WIST Quotations

Grimke, Angelina -- “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” Anti-Slavery Examiner (Sep 1836)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879) American abolitionist, women's rights activist
“Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” Anti-Slavery Examiner (Sep 1836)
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Grimke, Angelina -- “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” Anti-Slavery Examiner (Sep 1836)

Dave — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:33:35 +0000

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly. The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.

Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879) American abolitionist, women's rights activist
“Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” Anti-Slavery Examiner (Sep 1836)
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Grimke, Angelina -- Anti-Slavery Examiner, “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South” (Sep. 1836)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.

Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879) American abolitionist, women's rights activist
Anti-Slavery Examiner, “Appeal to the Christian Women of the South” (Sep. 1836)