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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They were occasioned not by Emancipation, but by the base attempt to fasten the chains of slavery on the limbs of liberated slaves.
What can I say more, my friends, to induce you to set your hands, and heads, and hearts, to this great work of justice and mercy.
There is nothing to fear from immediate Emancipation, but every thing from the continuance of slavery.
Slavery may produce these horrible scenes if it is continued five years longer, but Emancipation never will.