Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it. – Plato<\/p>\n
\u2022 There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. – Elie Wiesel<\/p>\n
\u2022 Life is unjust. Upon accepting an award, the late Jack Benny once remarked, \u201cI really don\u2019t deserve this. But I have arthritis, and I don\u2019t deserve that either.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sin of Slavery<\/b><\/p>\n
That great American hero, editor, school teacher, and Presbyterian clergyman Elijah Lovejoy left the pulpit and returned to the press in order to be sure his words reached more people. The Civil War might have been averted and a peaceful emancipation of slaves achieved had there been more like him. After observing one lynching, Lovejoy was committed forever to fighting uncompromisingly the awful sin of slavery. Mob action was brought against him time after time; neither this nor many threats and attempts on his life deterred him. Repeated destruction of his presses did not stop him. \u201cIf by compromise is meant that I should cease from my duty, I cannot make it. I fear God more that I fear man. Crush me if you will, but I shall die at my post…\u201d<\/p>\n
And he did, four days later, at the hands of another mob. No one of the ruffians was prosecuted or indicted or punished in any way for this murder. (Some of Lovejoy\u2019s defenders were prosecuted! One of the mob assassins was later elected mayor of Alton!) However, note this: One young man was around who was deeply moved by the Lovejoy martyrdom. He had just been elected to the Illinois legislature. His name was Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n
Paul Simon, \u201cElijah Lovejoy,\u201d Presbyterian Life, 18:13 (November 1, 1965), quoted in K. Mennenger, Whatever Became of Sin, p. 210<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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