The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-11-20

Quincy, Mass, Oct. rs, Is

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and doctrines of the American Board Of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions +,
relative TO the subject of slavery Leon
ard Woods, Doctor of Divinity OF Ando
yer Theological Seminary, wrote Report
al The late meeting of The Board, that, ac-
cording TO Leonard Bacon, Doctor of d.
vinny of New Haven, has laid the whole
matter to rest now and forevermore. That
Report declares tina. it is "tAe duty of the
Board 10 prosecute the work of saving
souls without attempting any faster than
The consciences of the people become en-
Hghtened, 10 interfere with the civil con-
diion of society,""
Edward Beecher, Doctor of Divinity,
said that masters and slaves existed IN
the primitive churches, aud that it was al
lowed 5y Christ and his apostles. That
slavery is an ORGANIC SIN MADE BY LAW,
and not dealt with as other SINS"
Benne Tyler, Doctor Of Divinity, of a
Theological Seminary somewhere in Con
nec,icut, said, "Lhe apostles did DIDN'T
Shareholders to The church, and for the
Board to decide against it would be TO I'M
peach the apostles"
B. B. WisDer, Doctor of Divinity OF
Boston, said, that " il the Board yield to
these aboliionsts, they must yield, and
continue TO yield. | would as soon un-
derahe 10 fIl the bottomless pit, as to SAL
isfy men who have their minds fixed on
this one absorbing idea. We have no
time Tor this discussion"
Calvin Stove, Il think his name isl
Doctor of Divinity of Lane Theological
Seminary said, ~ ao0uld sooner die than
say a missionary ought to enter his protest
against all the evi he may come 10 contact
with. Jacob lived with four women a.
once. Had there been an organized
church there, would Abraham and jacob
have been excluded? These examples
are for our instruction, and they give US
lust ,he ligh, we need in this matter"
Leonard Bacon &c his name is Leonard,
Doctor of Divinity, said that {" The BoarC
ought to make distinction between slare
~ and slareAOldiag, a distinction that
deem obvious. The master does not make
the man slave, but the constitution O
society. The lars make man slave
and refuse 10 do anything for him. They
put the man under the control OF another
ard forbid him 10 instruct him"
These arguments, and Other Of equa
tonnage prevailed; aud DR.. Woods Re
port was unanimously adopted"
The poslion of the American Board !
now understood. We have now, vlsIbl'
10 the naked eye, glance what the wor''
will be in the ong-expecteJ, long praye
for Millennium. How drowned 10 deprav
itv are most Of the human race Eve
the Pope at Rome has issued and Edct il
which he declares with all the blindnes
Of pagan, that slavery "is'uIerlg an
aoorthy The christian name )" and, as If h
were very in6del indeed ioterdcls it al
together. Let the American Board max
haste 10 correct his fatal mistake, nor 1t
him longer peril his soul, by the sin d.
: TAYLOR SO much breads, that Of "smpeoch
ing The apostles" Under that edci, slave
j., ~ is fast vanishing from all Calholl
, countries.
e The Mahomean sovereign OF Mnhon
j e:an Tunis declares, that, " For the glor
! of God, and 10 Distinguish mankind fro'
u the brute creation, he has e1tlrpate
s1averv throughout his dominions." Ho'
t hind is he, and infatuated Let tn
BOARD hasten 10 Tunis. For there
"Yn vain with lavish kindness,
y The gifts of God are strown,
The heather in his blindness,
, Bids slaves no more be kn0aon'
d The Seminole Indians, TOO, (nev'
!, having heard of the American Board, NJ
h what Is meant by Doctors of Divinity an
IS {. organ;c sins," but being sunk IN II
t, m;re and mocasin snakes OF heathenls
r and Florida,) knew no better, when
j. nan,ipq fugitive leaped in among Their
$; from the lovely embrace OF patriarch
A. servitude, than, instead OF furn'sh'"g.
H. band of rusty warriors. to conduct hI
US back to bis master, to give him az asy'u'
on They had not seen the Boards Mission
d. ries, and so, finding the fugitive S ave hu
d. CRY, they fed him, and thirsty they ga
n him drink--a stranger among them, To-
Of took him in. Being naked they c'oth
of him, and sick they ministered unto h''
Poor savages--in their heathenlsm 70
he knew no better. Lex the Board fly
us save them from errors so fatal. Moses
10 Mount Sina said they did right, but Mos
Oh Stuart, OF Mount Andover, later
DIS, more enlightened authority, (and OF
us, American Board, 1907 contends that th'
IN tugitives should be relurned 10 their mi
ith lers. "It any man doubt, let him ia
ice the case of Paul, sending back Onesln
viii 10 Philemon. and sending him back to