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Excerpt from Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-Slaves, or the Port Royal Mission Surely, there is aline of right somewhere; surely, there are principles of right necessarily eternal, sin'ce God is; surely, these principles cannot change; surely, circum stances, cannot reach or affect them; surely, there must be laws enforcing those principles; surely, as the prin ples are eternal, the laws cannot change; surely, they must have the strength of the Administration, as apledge of their execution; surely, they must respect all beings alike, must apply to the minutest action. Surely, then, every action must be with, or against those laws, must com pel their eternal approval, or penalty, every action calling upon the laws of eternal justice for the well done, or the penalty. Surely that award, must be as eternal, as the sin, and those laws. Surely a Mediator makes no escape from them. He is not the minister of sin. He only makes obedi ence possible to us. He establishes, the law, dies! That we be forgiven, cleared of its past records, cleansed, and com pelled to break it no more, through the power that death provides. All this adds awful weight, and dignity, to that law, renders disobedience an eternal insult, not only to the law, 'but to that Mediator, that tenderest grace, that costliest sacrifice. SO that disobedience is an insult, not only to the law, which cannot forgive, over look, Or fail in penalty, but to that grace, that death, that Offering Of soul for sin. Surely, then, God, his law, his sacrifice, cannot be slighted, without full penalty. Surely that penalty must be exacted alike Of each rational being. Man must be left free to break that law, else no free obedience could he render, from his not being free, or able to disobey. Evidently, when he knows that there is grace provided for him, and Offered freely, and availabl he is alone responsible for having that grace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
