Christian Herald Deuteronomy 5:18 Neither shall you commit adultery. There has recently died in the South of England a captain who in years past was engaged in watching the coast of Africa in order to the stoppage of the slave trade. He had been successful in capturing several cargoes of slaves., These, consisting largely of young African girls, were taken on board the captain's vessel. For liberty! Yes; so it was heralded to the world — but according to the commander's own confession, for "shameful treatment in his cabin." A gentleman well known thus describes the captain's confession at the close of his shameful life: "I am afraid to be alone at night. The faces of those black girls, with their eyes of fire and shrieks of despair, fill my room and my vision. And in this miserable state he died. Who need affect surprise that there is a hell to localise such monsters in? These awful confessions were made in the vain attempt to alleviate the fearful agony of a conscience whose torment anticipated the coming judgment before the bar of Christ. (Christian Herald.) Parallel Verses KJV: Neither shalt thou commit adultery. |
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