“Tom, therefore, remained behind, with a few who had learned of him
to pray, and offered up prayers for the escape of the
fugitives.”p.465
b. Commendation
The other Tom’s religiosity action is commendation the God. As he did when he was relaxed in his cabin. Together with his wife and children and George Sheby, he sing psalmody to
God.
The chorus of one of them, which runs as follows, was sung with great energy and unction:“Die on the field of battle,Die on the field of battle,Glory
in my soul.”p. 32
Then, when Tom was sitting down with Eva St. Clare in their garden and they read a part verse of the Bible, Tom also sang a song which told about the content of the Bible.
“O, had I the wings of the morning,I’d fly away to Canaan’s shore; Bright angles should convey me home,Too the new Jerusalem.” p. 296
And when Simon Legree asked his slaves to sing on the way back to plantation, Tom
directly sang his psalmody to God.
“Jerusalem, my happy home,Name ever dear to me When shall my sorrows have an end,Thy joys when shall-------“p.390
c. Faithfulness
The next Tom’s element religiosity is his faithfulness toward God. Firstly, when his wife, Aunt Chloe, imagined that her husband experienced many difficulties in his new place and she
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worried about his husband will never come back anymore. Uncle Tom tried to remind his wife that God always bless him.
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There’ll be the same God there, Chloe, that there is here.” 106
Uncle Tom also reminded his wife to believe in God. Tom also urged her to give thanks for all they have got.
“Nothin’ can go no furder than He lets it; thar’s one thing I can thank Him for. It’s me that’s sold and going down, and not you nur the
chil’en.”…”Let’s think on our marcies” he added…p. 107
When Tom argued about his faith with Simon Legree, Legree said that there was no God in his plantation except he himself. He is ‘god’ and he asked Tom to give in and life like the
other slaves, defenseless to the condition. But Tom answered:
No, Mas’r” said Tom; “I’ll hold on. The Lord may help me, or nothelp; but I’ll hold to Him, and believe Him to the last”p.444
d. Surrender and Depend on God
