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  1. Oct 2020
    1. The women of the South can overthrow this horrible system of oppression and cruelty, licentiousness and wrong. Such appeals to your legislatures would be irresistible, for there is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity. If you could obtain but six signatures to such a petition in only one state, I would say, send up that petition, and be not in the least discouraged by the scoffs, and jeers of the heartless, or the resolution of the house to lay it on the table. It will be a great thing if the subject can be introduced into your legislatures in any way, even by women, arid they will be the most likely to introduce it there in the best possible manner, as a matter of morals and religion, not of expediency or politics. You may petition, too, the different ecclesiastical bodies of the slave states. Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit. You must take it up on Christian ground, and fight against it with Christian weapons, whilst your feet are sho

      In this paragraph, Angelina appears to be calling to arms the women of her country to resist the act of slavery and appealing on their moral ground, abolish the act of slavery and its ideals. She based her calls on their religious background, the morality of the practice and with sheer determination influence their way of thinking, with passionate persuasion. It is of great admiration that she call on her citizens to revoke slavery and act on it through legislation because she knew that words without action will not bear fruit. She was aware of what some people feel, through her words some of them were conflicted, whether it's right or wrong she made a statement clearing all that up.

    2. To all of you then, known or unknown, relatives or strangers, (for you are all one in Christ,) I would speak. I have felt for you at this time, when unwelcome light is pouring in upon the world on the subject of slavery…. We must come back to the good old doctrine of our fore fathers who declared to the world, “this self evident truth that all men are created equal, and that they have certain inalienable rights among which are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It is even a greater absurdity to suppose a man can be legally born a slave under our free Republican Government, than under the petty despotisms of barbarian Africa. If then, we have no right to enslave an African, surely we can have none to enslave an American; if a self evident truth that all men every where and of every color are born equal, and have an inalienable right to liberty, then it is equally true that no man can be born a slave, and no man can ever rightfully be reduced to involuntary bondage and held as a slave, however fair may be the claim of his master or mistress through wills and title-deeds…. 

      Angelina Grimke must have a lot of nerve even as a woman during that era to dar speak to her fellow country about the issue of slavery. She dared to speak the truth and commence with fire in her heart, pointing to the obvious and striking with accuracy the hearts and minds of the people. I compare this to the priest at the pulpit speaking at the sermon and castigating all the injured and the guilty. It is not an easy task to point out the wrong and deal with the consequences for the rest of her life. She was bold and clearly way ahead of her time like the women's movement of today. She put into perspective how insensible and unjust for an American to put an African in chains and yet consider it normal. Her point is dead accurate as all men are created equal and thus must be given the opportunity so that their inalienable rights could be guaranteed.

  2. Sep 2020
    1. Seek ye the kingdom of Heaven and all things shall be added unto you.

      A quote from the bible in Matthew 6:33 I believe as i interpret, if one pursues the righteousness of God, then the rest of material things, or wealth, or anything that we so desire could be attained by us, through our pursuit of God's ways, as we use it in our day to day activities, being in the way of righteousness, and living in the way of God.

    1. The verse clearly calls the congregation into action by repenting and changing their ways, by doing Godly things. As any good orator ending their passionate sermon to order by lifting them to rise up to the new opportunity that God has extended just by his mercy, to contain His love for them, the vengeful, punishing God became the Savior, the God almighty who has the power to change all things as we are all His creations.

    2. In here, he addressed the sinners who are in the crowds, talking to their souls as they examine their lives, each one judging themselves on their own terms, as they classify whether they fall on the categories of sinners. The very powerful message could make a person change their ways and repent, as the wrath of God was once again used to punish those who sinned.

    3. This paragraph reminds me of John 3:16 for God so love the world that He gave His only Son to take away our sin. Although the preacher casts the Vengeful God to cast fear to the listeners, God in the bible has forgiven us for all our sins. Even when we are in our wicked ways, He has forgiven us, and thats how much He loves us.

    4. This paragraph suggests that we are nothing without God, that our earthly existence is nothing without God, that our goal is to be in communion with Him. My interpretation here is that our actions should be used in His name therefore it should not be used in wrongful ways, that we should respect our body as it was given to us by God.That He giveth he could take it.

    5. That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone is extended abroad under you. There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell’s wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor anything to take hold of: there is nothing between you and hell but the air; ’tis only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up.

      The words used in this sermon was brutal as the preacher tries to make the congregation visualize what is waiting for them if they continue on this wayward path.

    6. Jonathan Edwards catalyzed the revivals known as the Great Awakening. While Edwards was not the most prolific revivalist of the era—that honor belonged to George Whitefield—he did deliver the most famous sermon of the eighteenth century, commonly called “Sinners in the Hands of Angry God.” This excerpt is drawn from the final portion of the sermon, known as the application, where hearers were called to take action.

      As we learned in this class, this era became the start of the religious revival and during this time, when the name George was mentioned it was not George Washington but rather George Whitfield.