Sanctification as the Christian’s true aim and lifespring
The text urges believers to cling to spiritual rock for strength, distinguishing true holiness from mere profession. It emphasizes ongoing self-examination, resistance to temptations, and a steadfast pursuit of conformity to God’s will as the path to sanctification and peace, citing Miss Joan Conner and Hebrews 12:14.
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Gallio
Joan Conner
Anecdotes on the Slave Trade from a 1790s China Embassy Work
While at Batavia the narrator recounts a brutal scene of Malay slavery. A seventy-year-old slave is scourged for thirty five minutes by two other slaves under a hotel master’s orders, leaving lacerations and blood on the pavement, witnessed during breakfast.
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China
Batavia