Charles Sumner: “God is an unsleeping avenger; nor can armies, fleets, bulwarks, or…”

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God is an unsleeping avenger; nor can armies, fleets, bulwarks, or “towers along the steep” prevail against His mighty anger.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the inevitability of divine justice against wrongdoing.

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Charles Sumner: “God is an unsleeping avenger; nor can armies, fleets, bulwarks, or “towers along the steep” prevail against His mighty…”