Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-06-20

upon the mother, and at the same time turning out her
helpless child, to starve aud die! Master Thomas was
one Of the many pious Shareholders who hold slaves
for the very charitable purpose Of taking care of
them"
After reading the above extract from friend Dou'
glass narrative, turn TO the appendix, and read the
following. How il glotrs with truth! These are in
deed Thoughts that breathe and words that barn.
81 love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christian
ity Of Christ: therefore bate the corrupt, s%!avehold.
ing, women whipping, cradle plundering, partial and
hypocri;ical Christianity Of this land. Indeed, | can
sec no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling
the religion Of this land Christianity. | look upon it
ns the climax Of all misnomers, the boldest Of all
frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Never was there
4 clearer case Of Stealing the livery of the court of
heaven TO serve The devil in | am filled with unut-
ieTable lo0ihing when ! contemplate The religious pomp
and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies,
which every where surround the. We have men.
stealors for ministers, women whippers for missiona-
ries, and crad'e-plunderers for church members. The
man who Yields the blood clotted COW skin during the
week fills the pulpit on Sunday, and claims 10 be a
minister Of the meek and lowly Jesus. The man who
robs me Of my earnings at the end Of each week meets
me as a class loader on Sunday morning, 10 show mo
The way of life, and the path Of salvation. lie who
sells my sister, for purposes of prostitution, stands forth
as The pious advAte Of purity. He who proclains itss
a duty to read the Bible denies me The right Of learn
ing to read The name Of the God who made mo, lie who
is the religious advocate of marriage robs whole MILL
ons of its sacred influence. and leaves them 10 The raw
ages of wholesale pollution. The warm defender of
the sacredness Of the family relation is the some that
scstieTs whole families, laundering husbands oud
wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers.
leaving the hut vacant, and the hearth desolate. We
see the thief preaching against theft, and the ad1lterer
against adultery. We have men sold 10 build church
es, women sold to eupport the gospel, and babes sold TO
purchase Bibles for the poor heather! all for tae g1o-
rg Of God and the good Of souls! The slave auc-
toneer's bell and The church-gOing bell chime in with
each other, and the bitter cries Of the heart.bIokPn
slave are drowned in the religious shouts Of his pious
master, Revivais Of religion and revivals in the slave
trade 90 hand in hand together. The slave prison aud
The church stand near each other. The clsDking Of
letters and The rafting Of chains IN The prison, and the
pious palm and solemn prayer 10 the church, may be
heard at thu same time. The dsalers in tho bodies
and souls OF men erect their stand in the presence of
the pulpit, and they mutually help each other. The
dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pull.
, pit, and the Pulpi, in return, covers his internal busi-
ness with the gsrS Of Christianity. Here we have re-
, llgion end robbery the alIios Of each oIher-dey.
, ils dressed in ongeIs' robes, and hell presenting the
> senblaDcs Of paradise.
Dark and terrible as is this picture, | bold ii to DO
strictly true Of The overwhelming mass Of professed
4 christians in America. They strain at o gna', and
, swallow n camel. Could any thing be moro true of
of our churchesi Thsy would be shocked at he pro.
position OF iellowshipping a sheep.stealer; aud al the
] Same time they mug to their communion a man stealcr,
and brand me with being an infiel. i'll find fault with
4 them for it. They attend with Pharisaical strictness
$ TO the outward fofme os religion, and a. The same time
E neglect the w~eighlier matters Of Inc law, ~iudgmeh',
8 mercy, ahd faith. They are always ready to sacri-
. nee, out seldom 20 show nsrcy. They are they who
6 are represented 81 protesting to love God whom they
r have not seen. They love the beatben on The other
e aide of The globe. They can pray for him, pay mon.
ey TO have the Bible pot into his hand, and missiona-
RES to instruct him; whiIo they despise and totally
I neglect the heather at thOir own doors.'