Excerpt from "The Higher Law," in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill: Review of Dr. John C. Lord's Sermon, on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments Few will deny that there is some truth in this sermon, but many will see that the truth is obviously misapplied, while. From the disordered array of statements, they may be unable to detect the fallacy, or averse to trouble themselves about it. It would have been more to the learned author's credit if he had said less and said it better, and thus have saved himself recrimination because of logical blunders and loose epithets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.