[A] These were manifestly the views of those who formed the American
Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. For in the second article of the
constitution, they say of the Society, “It shall aim to convince all
our fellow citizens, by arguments addressed to their understandings and
consciences, that slavery is a heinous sin in the sight of God,” &c.
[B] I am a member of the New Hampshire State Anti-Slavery Society.
[C] Though we are commanded “earnestly to contend for the faith once
delivered to the saints,” yet the unkind and censorious spirit, and
harsh language often displayed in theological disputes, has excited
great prejudice, and led many to condemn _all_ religious controversy.
[D] Life of Wilberforce, pp. 112, 113, 111, 110, 126, 130.