What did Jesus say to his disciples, when he commissioned them to preach the gospel?--‘Behold, I send you forth as SHEEP in the midst of wolves; be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Grimké references Jesus' commissioning of his disciples to highlight the vulnerability of all believers.
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So far from thinking slavery a sin, or that I had no right to own the slaves inherited from my father, I thought no one could venture to dispute that right, any more than he could my right to his land or his stock.
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.
I think the abolitionists have done, and are doing a great deal of good, by holding slavery up to the public gaze.
What dost thou mean by saying, her rights are the gifts of honor, rectitude and love?