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Invisible Institution's Worship In The Invisible Institution
Worship in the Invisible Institution
The author stated “Invisible Institution was not an accident of a few rebellious people. It was a divine necessity for people for whom religion was integrally related to all of life” (Costen 36). God always has a Ram or better yet a way of escape for His people. Thus, the Invisible Institution was a plan set up by God to assist His people in a time if despair. When challenges come our way we need to remember that there is nothing too hard for God to deliver the slaves.
Furthermore, the tactics of the slave masters were to keep the people in bondage and fear to seek the Lord. However, they had a desire to be in the relationship with God and to fellowship with each other. In fact, this brought them together

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