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Page viii
... conducted in the West Indies , is associated with practices of an injurious tendency , even its warmest advocates must allow ; but many of the evils com- plained of may be diminished , if not entirely removed , by the meliorating in ...
... conducted in the West Indies , is associated with practices of an injurious tendency , even its warmest advocates must allow ; but many of the evils com- plained of may be diminished , if not entirely removed , by the meliorating in ...
Page ix
... conducted in the rudest man- ner . Human toil is but scantily relieved by the aid of brute force ; and few and feeble have been the efforts to substitute machinery in the room of direct unmiti- gated personal labour . The evils of ...
... conducted in the rudest man- ner . Human toil is but scantily relieved by the aid of brute force ; and few and feeble have been the efforts to substitute machinery in the room of direct unmiti- gated personal labour . The evils of ...
Page 14
... conduct in the West Indies has been to " labour in stillness , " and though this stillness may in some in- stances be identified with the absence of practical and effective instruction , yet even their opponents must allow that they ...
... conduct in the West Indies has been to " labour in stillness , " and though this stillness may in some in- stances be identified with the absence of practical and effective instruction , yet even their opponents must allow that they ...
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... conduct of the Friends as a praiseworthy exception . I should be unjust were I not to admit that from time to time , individuals of our own communion were desirous of convey- 3 Phil . i . 15 . Appendix C. 4 ing to their slaves a ...
... conduct of the Friends as a praiseworthy exception . I should be unjust were I not to admit that from time to time , individuals of our own communion were desirous of convey- 3 Phil . i . 15 . Appendix C. 4 ing to their slaves a ...
Page 34
... conduct , whether they arise from a desire to return benefits for benefits received , or from a sense of the duty which he owes to his God and his Saviour , or from feelings of self - interest , ( for his eternal welfare depends now ...
... conduct , whether they arise from a desire to return benefits for benefits received , or from a sense of the duty which he owes to his God and his Saviour , or from feelings of self - interest , ( for his eternal welfare depends now ...
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Popular passages
Page 215 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 56 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 65 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 35 - And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Page 141 - And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 30 - The Spirit and the bride say, come ; and let him that is athirst come ; and let him that heareth say, come ; and whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.
Page 19 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 180 - The Bishop. WILL you apply all your diligence to frame and fashion your own lives, and the lives of your families, according to the doctrine of Christ; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ?
Page 95 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 56 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.