The Higher Law in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill
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Excerpt from The Higher Law in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill: A Sermon on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments, Delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church on ThanksgivingThe language here cannot be misunderstood. Obedience to governments, in the exercise of their legitimate powers, is a religious duty, positively en joined by God himself. The same authority which commands us to render to God the things which are God's, enjoins us, by the same high sanctions, to render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's.The following general principles may be deduced front the sacred Scrip tures, and from the example, as well as the teachings, of our Lord and his Apostles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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