American Slavery Demonstrations in Favor of Dr Cheever in Scotland volume 1
American Slavery Demonstrations in Favor of Dr Cheever in Scotland volume 1
Helen Douglass
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Guthrie then briefly noticed the re- markable progress make by the United States since its commencement sixty or seventy years ago ; referred to its noble school system, its churches, and its missionaries ; and said it was his prayer that God in his providence might lead that great people to break the yoke of their slaves. The existence of slavery had led many to doubt the work of the revival in the United States; and the churches of America were at this moment upon their trial before the world.... He then stated that his Kirk-Session and that of Dr. Candlish had re- solved to have collections in behalf of Dr. Chee- ver ; and he hoped that the other ministers and congregations of Edinburgh would adopt the same course, and thus let the Americans see they were in earnest in this matter. 30 AMERICAN SLAVERY. The resolution was then unanimously agreed to. The Rev. William Reid proposed the next re- solution, to the effect that the present appeal in behalf of Dr. Cheever afforded a seasonable op- portunity for bearing an emphatic practical testi- mony against American slavery, as well as for expressing sympathy with those who, on Christian grounds, denounced it, and suffer loss for so doing ; and that it ought, therefore, to be promptly and lib- erally met.
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