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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 8: the Chardon-Street Convention.—1840. (search)
drawn from the Bible, and from no other source. The second proposition came from Pierpont, namely, That the first day of the week is ordained by divine authority as the Christian Sabbath, and hereupon the battle was waged; Mr. Garrison being foremost in taking the negative side (on the ground that the institution of the Sabbath had been abrogated by the coming of Christ), Doubtless we have an indication of his line of argument—Scriptural wholly—in his contemporaneous review of the Rev. Charles Simmons's Scripture Manual, apropos of the question, Are mankind required to keep the Sabbath holy? （Lib. 10: 195). and having A. A. Phelps for his chief antagonist. Mr. May, too, felt obliged to oppose him, and, Lib. 10.206. when it was voted to adjourn the Convention to the last Lib. 11.58, 179. Tuesday in March, 1841, thought that another such meeting would do no good, and strove to have the vote Lib. 10.194. reconsidered. The adjournment to a day fixed, however, was reaffirmed, <
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
Shepard, George, Rev., Letter from G., 1.204. Shipley, Thomas [b. Philadelphia, April 2, 1787; d. Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1836], early friend to G., 1.203; vice-pres. Penn. Soc., 207; delegate Nat. A. S. Convention, 398, motion, 406, criticises Declaration, 406; tribute from G., 2.64.—Letter from G., 2.64. Short, Moses, cabinet-maker, 1.34; recaptures his runaway apprentice, 35. Sidney, Algernon, favorite author of G., 1.187. Silliman, Benjamin [1779-1864], 1.301. Simmons, Charles, Rev. [d. N. Wrentham, Mass., 1856, aged 58], 2.425. Sisson, Susan, 2.227. Slade, William [1786-1859], anti-slavery course in Congress, 2.68, 106, 197. Slave insurrections, Va., 1.230, 231, 249, 251; Miss., 485, 501. Slavery in U. S., described by Wesley, 1.39; inequitable representation in Congress, 139-140. Slave's Friend, Am. A. S. S. publication, 1.483; burnt at Charleston, 485. Slave trade, foreign, at South, contraband, 1.163; domestic, 164. Smeal, William [d. Glas
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1841. (search)
ssmates, a tall, erect young man, of demure aspect and rather sedate motions, with blue eyes and closely curling fair hair, who was pointed out by some one as Charles Simmons, with the prediction that he would be our first scholar. He came with an intellectual prestige, based less upon his own abilities than upon those of his two ch a reputation is often rather discouraging to a younger brother, if it demands from him a career in any degree alien to his temperament. Perhaps it was so with Simmons. He certainly seemed rather to shrink from the path of college ambition than to pursue it; and his academical career, though respectable, was never brilliant. He was the youngest son of William and Lucia (Hammatt) Simmons, and was born January 27, 1821. His mother was a native of Plymouth, Massachusetts; his father was also born in Plymouth County, and was for many years one of the Justices of the Police Court in Boston. Charles was fitted for college partly at the Boston Latin School