The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-02-23
THE VOICE OF FIRE DOM !.

few, comparatively, have heard OF Him who came
to seek and save the lost. How little interest is
manifested by the followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ in the condition Of the heather. Even the
two and half Mullins of these wretched men In
the midst of your churches, are left to amisn ana
die Believe me, my brother, we at the oano-
witch Islands think of the poor slaves OF the I'M
ted States. Returning this evening from deeply
interesting meeting of our people, and nearly ex-
hausted with the labors of the day, we cast our
selves down at the mercy seat, and besought God
to pity and save the unhappy and trodden down
sons of Africa in our beloved country. When,
oh when will they be made free? When will
the followers of the Lord Jesus arise as one man,
and, in His strength, resolve that they will never
cease to pray and labor till the foul blot of slavery
is wiped away from the face of their country g.
When shall it once be?
February l. The word of God, the simple
reading of the Bible, is here producing its legiti
mate effects. To-day have been greatly inn
pressed with the value of this exercise. For some
days past, we have suspended the usual exercises
of the boarding school, most of the little girls be-
ing seriously concerned for the salvation of their
souls. sat down with them this morning, and
after beseeching God, the Holy Spirit, to shed up
on us the light of Heaven, we read with affecting
interest, several portions of the book of Cod
Many of the little girls were greatly moved
seemed to be truly awakened to a sense of their
sinlulness, Of the danger, and of their need OF
mercy.
On witnessing scenes like these-the efficacy
of truth on heather minds-can the missionary
of the Cross hesitate to lift up his feeble voice a.
gainst the sin and danger Of Withholding the word
of God from any portion of the human family +!
For one, will never cease to warn my country
men of the amazing guilt of holding their fellow
men in slavery, and thus depriving them of the
light which God has shed down to illumine the
darkened minds of his wandering, benighted crea-
lures. Oh! the mockery of putting forth efforts
to supply the destitute heather with the oracles of
God, while the heather at home are doomed to
perpetual destituton in the very midst Of plente-
BUSINESS. Let none who are not putting forth
their best energies in behalf of the oppressed and
trodden down, boast that they are expanding their
energies in enghtening benghted men of other
lands They will not be able to deceive Him who
cannot accept of robbery for burnt offering.
4 am debtor to the Greeks and to the barbarians,
both to the wise and to the unwise.' You may
recollect, my dear brother, that soon after God in
infinite mercy, as we hope, brought US to bow sub
missively to the sceptre of his Son, you and
talked over this interesting passage. We were
then residing among the hills of New England
were returning to our humble dwelling, after hav-
ing attended some religious meeting. We resolv-
ed, though at that time uneducated, poor and
frendless, that as we had contributed our full
share to make the world what it was-a rebellious
province of the divine government-so we would
do what we could to bring it back to its allegiance
to God! What has the Saviour done for us since
that day! Ny heart is affected when think of
the way he has led u.s. cannot, in this connec-
ton, even glance at the manifestations of his kind
ness Nor need l; for they are written on our
Utmost hearts, and eternity will never see them
erased. Blessed be God you, my brother are
honored to speak in His name; to train up youth
for stations of usefulness; and last, though not
least, you are now a champion pleader for the
rights of the poor down-trodden slave, while your
unworthy brother is permitted to toll in the midst
of the heather. May we, in our several spheres
of labor, do all in our power to discharge some
thing of the amazingly accumulated obligations
which the kindness of God has imposed upon us
You have often, my dear brother, given me SUBJ
stantial proof of your sympathy for me in my la
bors and trials among the heather. Will it af-
ford you any consolation to be informed that you
have brethren in heather lands, who feel Il live
y interest in the struggle in which you are ex-
hausting your energies | assure you that such
is the fact in the Sandwich Islands. | am not
by my brethren to write you, yet may
say that we all feel that slavery is heaven-dar-
ing sin sin which demands immediate repen-
lance: and in view of it we tremble exceedingly
in view of our country's certain and aggravated
ruin, unless this sin be abandoned without delay.
see no possible reason why every missionary,
on heather ground, should not sympathize with
you, my brother, in your labors and trials. Why
should they not! They certainly have the same
enemies to face, and need with you heavenly tenn
pered weapons, and unearthly skill to WELD them.
In the first place, there very few missionaries,
apprehend who are not called directly or imdi-
rectly to oppose slarery among the heather. We
are subjected to the trial at the Sandwich Islands.
If involuntary servtude be good definition OF
slavery, then does slavery exist as really here as
in Georgia. And though slavery assumes mil
der form in Hawaii than in some other countries,
YET it opposes fearful obstacle to the success of
the gospel. The poor people groan under the
despotic sway of their chiefs. Their rights are
utterly disregarded. They are treated, to all in
tents, as property Their time, strength, passions,
are wholly at the disposal of unfeeng masters
more, their souls and bodies are not their own, for
no man who has struck an instrument of agricul-
ture into the soil of chief, can leave without
his permission. No man at the Sandwich Isl
1nds is secure q single day in the possession of