The Union and the War: A Sermon, Preached November 27, 1862C. Scribner, 1863 - 40 páginas |
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... positions that have been taken , and to prove still more convincingly that this war is a righteous one upon the side of the Government , and a guilty one upon that of its enemies . There is no necessity of redressing griev- ances ...
... positions that have been taken , and to prove still more convincingly that this war is a righteous one upon the side of the Government , and a guilty one upon that of its enemies . There is no necessity of redressing griev- ances ...
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... position of democracy , it is still more so from that of Christianity . It cannot be justified , in the least , on the principles of the gospel . Were the rights of conscience involved , and were there no peaceable mode of securing them ...
... position of democracy , it is still more so from that of Christianity . It cannot be justified , in the least , on the principles of the gospel . Were the rights of conscience involved , and were there no peaceable mode of securing them ...
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... position ; and a war that would be justified by the principles of mere democracy , might be condemned altogether by the precepts of the gospel . And it is precisely here , that we affirm , with all confidence , that the attitude of the ...
... position ; and a war that would be justified by the principles of mere democracy , might be condemned altogether by the precepts of the gospel . And it is precisely here , that we affirm , with all confidence , that the attitude of the ...
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... position , above the passions of the world , and trailed its white robes in that secular and unhallowed procession which kindled the fires of intestine and fratricidal war , it incurred a fear- ful guilt before its Lord and its Judge ...
... position , above the passions of the world , and trailed its white robes in that secular and unhallowed procession which kindled the fires of intestine and fratricidal war , it incurred a fear- ful guilt before its Lord and its Judge ...
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... position which the American people and their Government have taken before God and the world , is that the system of human bondage is an unjust one ; that it could not exist in a perfect world ; and that the progress of Christianity will ...
... position which the American people and their Government have taken before God and the world , is that the system of human bondage is an unjust one ; that it could not exist in a perfect world ; and that the progress of Christianity will ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 23 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Página 30 - From whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members ? Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Página 22 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you.
Página 23 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States ; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 3 - The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Página 23 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering •with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired...
Página 20 - ... for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has clotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 39 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul.
Página 9 - The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Página 20 - ... whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.