The African Repository, Volume 13American Colonization Society., 1837 - African Americans |
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... expected ( as stated in the last Report ) failed to embark in this expedition . Most of this company were young men , several of them preachers of the Gospel , and one a min- ister and Missionary of the Methodist Church , the Rev ...
... expected ( as stated in the last Report ) failed to embark in this expedition . Most of this company were young men , several of them preachers of the Gospel , and one a min- ister and Missionary of the Methodist Church , the Rev ...
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... expected that this sum will in the course of a few months be ready to be applied to the ob- jects to which it is devoted . As the whole matter in regard to this legacy is left to the discretion of the Executors , the cheerfulness and ...
... expected that this sum will in the course of a few months be ready to be applied to the ob- jects to which it is devoted . As the whole matter in regard to this legacy is left to the discretion of the Executors , the cheerfulness and ...
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... expected from the benevolent views of Mrs. Reed towards carrying into speedy effect this will , pre- pared as she is to make any sacrifice of her personal feelings to the cause of humanity and duty . It is believed that the relatives of ...
... expected from the benevolent views of Mrs. Reed towards carrying into speedy effect this will , pre- pared as she is to make any sacrifice of her personal feelings to the cause of humanity and duty . It is believed that the relatives of ...
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... expected ; none which will yield ampler means for their prosperous settlement in Liberia . Early in the spring the Managers of the Mississippi So- ciety and the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Society announced their purpose of ...
... expected ; none which will yield ampler means for their prosperous settlement in Liberia . Early in the spring the Managers of the Mississippi So- ciety and the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Society announced their purpose of ...
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... expects to walk the streets of the heavenly city would not desire to be occasionally met by some once benighted African , now irradiated with the light of immortality , dressed in robes of white , with a palm in his hand and a crown on ...
... expects to walk the streets of the heavenly city would not desire to be occasionally met by some once benighted African , now irradiated with the light of immortality , dressed in robes of white , with a palm in his hand and a crown on ...
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Page 164 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Page 74 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 75 - ... ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a Commander in Chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 34 - He would therefore move to strike out all after the word " resolved," and insert the following : That this congress expresses its preference for the system known as the family system, in conducting juvenile reformatories.
Page 266 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye.
Page 347 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness...
Page 77 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Page 266 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Page 347 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 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 145 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.