The African Repository, Объемы 51-53American Colonization Society., 1877 |
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00 AFRICAN REPOSITORY aboriginal American Colonization Society Americo-Liberians appointed Arthington Bassa Bishop blessed Board brethren Cape Palmas chief Christian Church citizens civilization Coast of Africa coffee Colonization Building colored commerce CONNECTICUT continent Donations duty emigrants enterprise Executive Committee expedition exploration favorable foreign freedmen friends Gospel Grand Bassa county Greboes heathen Henry hundred miles intelligent interest interior Irenæus James January January 18 John labor Lake Tanganika land Latrobe Legislature Liberia College Liberian Government Maryland Massachusetts ment Methodist Miss mission Monrovia nation natives negro Nile Paul's river Pennsylvania population presented and read President of Liberia President Roberts race received region religion Rents of Colonization Republic of Liberia rovia schools Secretary sent settlement shores Sierra Leone Sinoe county slave trade South steamer thousand tion Total Receipts Treasury tribes United vessels Washington West Coast William York
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Стр. 33 - Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Стр. 68 - We may behold the beams of science and philosophy breaking in upon their land,* which at some happy period in still later times may blaze with full lustre, and joining their influence to that of pure religion, may illuminate and invigorate the most distant extremities of that immense continent.
Стр. 109 - Granada, shall enjoy the most perfect and entire security of conscience without being annoyed prevented, or disturbed on account of their religious belief.
Стр. 95 - Everything connected with their condition, including their color, is against them; nor is there much prospect that their state can ever be greatly ameliorated, while they continue among us. Could not the rich and benevolent devise means to form a Colony on some part of the Coast of Africa, similar to the one at Sierra Leone, which might gradually induce many free blacks to go and settle, devising for them the means of getting there, and of protection and support till they were established.
Стр. 69 - Coast with the canvas of a prosperous commerce; we shall stud the long and winding shore with a hundred cities. That which we sow in weakness shall be raised in strength. From our sincere but houseless worship, there shall spring splendid temples to record God's goodness; from the simplicity of our social union there shall arise wise and politic constitutions of government, full of the liberty which we ourselves bring and...
Стр. 70 - ... once proudly luxuriant in the fruits of learning and taste ; whilst that from which the Goths, their calumniators, have sprung, remained hard, and knotted, and barren ? For is Africa without her heraldry of science and of fame...
Стр. 70 - That which we sow in weakness shall be raised in strength. From our sincere, but houseless worship, there shall spring splendid temples to record God's goodness; from the simplicity of our social union, there shall arise wise and politic constitutions of government, full of the liberty which we ourselves bring and breathe; from our zeal for learning, institutions shall spring which shall scatter the light of knowledge throughout the land, and, in time, paying back where they have borrowed, shall...
Стр. 2 - Creator hath implanted in every human heart, and to evince to all who despise, ridicule and oppress our race that we possess with them a common nature, are with them susceptible of equal refinement, and capable of equal advancement in all that adorns and dignifies man.
Стр. 64 - There," said he, was a peculiar, a moral fitness, in restoring them to the land of their fathers, and if instead of the evils and sufferings which we had been the innocent cause of inflicting upon the inhabitants of Africa, we can transmit to her the blessings of our arts, our civilization, and our religion. May we not hope that America will extinguish a great portion of that moral debt which she has contracted to that unfortunate continent?
Стр. 21 - It is the practical Christian tutor, who can teach people how to become Christians, cure their diseases, construct dwellings, understand and exemplify agriculture, and turn his hand to anything, like a sailor — this is the man who is wanted.