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ing TO do with ii here ? If his heart is Qrie
we'd with lis denominations while booking D,
them from the other side Of the globe, shall
we remain unmoysd fhe, in his a,iach-
ment 10 America is-to use his own lun~
guage-6lled with solicitude fer its honor
and its safely, while this monsirous Offspring
and curse of sin, unparalleled in enormiiy
in oil Christendom, if not in the whole world.
continues to be practiced and tolerated"
shall ice fold our arms in cold indifference
and raise no voice Of condemnation and res
bnke of this great iniquity 7 Is not liiu
honor and safety" of our country as deaf
to US as TO our missionary in Persia Does
he feel constrained 10 exclaim-Americs
must sink slavery, or slavery will sink A,
merica" and shall we make no effort to
shake the mill stone weight from the neck
of our coun;ryi Shall slavery "si1k .Amsrs
iea, and zee not GO down? -
There is one part of Mr.. Perkins letter
which cannot suffer 10 pass without an ex-
preston of my hearty concurrence. re-
fer 10 the expression Of the pain he feels in
observing " the heat and vitupcTation which
have characterized loo much of the discuss
sion on the subject of slavery" and his
:" still greater pain at the appalling apathy
in regard to The terrible evil of slavery that
prevades the great mass Of The ministers
and christians and people Of America, and
prevents them from doing any thing, and
seems 10 nerve them with an almos, desaer>
ate determination not 10 do eny thing, fuc
its removal" Much as our good friend
was grieved with the viiupera,Ion to which
he refers, he did no, hesitate 10 say that ha
was more grieved with the appalling opathS
manifested by ministers and christians upon
the subject. | do no, wonder he was more
grieved. The apathy is appalling. Three
millions Of SLAVES (lhink OF u at word 10
the United States Three millions! Why.
dozen of our white counirymrn in slavery
in Algiers would excite this nation almost
TO phrcnzy and yet how little feeling il
produced by the slavery which brushes three
millions in the bosom of our own country.
What has become Of the injunction TO "rc~
member those in bonds as bound pih Them
Is ii no, in the bible that lies. or that ought
to lie, upon every mans table, and whose
benevolent spirit ought TO Gil every mah's
hearth And shall i, produce no feeling,
and the utierance Of no remonsirance ia be-
half of the millions Of our cOHnfrymen npon
whom these boGds are fastened 7 Is there
nothing TO be said and nothing to be done
because there are those who, in our o. inion,
say and do too much! Is oil OUT bcnevo-
lence 10 evaPorate in finding fault with what
we deem their excessive yea, on this sub.
jeci7 If their WY is wrong, is their M
right wayl Shall We hold our peace he
cause there l-e those whose zeal seems 10
US ext:ayOgant and hurtfu II We would
moderate that zeal, let US exhibit the true
zeal. To hold our peace utterly is 10 pre-
woke the very intemperanco we condemn.
Such undeniablv has heen the effrci Of tho
" apathy" Of which Mr.. Perkins Q .eaks SO
pointcdly. Instead ofthis apathy, The whole
community should, it seems 10 me.
awake 10 a consideration of tlifs great ma
tional evil, and speak Out in deep toned, but
temperate and steady condemnation of il.
Looking calmly from his distant position.
Mr.. Perkins says no feels - n deep couvic-
tiou that it is the solemn duty of all who fear
God or regard man in America TO do s0nrs-
hing" and that ii is equally his be ief that
- ii feeling heart for the untold miseries of
the injured African pervnding even The
Christian part of the community would not
be long in finding on, what that something
is. So think | !; and so thinking, send you
Mr.. Perkins excellent letter. hoping thai i,
may aid in awaking deeper interest for
Dur oppressed countrymen in The hearts of
hose who profess 10 reverence the precnpis,
and svmp1tbize with the heori, of the ST.
siour Of men. There is a grea, deal to ID
lone efore this terrible evil is removed
rom our country. Il must come to bear
with an intolerable weight upon the heart
ol The American Church, until it shall DO
-oused from its apathy" ard shall put fort,
is whole moral force 10 Danish slavery from
,ur land and send it back to the dark r..
,ions from whence it sprung. w. 5.
June 7, 1913.
LETTER FROM MR.. Pc RKINS.