Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-09-26
SALEM, o., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 90, 1915.

Bible against it; but we mean TO consider on
w what may be said in its favor. We would
not 90 to the Scriptures at all. were it not
that there is nowadays a morbid couscicn-
tiousncss operating in the community. and
some well disposed but weak-minded per-
sons seem inclined to abandon all practices
which cannot be sanctioned by the Bible
Such a disposition has been on the increase
in many parts Of our land for some time mast:
and it is a fine thing to find professors of the
ology, men Of lbCrlliZcd, enlightened, and
benevolent minds, showing that such sdcri-
fees are not required, and charging the
bounds of christian liberty. and rejecting the
restraints which some such foolish persons
as we have mentioned arc disposed to submit
to.
We want to get the Bible on our side ot
all events, and we are confident we shall.
because more difficult things have deem done.
The Bible has been shown 10 support slave
ry, and we think it much easier to show that
1t supports polygamy. ct US see.
1t is a pairiGrchai institution. Abraham
and Jacob, and others, in patriarchal times.
p%ractiscd polygamy. This none can deny.
Then. too it existed, witt divine permission.
under the Mosaic dispcnsation. David and
Solomon had numerous wives. VIII we
- "'''' "'dt ',CSe men!
Ia" W. nov "'t'JI 70 wrong WIN solomon,
VIA" DC 'I2"t WIN az inc rCst OF mankind!
Ac' US 20 u INC We" lestl!nent' New
here we find no Express command against it.
though generally existing in the heather
world, and no doubt, to $ me degree, among
the Jews. Some say ~poiygamy is criminal.
We apply to such persons the language used
on another subject in the Princeton Review,
OctabCr. 1914, which. altl1uoh. 11rii,I 2,
a"ot''T' answers our OBJECT cA1c,y. veal
'' pq' one ~'h'
'iioW tl'y can "Foil lea'lng condemned
our NJ Nlelf own lipS' IS more IMAM We can n-
aer"t lhu' ne admitted iact' OF the case are
tl'(,; J.. N tat inc u'Ae Of he in'foiac'ion
Oh 'nlstiahiY' poIygliny In lis worst form
PTreYallel excessively over the world. ).
max hclln'F wrist nor MS apostles ever
denounced pony Fanny as a cflJan' >. That
thsy never urged LIS ABORTION as an lnmedi-
ave u''y' iAeSe are tHe iAct5' tle Inference
- iIeSiS'iole' Poiygd.Ay cannot be crime
", 2o0')
We may also fuoUe l'''l uc same source,
Wl'l d sii!i'ar dlcratloh, our grand conclu-
sion on nus ~.u'Ject.
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t''t 'ds d'"hy "Aie Sdn.soHeo cannot he evil
IN It's WI n''G'G: H' therefore IL can De
snoWh I4'' oou p'u Ptrlni' ms people, unde'
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nui{ - T'l''iIt no d nftI"ous crime II
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H'''u 40 wv ~ I.o"'"i5' an" "hi'"
uie nP"r''u' oo;Ni'1u 70 permit 10 mos,
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ian t""''iui'1"' ", '''}
"n" ~" Il 9!y "ld' Po'y : uhy Is wrong
Is d L'nI-,ui Cause tne exclusion o.
u of 81, VII" p.a'"Jp II mo'n VIC nitl'"eTS.hi
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u " .o", C"a.s.,a" anu so'n"'e many Nltes
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