Henry Highland Garnett, NY Presbyterian minister, summarizes slavery to Congress. It is theft, pollution of the innocent, incest, murder, blasphemy, defiance of the laws of God. It descecrates the family in mulitple ways. It feeds prejudice.

Today, we have many people seeking to rehabilitate the reputation of slavery, who also champion “family values”.

How can you seek out wickedness in your life and speak out for those abused by it?

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Jeremiah Burroughs, Puritan, on Psalm 112, stresses that a good person lends and distributes to the poor. And their righteousness endures forever. Burroughs says that mercy is a special part of righteousness.

Do we today hold this to be true? Is it not seen as a distraction?

How can you guide your affairs with such discretion?

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