The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-12-07
7. HOLCOMB & D. S. MURRAY, PUBLISHERS.

sy of a professed faith thatwoud not s,ipu
late TO supply the wants of the naked, an
the hungry. How much more heinou
D thea, to rob the poor of what they have
How can the love of God dwell in such
X a man, or the spirit Of Christi wilhou
which he can be none of his. Again
Slavery is not on y contrary to the nature
OF God, and the Christian, and therefore
abhorrent, but is in fact and in deed, {
challenge of the rights and prerogaives
Of God himself. God hath not only made
all things for himself, but man alone has
he made capable OF spiritual worship and
service, this worship and service is His
due; and mans duty. God gave man
dominion over the brute creation express
| ly,but not over each other, only as his depu.
ties for the punishment and suppression
of Vice. For this purpose he has institu-
ted and appointed Civil rulers who act
by his authority and for him. God then
retains the entire, unlimited & unalienated
right TO his creature, man. God regards
him as created in his own image; though
fallen, he regards him as probationer for
immortal felicity, as an heir of his king.
dom and joint heir with Christ. Now
then, moments reflection will show the
necessity of mans time and talents being
occupied as probationer for heaven, and
a subject OF Gods moral government-the
necessity of his free will and agency as a
moral, accountable being. In other words,
an unrestraned Liberty-hjs unalienable
right, and which God only can take with
impunity. Slavery is an other master;
his demands are imperative, absolute, un-
reserved and unconditional. No one
thing demanded in the first or second ia
bic of Gods law, can be performed under
the dominion of slavery, but as an act of
grace. 1t is in the power of slavery to
veto every one of the ten Commands. A
direct contradiction is given 10 Gods as
sertion-" GAIL souls are mine. Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
thus shall you say unto your masters; |
have made the earth, the man, and the
beasts that are upon the ground by my
great power, and by my ou!stretched arm,
and have given them to whom it seemed
meet unto me, and now l have given
all these lands into the hand of Nebu-
chadnezzar, and all nations shall serve
him and his son, ard his sons son."
Does slavery deny or acknowledge these
asSertions2 God forbid us to covet any,
thing that is our neighbours. Slavery
rebuts every demand with stern denial
of any right superior to its own--SaveTy
usurps the Divine attributes, mounts the
throne and assumes the reins of govern
ment over Gods Dominion. Disorder
and confusion, violence and blood are the
unavoidable results. But we are not left
to mere conjecture and uncertain infer
ence TO find out the mind of God on this
subject. He has already revealed to US
his treatment towards such offenders Of
the old world, and his determination to
treat those of the new, and every age of
the world, with a Just reward for their
works In order TO evince more clearly |
the above statements, what was the charge |
| ask, against the old world for which
that was destroyed The answer is,
6 The earth was corrupt before God, and
the earth was filled with uiolence, and
God said unto Noah, the end OF all flesh
is come before ME, for for because) the
earth is filed with vioIence through them"
Gods right and authority were set in de-
fance "before him. Oppression or
slavery was not the only sin. Give man
the reins, self the control, and God has
an adversary. His purposes and ends
are at orce defeated. And so far as slave
ry exists, every crime against God, and
man, is at the will of depraved human
nature; lying, killing, stealing and com
hitting adultery break out, and blood
toucheth blood. Paul has done away all
natural distinctions among men, by saying
" God hath made of one blood all nations
of men to dwell on all the face of the
earth" Christ also has done the same by
his exposition Of the law of love 10 our