(DOWNLOAD) "Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country" by William Swan Plumer # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country
- Author : William Swan Plumer
- Release Date : January 05, 2010
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 33 KB
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The first step in the providence of God towards an amelioration of the spiritual condition of the negro race was their dispersion among other races of mankind. This work, both cruel and bloody, had not been completed, when Christian philanthropy, ever vigilant, sought them out in bondage, and bore to them the cup of divine consolation, which the gospel offers to all, and especially to the sons of sorrow. As early as the year 1732, the United Brethren commenced missions to the negroes in the Danish West Indies, viz., St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Jan. In 1754 they began their labours in Jamaica: in 1756 in Antigua: in 1765 in Barbadoes: in 1775 in St. Kitts: in 1790 in Tobago. In 1735 they began their labours among the free negroes of Surinam, and in 1736 they commenced a mission in South Africa. The same zeal led the same people to labour amongst the slaves at and near Paramaribo. One mission was at Paramaribo and one at Sommelsdyke.