The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1830 |
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Page 374
... letter written on the 28th of July , 1812 , after he had had upwards of a year and a half to examine and ascertain the fact , he asserted that the annual reports of the last seven years shewed " a yearly diminution in the numbers of the ...
... letter written on the 28th of July , 1812 , after he had had upwards of a year and a half to examine and ascertain the fact , he asserted that the annual reports of the last seven years shewed " a yearly diminution in the numbers of the ...
Page 417
... letter in evidence , is afterwards asked his opinion of the causes which impede the natural increase of the negroes . The causes he assigns are , " promiscuous concubinage , " and " occasional work- ing the negroes too hard . " - He is ...
... letter in evidence , is afterwards asked his opinion of the causes which impede the natural increase of the negroes . The causes he assigns are , " promiscuous concubinage , " and " occasional work- ing the negroes too hard . " - He is ...
Page 423
... letter from Mr. Clarke , the agricultural agent , dated in May last , and evidently intended as a reply to the inquiries addressed , a few months before , to the Society , by Mr. Riland . The most material part , however , of Mr ...
... letter from Mr. Clarke , the agricultural agent , dated in May last , and evidently intended as a reply to the inquiries addressed , a few months before , to the Society , by Mr. Riland . The most material part , however , of Mr ...
Page 430
... letter from Thomas Lane , the Co- lonial Secretary , stating , " that there is no existing law in this colony ́ which makes marriages between slaves a civil or religious contract , nor any law to prevent the separation of husband and ...
... letter from Thomas Lane , the Co- lonial Secretary , stating , " that there is no existing law in this colony ́ which makes marriages between slaves a civil or religious contract , nor any law to prevent the separation of husband and ...
Page 457
... letter from a Missionary in Barbadoes , affirming " that Bridgetown is now as peaceable and orderly on the Lord's day as most towns in England . " He must mean , we suppose , after the hubbub of the morning is over . If so , his account ...
... letter from a Missionary in Barbadoes , affirming " that Bridgetown is now as peaceable and orderly on the Lord's day as most towns in England . " He must mean , we suppose , after the hubbub of the morning is over . If so , his account ...
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Page 438 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Page 279 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 498 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the Slave Population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other Classes of His Majesty's Subjects.
Page 438 - The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Page 204 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be to him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 294 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 390 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Page 279 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 410 - Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 333 - ... the wild and guilty phantasy, that man can hold property in man ! In vain you appeal to treaties, to covenants between nations. The covenants of the Almighty, whether the old covenant or the new, denounce such unholy pretensions. To those laws did they of old refer, who maintained the African trade.