I love that religion that comes from above, in the “wisdom of God,” which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
In his autobiography, Douglass defines the true religion he embraces, contrasting it with the corrupted form practiced by slaveholders.
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