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 Thanksgiving The 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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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Excerpt from "The Higher Law," in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill: Review of Dr. John C. Lord's Sermon, on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments The design of Dr. Lord's Sermon, on Matt. Xxii. 17 - 21, is avowed to be an exhibition of the duties men owe to God and to Governments, and then the application of the truth elicited to the law regarding the Fugitive Slave, the vexed question of the present times. Whether the author has treat ed his subject in the order he has thus proposed to himself, and What is the result of his demonstration, fall under our consideration. The text chosen is applicable to a portion of the subject assigned, and the strength of the argument de pends upon the proper exposition of the passage selected. Few will deny that there is some truth in this sermon, but many will see that the truth is obviously misapplied, While. From the disordered array of statements, they may be unable to detect the fallacy, or averse to trouble themselves about it. It would have been more to the learned author's credit if he had said less and said it better, and thus have saved himself recrimination because of logical blunders and loose epithets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.