Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.

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Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are...

Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are...

If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for...

If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for...

Good servants frequently make good masters.

Good servants frequently make good masters.

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and...

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and...

If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or...

If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or...

The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know...

The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know...

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we...

That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we...

I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are...

I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are...

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do...

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do...

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and...

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and...

If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look...

If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look...

The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein...

The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein...

It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but...

It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but...

He will bring us all, rich and poor, white and black, to his judgment seat.

He will bring us all, rich and poor, white and black, to his judgment seat.

As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and...

As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and...

You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do...

You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do...

Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.

Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.