American - Poet | 1711 - 1806
All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.
Jupiter Hammon
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Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we are converted, or born again, we must be miserable forever.
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It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out.
ThinkCareTake CareYouOutWicked
Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.
PowerFreeHurtYouBadWill
If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.
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It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.
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As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we cannot be happy, unless we please them.
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But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.
GodYouWillStealingUnfaithful
Good servants frequently make good masters.
GoodMakeMastersServants
He will bring us all, rich and poor, white and black, to his judgment seat.
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I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.
GodPeopleMeBelieveYouWhite
If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly.
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