Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...James Redpath A collection of anti-slavery papers, poems, etc., commemorative of John Brown. |
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... PRISON LETTERS , BOOK SEVEN - DEATH OF Samson , • APPENDIX , PAOK 1-2 3-4 5-9 11-14 15-122 • 123-236 • 237-300 · 301-357 359-383 • • 385-433 • 435-454 · 455-514 Book First - Bunker Hill . A Plea for Capt . John Brown , by Henry D ...
... PRISON LETTERS , BOOK SEVEN - DEATH OF Samson , • APPENDIX , PAOK 1-2 3-4 5-9 11-14 15-122 • 123-236 • 237-300 · 301-357 359-383 • • 385-433 • 435-454 · 455-514 Book First - Bunker Hill . A Plea for Capt . John Brown , by Henry D ...
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... Prison Letters . Letters from Northern Men , Letters from Northern Women , Letters from his Family and Relatives , 387-411 413-426 • 427-433 Book Seben - Death of Samson . Services at Concord , . • . 437-454 Brief Testimonies . Of the ...
... Prison Letters . Letters from Northern Men , Letters from Northern Women , Letters from his Family and Relatives , 387-411 413-426 • 427-433 Book Seben - Death of Samson . Services at Concord , . • . 437-454 Brief Testimonies . Of the ...
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... Prison Letters , " ) Of Hon . Daniel R. Tilden , Coat of Arms for Modern Virginia , • Appendix . PAGE • 72 • 92 97 98 124 • 140 · 175 · 194 · 211 212 • 252 279 299 302 · 304 309 331 335 347 357 383 . 384 385 386 514 Editorial ...
... Prison Letters , " ) Of Hon . Daniel R. Tilden , Coat of Arms for Modern Virginia , • Appendix . PAGE • 72 • 92 97 98 124 • 140 · 175 · 194 · 211 212 • 252 279 299 302 · 304 309 331 335 347 357 383 . 384 385 386 514 Editorial ...
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... prison door , I will use the privilege , under sacred honor , only to nurse him . I enclose you a message to Brown ; be sure and deliver it . " And the message was , " Old man , God bless you ! You have struck a noble blow ; you have ...
... prison door , I will use the privilege , under sacred honor , only to nurse him . I enclose you a message to Brown ; be sure and deliver it . " And the message was , " Old man , God bless you ! You have struck a noble blow ; you have ...
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... prison , under his wounds , in prospect of the gallows — all this has inspired me to a higher religious life . It has kindled within my heart a greater love to God and to my fellow - men . This is a tribute to his memory which I cannot ...
... prison , under his wounds , in prospect of the gallows — all this has inspired me to a higher religious life . It has kindled within my heart a greater love to God and to my fellow - men . This is a tribute to his memory which I cannot ...
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Page 394 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 334 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 409 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! •3. There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven ; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 4.
Page 140 - I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done, Let me say one word further.
Page 443 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 409 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee...
Page 228 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 438 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Page 211 - His truth, they shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage, and as the Lord's free people joined themselves (by a covenant of the Lord) into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in all His ways made known, or to be made known unto them, according to their best endeavours, whatsoever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them.8 And that it cost them something this ensuing history will declare.
Page 214 - Thus saith the LORD ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.