The father was non-existent in his life, and the m0ther literally disowned him. Haynes lived from 1753-1833 in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York state, and was born out of wedlock to a white woman and black father. This short book of 128 pages provides a brief biography of Lemuel Haynes followed by a number of short excerpts from his sermons, writing, and letters. May We Meet in the Heavenly World can be recommended to students of Christian theology and of American history." -John Saillant, author of Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 17531833 In that tradition Haynes and his black contemporaries, both American and British, found a language of justice and inspiration that allowed them to criticize slavery and racial prejudice, and to offer a Christian vision of a free society. Anyabwile is senoir pastor of First Baptist Church, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands Endorsement "This well chosen selection from Lemuel Hayness writings represents a significant part of the earliest African-American engagements with the Reformed theological tradition. Well acquainted with difficulties, suffering, and death, Hayness ministry was infused with the unfailing hope of heaven. Through both the biographical essay and the selections from Lemuel Hayness writings, readers are sure to perceive an Edwardsian sense of spirituality that ever lived in view of eternity.
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