Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.
SOJOURNER TRUTHWhen I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.
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Truth is powerful and it prevails.
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I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….
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What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.
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I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.
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I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.
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Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.
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And ar’n’t I a woman?
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I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.
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Then I will speak upon the ashes.
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Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.
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It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.
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Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
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We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
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