Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-02-03
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
A MEDITATION IN THE NIGHT
WATCHES

This is the language of the whole church re-
deemed from among men; for they all join in say
ing, Thou art worthy to take the Book, and to
omen the seals thereof; for thou vast slain, and
hast redeemed US unto God by thy blood, out of
every kindred, tongue and nation, and hast made
us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall
reign on the earth"
"There's no distinction here, come spread their
thrones,
And near me seat my fav'rtes and my sons"
Nothing here like master aud slave. Some had
been redeemed from Asia, some from Africa, and
some from Europe. Some had been beggars, and
others princes; some learned, and others ignorant;
some slaves, and others masters; but now all were
kings and priests.
By nature all were polluted by sin, defiled and
loathsome as moral pollution could make them,
but they had been washed, not by their own hands,
nor by the hands of man. Jesus by his Spirit
had done the work. He had washed them from
their sins; not with nitre and soap, not in any IA
nous river, or even III the ocean, but in his own
blood This was the fountain set open for sin and
uncleanness. The blood of Christ ceanseth from
all sing In this Jesus had washed them from their
sins; and had made them kings and priests unto
God; had advanced them to great dignity, had
crowned them with glory and honor. And all this
he did because he loved them with an everlasting
love. He loved them when their names were
written in His book of life; when he saw them
cast out to the loathng Of their persons when he
bare their sins in his own body the cross; when
he assembled upon high and receivedgifts for men;
and when he sat down upon his throne, being
made Head over all things to the church. And
having thus loved them, he did, in his great mer-
cy, draw them unto himself, wash them from
their sins, and exalt them to be kings and priests
unto God The black man is king and priest
as well as the white man. Here arc no Negro
pews. No one says to the poor saint, "sit here
under my footsool.' The slave is as royal per-
sonage as his master. No distinction of nations,
conditions, or circumstances. All nations, all con-
ditions are amaIgamated in one blessed society
All are kings and priests unto Cod
Slavery will constitute no part Of heaven. Then
all are dignitares of an exalted order. Royal
priests And they will reign OH the earth.
The work of amalgamation will be perfected
in heaven. The inhabitants of heaven will be
redeemed from every nation, and tongue and peo-
pie Bond and free, rich and poor, black and
white, all will then be associated together, and
enjoy equal honors; all be kings and priests. All
sing together, and all have one common, interest,
and recognise each other as brethren. This will
be amalgamation completed. AS saith the Son of
God, " And the glory which thou gavest me have
given them, that they may be one, even as we are
one" What will those highly respectable ladies
and gentlemen, and even clergyman, who are hor-
riied at the thought of amalgamatiOn, do, should
anv of them ever enter heaven? The safer course
for them is to keep at proper distance from that
holy and happy place.
How little do those very good christians think
of the state of society in heaven, who are so te-
} nacious of caste that they would feel themselves
} degraded should they have to ride with black
person, or to sit by him even at the Lords table
They now feel an importance, and assume airs
which they must discard and lay aside before they
can enter heaven, where beggar, or an African
: slave, may stand at their right hand and sing as
loud and as sweetly as they. Surely Christians
in actions which all heaven condemn, and which
they must aLhor, if they ever join the ransomet
of the Lord.
: That state of civil society which most resembles
r heaven, must be desirable Those gentlemen may
then dismiss their fears who are alarmed to thinI
of allowing to Africans their nalienable rights
and of associating them with other citizens
There is no danger in doing right The sooner
earth resembles heaven the better. In HEAVIER
men of every nation are united by love, the bono
of perfectness. And such will be the state o
things on earth, when the kingdoms of this world
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of hi
Christ.
How will those masters feel, who see their poo
slaves made kings and priests unto God, but fine
themselves excluded from such society and sucf
honors? Lazarus in heaven! The rich man tor
mened
I am ashamed to ask how much some of ou
christian churches resemble heaven. He whC
walks in the midst of them, and whose eyes are al
fame of fire, knows their works, and will figh
against them with the sword of his mouth, excep
they repent He that hath an ear, let him heal
what the spirit saith unto the churches.
ASAPH.
REPEAL AND ABOLITION.
...-- - D., C+o+o nomocrat n RoStor