaveholder shall be eligible to any official station in our Church hereafter ; where the laws of the state in which he lives will admit of emancipation, and permit the liberated slave to enjoy freedom.
Página vi - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Página xii - And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Página xv - But are there not slaves in our country? Do not sweat and blood and tears say there are ? The voice of my brother's blood crieth ; is it not a reproach to a man to hold articles of liberty and independence in one hand and a bloody whip in the other, while a negro stands and trembles before him, with his back cut and bleeding?
Página 41 - A hard necessity, indeed, compels us to endure the evil of slavery for a time. It was imposed upon us by another nation, while we were yet in a state of colonial vassalage.