Jupiter Hammon Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.”

“The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.”

“I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me.”

“If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly.”

“If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you and make you think lightly of it, and that it is a book of no worth.”