State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-11-15

Remembering the NORWOOD and gall,
they have them still in adherence; and
are ready to sympathize with the stranger,
and to plead the cause of the oppressed.
And there is reason to hope that the Bap-
fist churches at the North will soon wash
themselves from the sin of slavery, and have
no fellowship with such uniruitlul works
Of darkness.
The sons Of the Pilgrims, where are they?
Fleeing from oppression, have they enlisted
with the oppressor? Demanding liberty
for themselves, are they demanding slavery
for others? Even here there are symptoms
Of life. At a meeting of the General Con-
ference Of Maine, June 2lst, 1886, Rev.
Benjamin Tappan of Augusta offered the
following Resolution, which was passed
without opposition;
Resolved, That slaveholding, as it exists
in portion of these United States, is a
great sin against God and man, for which
the nation ought to humble ITSELF and for
the speedy ana entire removal of which
every Christian ought to pray, and use all
suitable means within his reach.
This is as it should be. And let all the
Congregational Churches speak, JoIdLy
speak, such language, and they will es-
cape the curse of Meroz.
And where are the children of John
Knox, that daring defender of civil and re-
ligious liberty? Look at that group
Priests and Elders bearing letters and chains
attended by slave drivers, going to attend a
sale of Black ChattelS. Is this the liberty
with which Christ has made them free g.?
Would the Lord Jesus ever think that his
disciples were buying, not sheep and oxen,
in the Temple, but the bodies and souls of
men, immortal beings for 'ehom he died
Take these things home Make not my Fa-
theirs house q slave market.
But all are not advocates for slavery even
in the Presbyterian church. A remnant
has escaped, and begin to sound the alarm,
and 10 call upon their brethren to come
out from Sodom. The Synod Of Kentucky
have told us what slavery is, what its eff
feet upon the slave, upon the master, and
how the scriptures sanction such a system.
We can quote only the close Of their I'D
dress.
"The hour is coming in which the slave
and his master must stand together before
the tribunal of Coda God who Judges
rghteousy. Are you prepared to place
yourselves before him who will decide up
on your eternal destiny, and say that you
have done justice to those whom you now
hold in bondage. Are you prepared to say,
"GS hare done unto these, so let II be done
unto me-dS Ihare Sho,Ced mercy, so let me
receire mercy at the hands Of ny judge p
Anticipate, we beseech you, the feelings
aud decision of that great day, which is
fast fastening on-try yourselves now, as
God VIII then try you. "What doth the
Lord require Of thee, but to do Justly, to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with your
God" Are you doing justly, while you re-
tain your fellow men in hopeless bondage
Are you loving mercy while you are sup
porting system that degrades and brutal
ICES beings, whom God created in his own
image? These are solemn questions. Let
reason answer them; and let conscience
decide your future course"
Such sentiments are worthy of the fol-
lowers Of John Knox, and let them be en-
braced by the whole body of Presbyterians
and slavery would fail before them as
Dagon fell before the Ark of God.
"Inasmuch as ye lid Il not unto the least
Of these my brethren, ye did tnot unto me-
AN AGED MINISTER.