The Slaves' Champion: The Life, Deeds, and Historical Days of William WilberforceNew Leaf Publishing Group, 2007 - 230 pages First published in London in 1861, this revealing biography of British abolitionist William Wilberforce gives a revealing look at his impact on British society and explores how he inspired American abolitionists in their effort to end slavery within the United States. |
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... acts and lives now must either be productive of future good , or future evil , to generations succeeding us . To each the poet says : — " A nation's tastes depend on you , Perhaps a nation's virtue too . " Knowing this , is there , I ...
... acts and lives now must either be productive of future good , or future evil , to generations succeeding us . To each the poet says : — " A nation's tastes depend on you , Perhaps a nation's virtue too . " Knowing this , is there , I ...
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... acts of charity , and the like , that they may have praise of men , cannot be denied ; and that there are even some who do evil that they may be applauded by , and appear great in the eyes of , their associates —the worthless — is ...
... acts of charity , and the like , that they may have praise of men , cannot be denied ; and that there are even some who do evil that they may be applauded by , and appear great in the eyes of , their associates —the worthless — is ...
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... act only remains , the name of the doer having long ceased to be coupled with it . Moreover , if we are Christians indeed , and have faith , even so small as a grain of mustard seed , we know , and believe , that the good done here , if ...
... act only remains , the name of the doer having long ceased to be coupled with it . Moreover , if we are Christians indeed , and have faith , even so small as a grain of mustard seed , we know , and believe , that the good done here , if ...
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... act in the present — the future is treacherously uncertain — to - morrow belongs not to you — the good of one day may produce lasting blessing and perhaps immortal fame to the doer . Every day has its good to be done and its evil to be ...
... act in the present — the future is treacherously uncertain — to - morrow belongs not to you — the good of one day may produce lasting blessing and perhaps immortal fame to the doer . Every day has its good to be done and its evil to be ...
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... acts contrary to this teaching — this doing everything as in the sight of , and for the honour of , God — is anything but a great man , and had better not act at all . And bear in mind that neither the building of pyramids , nor the ...
... acts contrary to this teaching — this doing everything as in the sight of , and for the honour of , God — is anything but a great man , and had better not act at all . And bear in mind that neither the building of pyramids , nor the ...
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Page 113 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 108 - 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.
Page 137 - Is there, as ye sometimes tell us, Is there one, who reigns on high ? Has he bid you buy and sell us, Speaking from his throne the sky...
Page 121 - We cannot say the cause set forth by this return is allowed or approved of by the laws of this kingdom ; and therefore the man must be discharged.
Page 123 - to consider what step they should take for the relief and liberation of the negro slaves in the West Indies, and for the discouragement of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa.
Page 110 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 43 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 184 - Cambridge — announced a prize for the best Latin essay on the question, " Is it right to make slaves of others against their will ?" A young man, then a student in one of the colleges, entered into the competition.
Page 222 - God on the heart of man ; and by that law, unchangeable and eternal, while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine, and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation the wild and guilty phantasy, that man can hold property in man...
Page 28 - Of earth and hell confederate take away ; A liberty which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons, have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
References to this book
A Journey Through the Life of William Wilberforce: The Abolitionist Who ... Kevin Belmonte No preview available - 2006 |