[A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon]@TWC D-Link bookA History of American Christianity CHAPTER X 34/43
In ordinary times human sympathy and Christian principle softened the rigors of the situation.
The first practical fruits of the revival of religion in the Southern colonies were seen in efforts of Christian kindness toward the souls and bodies of the slaves. FOOTNOTES: [129:1] One is touched by the plaintive grief of the Rev.Mr.Muirson, who has come from the established church of England to make proselytes from the established churches of Connecticut.
He writes to the "S.
P. G.," without a thought of casting any reflections upon his patrons: "It would require more time than you would willingly bestow on these Lines, to express how rigidly and severely they treat our People, by taking their Estate by distress when they do not willingly pay to support their Ministers" ("Digest of S.P.G.Records," p.
43).
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