‘It is a fearful thing to shed human blood’ Baptist John Saunders’ 1838 sermon on injustice to First Peoples
“Claims of the Aborigines,” preached by Rev John Saunders in the Bathurst Street Baptist Church, Sydney, on 14 October 1838. John Saunders is regarded as the effective founder of the Australian Baptist movement.The Myall Creek massacre, the killing of at least twenty-eight… Continue Reading