My soul glows with gratitude to God for his mercy to the down-trodden slaves, in raising up for them in these days of savage cruelty, hundreds who, fearless of consequences, are standing up for the entire abolition of slavery, whom, though unseen, I dearly love.
Grimké expresses deep gratitude for those fighting against slavery and supporting the oppressed.
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Who labored assiduously to keep the sufferings of the slave continually before the British public?
I was among those who thought (and honestly too) that there was no more moral guilt attached to the holding our fellow beings in bondage, regarding them as property, than to the holding of a mule or an ox.
Now the Bible is my ultimate appeal in all matters of faith and practice, and it is to this test I am anxious to bring the subject at issue between us.
Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit.