The Law-abiding Conscience, and the Higher Law Conscience: With Remarks on the Fugitive Slave Question. A Sermon, Preached in the South Prebbyterian Church, Brooklyn, Dec. 12, 1850,Lambert & Lane, printers, 1850 - 36 pages |
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Page 7 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 5 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 5 - But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator of the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness.
Page 5 - The Constitution regulates our stewardship ; the Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. " But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
Page 27 - States shall be delivered up, and I confess I have always been of the opinion that it was an injunction upon 'the States themselves. When it is said that a person escaping into another State, and becoming therefore within the jurisdiction of that State, shall be delivered up...
Page 5 - Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said ; We ought to obey God rather than men.
Page 27 - ... that the constitution addressed itself to the Legislatures of the States themselves, or to the States themselves. It says, that those persons escaping to other States, shall be delivered up, and I confess I have always been of the opinion, that it was an injunction upon the States themselves. When...
Page 13 - We instigate no revolutions, nor suffer any hostile military expeditions to be fitted out in the United States to invade the territory or provinces of a friendly nation.
Page 27 - ... is, that the state itself, in obedience to the Constitution, shall cause him to be delivered up. This is my judgment. I have always entertained that opinion, and I entertain VOL. XIX. No. 76. 67 it now. But when the subject, some years ago, was before the Supreme Court of the United States, the majority of the judges held that the power to cause fugitives from service to be delivered up was a power to be exercised under the authority of this...
Page 17 - I do not see how there can be any question as to the reluctance of the War Department to fulfill the promise of the Government. Now, as to the boys