Excerpt from A Discourse on the Slavery Question: Delivered in the North Church, Hartford, Thursday Evening, Jan; 10, 1839 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground. Navigation is dangerous, where two seas meet. The transi tion to my subject is obvious. But let me remind you in passing, that Paul, who was pilot in this memorable scene, did much more magnify his office, than if he had only dared to speak in fair sailing and still water. Perhaps too, it may serve your comfort to add the last words of the chap ter - And it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to land.* Some of you will recollect that I addressed you on the subject of Slaver'y at an early period, or 'within a few days of the first outbreak of that movement which has since agitated our country. 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.