The following were some of the resolutions passed on the sin of slavery: "1. That to buy and sell human beings, and to hold and treat them as merchandise; or to treat servants, free or bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact, that they are intelligent... Proceedings of the General Association of Connecticut - Page 6by General Association of Connecticut - 1811Full view - About this book
| General Conference of Maine - Congregational churches - 1828 - 1070 pages
...buy and sell human beings and treat them as merchandize ; or to treat servants, bond or free, in any manner inconsistent with the fact that they are intelligent and voluntary beings, made in the ¡mage of God, is a violation of lite principles of the word of God and should he treated by all the... | |
| 1834 - 514 pages
...beings, and to hold them, and treat them as merchandize ; or to treat servants, free and bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact, that they are intelligent...Lord Jesus Christ, as an immorality inconsistent with the profession of ihe Christian Religion. The Committee on the State of Religion made a Report, which... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1856 - 818 pages
...beings, and to hold them and treat them as merchandise, or to treat servants, bond or free, in any manner inconsistent with the fact that they are intelligent...beings made in the image of God, is a violation of the word of God, and should be treated by all the churches as an immorality inconsistent with a profession... | |
| African Americans - 1834 - 300 pages
...servants, free or bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact that they are intelligent and voluntar}' beings made in the image of God, is a violation of the promises of the word of God, and should be treated by all the church of our Lord Jesus Christ as an... | |
| Christian education - 1839 - 920 pages
...human beings, and to hold and treat them as merchandise; or to treat servants, free or bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact, that they are intelligent...violation of the principles of the word of God; and should bfi treated, by all the churches of our Lord Jesus Christ, as an immorality, inconsistent with a profession... | |
| Clergy - 1840 - 434 pages
...human beings, and to hold and treat them as merchandise; or to treat servants, free or bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact, that they are intelligent...inconsistent with a profession of the Christian religion: And, *'2. That this Association regards the laws and usages, in relation to slavery, which exist in... | |
| Leonard Bacon - Slavery - 1846 - 262 pages
...whose servants, in a word, live and die in heathenish ignoranee ; or who treats his servants in any manner inconsistent with the fact that they are intelligent and voluntary beings who were created in God's image, and for whom Christ has died — does not make a creditable profession... | |
| William Goodell - History - 1852 - 810 pages
...human beings, or to hold and treat them as merchandise, or to treat servants, free or bond, in any manner inconsistent with the fact that they are intelligent...immorality, inconsistent with a profession of the Christian religioD. Resolved, that this Association regards the laws and usages in respect to slavery, which... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...with the fact that they are intelligent and voluntary beings, made in the image of God, is a violation of the word of God. and should be treated by all the churches as an immorality inconsistent with a profession of the Christian religion." It has never ceased to... | |
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