We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
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As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we cannot be happy, unless we please them.Jupiter Hammon
I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.
Jupiter Hammon
If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good.
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But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.
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The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is.
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You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do you suppose this would be any excuse for you, if you should commit the same crime?
Jupiter Hammon
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