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the things which I have quoted, parts of divine revelation, as much as
the flood and the passover?"
"I see that they are," said Mr. North.
"Do you believe that God is a spirit infinite, eternal, unchangeable, in
his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth?"
"I do," said he.
"You believe this notwithstanding the apostasy, the destruction of Sodom
and Gomorrah, the flood, and the extirpation of the Canaanites."
"I do," said he, "so long as I receive the Bible as the Word of God."
"I think," said Mrs. North, "that the loss of the 'Central America' with
her four hundred passengers, tries my faith in God full as much as a
heathen's having his ear bored to spend his days with his wife and
children among God's covenant people."
"Then you do not worship the Goddess of Liberty, Mrs. North," said
I.--"'Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it. But if thou
mayest be made free, use it rather.'"
"That," said she, "seems to express my idea about bondage and freedom.
Of course it is not, theoretically, a blessing to be a slave. It may be,
practically, to some. But what strikes me oftentimes is the utter
inability of an abolitionist to say to a slave, under any circumstances,
'Care not for it.
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