Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...James Redpath Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 - 513 pages A collection of anti-slavery papers, poems, etc., commemorative of John Brown. |
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... thee ; John Brown will tramp the shaking earth From the Blue Ridge to the sea ; Till the strong angel comes at last , And opes each dungeon door , And God's " Great Charter " holds and waves O'er all his humble poor . And then the ...
... thee ; John Brown will tramp the shaking earth From the Blue Ridge to the sea ; Till the strong angel comes at last , And opes each dungeon door , And God's " Great Charter " holds and waves O'er all his humble poor . And then the ...
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... thee . " But the faith- ful soul below cries out , " Thou art crime ! Avaunt ! " There is so much in words . 99 - - a much This is the lesson of Puritanism — how shall we meet it to - day ? Every age stereotypes its ideas into forms ...
... thee . " But the faith- ful soul below cries out , " Thou art crime ! Avaunt ! " There is so much in words . 99 - - a much This is the lesson of Puritanism — how shall we meet it to - day ? Every age stereotypes its ideas into forms ...
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... an idea ; the child of a father who lived for an idea ; who said , " I know that Slavery is wrong ; thou shalt do unto another as thou wouldst have another do to 66 - thee " and flung himself against the law 110 Wendell Phillips .
... an idea ; the child of a father who lived for an idea ; who said , " I know that Slavery is wrong ; thou shalt do unto another as thou wouldst have another do to 66 - thee " and flung himself against the law 110 Wendell Phillips .
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James Redpath. 66 - thee " and flung himself against the law and order of his time . Nobody can dispute his principles . There are men who dispute his acts . It is exactly what he meant they should do . It is the collision of admitted ...
James Redpath. 66 - thee " and flung himself against the law and order of his time . Nobody can dispute his principles . There are men who dispute his acts . It is exactly what he meant they should do . It is the collision of admitted ...
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... Thee ; Thou the vine , thy friends the branches , is he not a branch of Thine , Though some dregs from earthly vintage have defiled the heavenly wine ? Now his tendrils lie unclasped , bruised and prostrate on the sod , - Take him to ...
... Thee ; Thou the vine , thy friends the branches , is he not a branch of Thine , Though some dregs from earthly vintage have defiled the heavenly wine ? Now his tendrils lie unclasped , bruised and prostrate on the sod , - Take him to ...
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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.