August 24, 2017 With all the posting in the past few days regarding our past as it touches the present I have been silent but thoughtful. I wish now to share those thoughts. . . November 19, 1863 one of the greatest American presidents addressed a crowd of citizens in a field where hundreds of Americans were laid to rest…
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This Truth Gave Slaves Hope
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32 NKJV Born into slavery in Swartekill, New York in 1797, Isabella Baumfree, better known as Sojourner Truth, was sold away from her home at the…
Releasing Men from Sin
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. John 20:23 NKJV July 2nd 1863 as Father William Corby stood with the men of the Irish Brigade awaiting the order to advance, he asked Colonel Kelly’s permission to address the men. With the Colonel’s leave he took from…