The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1839-09-07
For the Voice of Freedom.

For the Voice of Freedom
Mr.. EDrToR,-The question is sometimes ask
ed as poser, What have the ministers of Christ
to do with slavery? And it is said with an air of
triumph, as though victory were gained, Their
business is to preach the gospel.
purpose to consider, l. The astounding ques-
ton, What have the ministers of Christ to do with
slavery?" And shall dispose Of this question by
proposing few others:
!. What have the ministers of Christ to do with
satan and his kingdom2 Long since satan said,
that all the kingdoms of this world belonged to
him. lie has actually been acknowledged as the
god of this world. And the nations have general
Ily loved his service, obeyed his laws, and shown
their sincere attachment 10 his cause. What
right then have the servants of another Master to
enter into satan's dominions to speak disrespect-
fully of his majesty, to oppose his laws, excite dis
affection among his loyal subjects, and endeavor
to divide and destroy his kingdom?
g. What have the ministers of Christ to do with
idolatry? The worship of idols has long been
established in the earth, and the nations have gen.
orally for four thousand years been pleased and
satisfied with idolatry, and all those institutions
which are connected with it. They love dark
ness rather than light and they enjoy the pleas
ures of sin, as happy in the service of idols,
southern slaves are in the service of their masters.
What right, then, have the ministers of Christ to
disturb these happy idolaters, to pour into their
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affection to their gods, to subvert all their domes-
tic and social institutions, to overturn their tenn
pies, beggar all their priests, and destroy the
cent and venerable system of idol Worship
g. What have the ministers Of Christ to do with
Mohammedism This religion has long been
established, and widely extended. 1t has enter
ed into the domestic, social and civil institutions
of nations not few, who cordially attached
to the worship, and ready to shed their blood in
the service of their Prophet. What right have
Christian ministers to enter into Mohammedan
kingdoms, and to undermine, subvert and destroy
all those Institutions, which are connected with
their religion, and to induce the people to disre-
gard the instructions of their own religious teach
ers violate the laws of their civil rulers, and to
set up new religion, which they know will be
very likely to produce divisions in society, and to
set parents against children and children against
parents
A. What have the ministers of Christ TO do with
Popery? This too is religion, which has been
cordially received by many nations, patronized by
their kings, sanctjfed by numerous priesthood,
interviewer with the domestic, social, and public
institutions, and welded to the government OF ev-
cry papal state. By its trafick the merchants OF
the earth have been made rich, as we'll as those
who had ships in the sea, and traded in her wares.
great city has Babylon been, long has she traded
in SareS and the souls of men, and long have kings
committed forncation with her, and the nations
been drunken with her sorcerles. NOW what
right have christian ministers to scatter Bibles ana
Tracts in papa states, to lift up the cry " Come
We out of Babylon" to denounce their rellglon as
anti-christan, and to aim at an entire revolution
which must shake and overturn both church and
state, and be attended with great distress of ma
tons, and with fearful consequences to corrupt
rulers, and polluted priesthood?
S. What have the ministers Of Christ to do with
Drunkenness Cruelty Extorion, Oppression, In
Justice, Tyranny, Murder, Theft, War, Piracy,
Manstealng, and Robbery? What have they to
do with Gamblers, Profaneness, Licentiousness,
Violations of the Sabbath, and Theatres? What
have they to do with the relations and institutions
of families worldly governments, human laws,
civil rulers, and violations of treaties? Make
people truly Christians and they will shun the
evil and choose the good. Why not then preach
the gospel and letall these exciting subjects alone
Now let some scribe who is wise instructor, an
swer me with words of truth and soberness, and
if he does not satisfy himself, that the ministers
of Christ have something to do with slavery, will
try to give him further light,