Charles Sumner: “Not by these have I been drawn here to-night, but because I would bear…”

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Not by these have I been drawn here to-night, but because I would bear my testimony anew to that Freedom which is above all these.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of freedom as a guiding principle in his testimony.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “Not by these have I been drawn here to-night, but because I would bear my testimony anew to that Freedom which is above…”