Sir Godfrey Gregg
Henry Highland Garnett (1815-1882) was one of the most prominent black leaders throughout the antebellum period and a leading figure in the American Anti-Slavery Society. An escaped slave, Garnett attained national notoriety when, at the 1843 National Negro Convention in New York, he called upon slaves to murder their masters. The convention refused to endorse such a radical proposition, and Garnett increasingly turned to religion, leaving his fellow abolitionist Frederick Do…
  
  
Sir Godfrey GreggBY: Sir Godfrey Gregg Day Four: Giving Thanks in the Dark Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17–19 “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: Sir Godfrey Gregg Day Three: The Steadfast Love That Endures Forever Scripture: Psalm 136:1–9 “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” Reflection: Psalm 136 is unique among the psalms for its repeating refrain: “for his steadfast love endures forever.” Twenty-six…
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