Is he not a God that showeth mercy and keepeth covenant? Of all sins, it seems to me that the sin of unbelief is the most dishonouring to God. Elijah Parish Lovejoy covenantdishonourgod Change image and share on social
I most earnestly advise you, again and again, love, honor, and obey your parents. Friends like them, you need not expect to find in this world. Elijah Parish Lovejoy adviseearnestlyexpect Change image and share on social
Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, performed from a conviction of its propriety. Elijah Parish Lovejoy actconvictionemancipation Change image and share on social
The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on soil moistened with their blood drawn from them by the whip of a republican taskmaster! Elijah Parish Lovejoy bloodcultivatedraw Change image and share on social
It is not possible that one man can convert another into a piece of property, thus at once annihilating all his personal rights, without the most flagrant injustice and usurpation. Elijah Parish Lovejoy annihilateconvertflagrant Change image and share on social
I was, by divine grace, enabled to bring all my sins and all my sorrows and lay them at the feet of Jesus, and to receive the blessed assurance that He had accepted me, all sinful and polluted as I was. Elijah Parish Lovejoy acceptassurancebless share on social
It seems to me scarcely possible that one who has so long lived in sin, who has resisted so much light and has so often grieved away the Holy Spirit, as I have, should again be visited with its heavenly influences. But I hope it is so. Elijah Parish Lovejoy grieveheavenlyholy share on social
I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative. Elijah Parish Lovejoy alternativecompromiseerror Change image and share on social
The eternal God - the infinite Jehovah - has done all he could do - even to the sacrificing his own Son - to provide a way for man's happiness, and yet they reject him, hate him, and laugh him to scorn! Elijah Parish Lovejoy eternalgodhappiness share on social