Book/Printed Material Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the March term, 1819, in the Frederick County Court, for a misdemeanor
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Image 1 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... TRIAL OF THE REV. JACOB GRUBER, MINISTER IN THE Methodist Episcopal Church, At the March Term, 1819, in the Frederick county Court, FOR A MISDEMEANOR. BY DAVID MARTIN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL....- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 2 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... District of Maryland, ss. Be it remembered, That on the twenty-seventh day of August, in the forty-fourth year of the independence of the United States of America, David Martin, of the said...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 3 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... PREFACE. Beyond question, the circumstance that produced the following accusation and trial, involving, as it does, an interference with the rights of conscience in the charge made against the individual indicted is...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 4 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... iv in the course of his address discussed the subject of negro slavery as being, according to his judgment, and the direction of his conscience, as a national sin, detrimental to the...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 5 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... v it his duty to embrace his legal privilege of removing the indictment to Frederick county, where he has been acquitted, and where the Jury who tried him were convinced of his...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 6 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... vi you, that you forthwith bring the said Reverend Jacob Gruber, before us, or some other justice of the peace for said county, to find sufficient sureties for his personal appearance at...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 7 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... vii THE CONDITION of this recognizance is such, That if the above bounden Jacob Gruber, shall personally appear at the next court in Hagers-Town, for the aforesaid county, on the third Monday...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 8 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... viii I am a native of Pennsylvania. My father and mother were both born in that state. I received my education there. I experienced religion there, &c. I learned to read the...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 9 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... ix thee unto the Lord, and it be a sin unto thee , Deut. xxiv. 14, 15. I will give you a few more passages out of the New Testament: some may...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 10 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... x and slaves and souls of men,) shall stand afar off, weeping and wailing , Rev. xviii. 13, &c. &c. These passages need little or no comment to any who wish to...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 11 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xi yet I laboured rather under a disadvantage, being a stranger in the place. I knew that I was in a free country, (free to all that were not slaves,) but I...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 12 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xii bill against me. In this time they surely had time to get Slave-holders, Overseers, Churchmen, Methodists, Free-thinkers, Half-thinkers, and No-thinkers , to bear witness against me, about the rebellion and insurrection....- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 13 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xiii you have all the proceedings, which you may publish as full and clear as you can, so that my friends and enemies may see this new thing under the sun and...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 14 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xiv I. What kind of righteousness exalts a nation or a person. 1st. Right principles, true sound doctrine, sentimental righteousness and leading truths. The fall of man, original depravity, redemption by Christ...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 15 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xv righteous shall eat the fruit of their doings. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. They that have done good shall arise to the...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 16 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xvi good example in their families—they and their house should serve the Lord. Sin is a reproach to the aged; they are on the brink of the grave, and ought to be...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 17 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xvii the land mourns. A reproach to profane the name of the Lord—the sabbaths and ordinances of the Lord and his church. Can much dependence be put in the oath of a...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 18 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xviii nations at a distance think, if they were told that persons who gave money liberally to send them the Bible and the gospel did not read, believe, or obey it themselves,...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 19 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xix Will not God be avenged on such a nation as this. But some say, we use our slaves well; better than they could use themselves if they were free. Granted. But...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 20 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... xx Devil, and if you die without religion you will be slaves in hell for ever; miserable, wretched, poor and lost to all eternity. But if you repent, and get converted; be...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 21 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... TRIAL OF THE REV. JACOB GRUBER. The following is the BILL OF INDICTMENT, found by the GRAND JURY of Washington county, and upon which the defendant was tried in the Frederick county...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 22 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 22 peaceable citizens thereof. And that the said Jacob Gruber, in prosecution of his said wicked intention and purpose, and for the affecting, and accomplishment thereof, on the said sixteenth day of...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 23 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 23 state upon their said masters, to the great peril, annoyance and disturbance, of the quiet and peaceable citizens of the said state, afterwards, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid,...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 24 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 24 peaceable citizens of the state of Maryland, afterwards, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid, at Washington county, aforesaid, unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously, intended , and devised to stir up,...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 25 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 25 Mr. Anderson, in addressing the jury, in his opening of the case, observed, that it was well known that slaves was property according to our laws, and that masters were entitled...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 26 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 26 He said, in looking further on in the same newspaper, we often find another advertisement—two hundred dollars reward—one hundred dollars reward— fifty dollars reward, for a negro run away. A man...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 27 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 27 Q. What were the number of whites at the meeting? A. About three thousand whites, and from three to five hundred blacks. Q. What was the manner of Mr. Gruber? A....- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 28 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 28 gone to see wife and children. He then addressed the blacks, and exhorted them to emancipate themselves from the service of the devil, and warned them if they and their masters...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 29 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 29 Cross examined by Mr. Pigman. Q. Do you remember that part of scripture where our Saviour told the Jews, and others who heard him, that they could not serve “God and...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 30 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 30 Attorney General. What do you know about this business? A. I do not remember the text. It was, I think, in Proverbs. I got displeased with him early in his sermon,...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 31 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 31 of the present generation; that it would not be surprising, if the children to whom they were left, treating them with cruelty, should cause rebellion, and end in mutual strife, the...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 32 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 32 it monstrous, to see Maryland newspapers filled with advertisements, offering for sale negroes with cattle and other goods. He should not be surprised, if they were to cut their masters' throats...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 33 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 33 by the liberal and happy institutions of this state, the rights of conscience and the freedom of speech, are fully protected. No man can be prosecuted for preaching the articles of...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 34 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 34 an attempt to excite insubordination and insurrection among our slaves: and the intention of the preacher is the essence of the crime. On this indictment, no matter what doctrines he preached;...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 35 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 35 his design. It is nothing more. And there are a variety of other circumstances, equally entitled to weight, and equally proper for the consideration of the jury. For, when it is...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 36 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 36 their habits of obedience to the laws. It was, at a very early period of his life, that Mr. Gruber became a member of this society, and took upon himself, the...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 37 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 37 did not go to the slaves: they came to him. They could not have come, if their masters had chosen to prevent them. In August, 1818, a Camp-meeting of the Methodist...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 38 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 38 At the time this sermon was preached there were present about three thousand persons, of whom only about four hundred were people of colour, as they are now generally called. These...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 39 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 39 is founded, he addressed himself particularly to the masters. His appeal to his hearers, on this subject, was directed exclusively to the whites. The impression was intended to be made on...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819
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Image 40 of Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at ... 40 we shall be able to fix, beyond doubt, the language actually used by him. For we shall produce a most respectable witness, who listened attentively to the whole discourse, who was...- Contributor: Martin, David - Gruber, Jacob - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Date: 1819