The African Repository, Volume 23American Colonization Society., 1847 - African Americans |
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Page 160 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety...
Page 252 - He then, for the first time in his life, discovered the heart-stirring and soul-inspiring truth, " that God is no respecter of persons ; but that in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him.
Page 247 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Page 269 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 168 - States aforesaid, shall, for each passenger taken on board beyond the above proportions, be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and...
Page 289 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 308 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be made glad; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.