The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-12
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AAf. ALG!Of'
lnollced in the 14lh No. of the Voice,
an article headed The position OF tne NJ.
E. C4urch in which the author, in my
estimation, wanders from the principles
LAID down in his caption, for he lmmedi-
ately goes from the position of the NJ. E..
principles of the ElItor Of the Christian
Advocate and Journal. Surely, he was
wise in SO doing, for he very we'll knew
that he could not defend the official acts
of the M. E. Church, as relates to slavery.
The resolution of the Georgia Conference,
declaring slavery not to be a moral evil,
the General Conference refusing TO act
upon that resoIuiIon.-(Let it be remem-
bered that the yearly Conferences are
amenable to the General Conference.)-
The resolution of the General Conference
that deprives thousands Of her own mem.
bers OF the privilege of testiIying against ia
white brother in Il church trial, so that a
white brother may be guilty of the vlIest
crimes possible, and that TOO 10 the pres
ence Of perhaps fifty blacks, aud there is
no way OF expelling him from The church,
except there are white persons present
that car, testify against HIN these facts
and numerous others rise up 10 show him
that the M. E. Church IS pro-slayery in
the fullest sense of the word.
Again he undertakes to prove that the
principles subscribed to by aboIi;ionists in
general, that slavery is a SIN under all cir
cumstances, is rot supported by the word of
God, but is "a baseless dogma. If he had
studied the New Testament a little more
thoroughly, it appears TO me that he would
not have come 10 this conclusion. Has
it come to this, that those who profess 10
teach, have yet to learn the first principles
of the doctrine of Christ, "Lore 10 God
and IOvs 10 ma@?' Every principle that
Christ laid down is opposed 10 slavery as
1t exists in the NJ, E. Church. Why IN.
dertake to prove that a person can hold
slaves and not sin against God, but to
quiet the conscience of the stakeholder
and keep the church united, while she is
drenched in the blood of human beings?
Why not endeavor TO arouse the people
TO a sense Of their obligation to God and
their fellow men? How would a preacher
appear, endeavoring to prov. that stealing
is not a sin, under some circumstances,
while he did not define his position by
telling what these circumstances were, and
at the same time urge it as the duty OF
christians 10 hold christian fellowship with
hundreds and thousands, known 10 obtain
their living by theft My soul is sick of
this continual talking about the goodness
of slavery, by those who dare not meet
The facts as they are, but endeavor 10 split
hairs, while thousands of human beings
are groanlng in bondage, looking and
crying for help.
L agree with your correspondent in say.
ing %"honesty is always the best policy"
He says, "some men have a great amount
of sympathy for the poor, oppressed ne.
gro, but none for their white brother,
whatever may be the circumstances under
which he lives l will reverse this sen.
tence, and say, some men have a great
of sympathy for white men, who
live on the toll of others, but none for the
poor, oppressed black man, who is groan-