William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
This is from the blog Dover Beach:
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.”
–William Lloyd Garrison
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Wow. Love this quote. Never heard it before.
Be blessed. God is with you.
I think it is a powerful quote. I just saw it this morning on the blog Dover Beach. I love Garrison’s phrases like “severity of my language”, “harsh as truth” and “uncompromising as justice”. Sometimes the Holy Ghost has us speak boldly, write boldly or live boldly and without compromise. Our God is a consuming fire.
Well said, our God is a consuming fire. Jesus didn’t pull any punches.
Remember when Jesus made a whip of cords and drove the money-changers out of the Temple? Holy Ghost Fire. “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” (John 2: 17)
Right on target.
Important quote…the sentiment is needed now more than ever.
I like this post from the standpoint of fervor; some may say, he is too radical in his approach to opposition and dealing with it so directly; well, if anyone reads Martin Luther’s table talk and other ‘quotes’ you will find I’m sure you know, hitchhiker guy, the great reformer was no wilting violet; I once wrote a Bible College paper entitled ‘Martin Luther, a man of conclusions’ and got an A on that paper probably because it was inspired writing about a man who was himself imperfect in his disposition at times toward people, but nevertheless, relied on his faith in God first and foremost in taking a stand, like William Lloyd did in his generation.
THANKS FOR VISITING MY BLOG.
Here is a very powerful letter by Mark Holick that you might like to read:
Jacksonites, Yours is a Bloody City
https://hitchhikeamerica.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/jacksonites-yours-is-a-bloody-city/
thank you Tim, I will check that link about bloody city, sounds en-‘grossing’…tic
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