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... hath made of one blood all nations of men Acts xvii . 26 . What a glorious , what a beneficent doctrine ! how magnificent- ly does it level all distinctions , whether of color , rank , nation , or religion ! It rebukes selfishness . It ...
... hath made of one blood all nations of men Acts xvii . 26 . What a glorious , what a beneficent doctrine ! how magnificent- ly does it level all distinctions , whether of color , rank , nation , or religion ! It rebukes selfishness . It ...
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Maria Weston Chapman. Prayer of the Enslaved American . Hath not a Saviour's dying hour Made e'en'the yoke of thraldom light ? Hath not thy Holy Spirit's power Made bondage freedom , -darkness bright ? Thanks , then , Oh , father ! for ...
Maria Weston Chapman. Prayer of the Enslaved American . Hath not a Saviour's dying hour Made e'en'the yoke of thraldom light ? Hath not thy Holy Spirit's power Made bondage freedom , -darkness bright ? Thanks , then , Oh , father ! for ...
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... hath barr'd it from our sight . We know Thou reign'st , the Unchanging One , th ' All Just ! And bless thee still with free and boundless trust ! We read no more , O God ! thy ways On earth , in these wild evil days , The red sword in ...
... hath barr'd it from our sight . We know Thou reign'st , the Unchanging One , th ' All Just ! And bless thee still with free and boundless trust ! We read no more , O God ! thy ways On earth , in these wild evil days , The red sword in ...
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... hath cursed- The thirst for gold ! Shall not thy thunders speak , Where Mammon's altars reek , Where maids and matrons shriek , Bound , bleeding , sold ? Hear'st thou , O God , those chains , Clanking on Freedom's plains , By Christians ...
... hath cursed- The thirst for gold ! Shall not thy thunders speak , Where Mammon's altars reek , Where maids and matrons shriek , Bound , bleeding , sold ? Hear'st thou , O God , those chains , Clanking on Freedom's plains , By Christians ...
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... hath triumphed , the Negro is free ; Sing for the pride of the tyrant is broken , His scourges and fetters , all clotted with blood , Are wrenched from his grasp ; -for the word was but spoken , And fetters and scourges were sunk in the ...
... hath triumphed , the Negro is free ; Sing for the pride of the tyrant is broken , His scourges and fetters , all clotted with blood , Are wrenched from his grasp ; -for the word was but spoken , And fetters and scourges were sunk in the ...
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Afric's altar Awake beneath Benjamin Lundy bless blood break breath brethren captive chains cheer child Christ Colored Mother crown dark Day of Jubilee dust earth earthly eternal faith Faneuil Hall fear FELICIA HEMANS fetters foes Forgive Fourth of July freedom freedom's land glorious glory God delusion God's grace grief hand HARRIET MARTINEAU hast hate hath heart heaven HENRY HART MILMAN holy hope Hosanna hour Hymn of Triumph Jesus King land light Lord M. W. CHAPMAN Martyr mercy mighty Monthly Concert night o'er oppressed oppressor's peace Pilgrim Fathers praise pray prayer pride proud Psalm of David REGINALD HEBER rejoice round saints Saviour scorn scourge shame shore Sing slave Slavery slavery's smile song soul spirit suffering sweet tears thee thine throne thy word toil truth tyrant unto voice waves weep WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON woes wrong yoke
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Page 80 - AWAKE, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on : A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2...
Page 216 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 83 - When we asunder part. It gives us inward pain ; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
Page 53 - A noble army: men and boys, The matron and the maid ; Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes of light arrayed. They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 202 - He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure : And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor.
Page 94 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 153 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name.
Page 82 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne, We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
Page 137 - E'en through the awful gloom Which hovers o'er the tomb, That light of love our guiding star shall be : Our spirits shall not dread The shadowy way to tread, Friend, Guardian, Saviour ! which doth lead to Thee.
Page 80 - And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way.