The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-19

innumerable variety Of absurd and mon
slrous forms why, in recovering man,
The progress OF rttorm has been so very
slow nor why the pre:ep's given 10 Is
rae in the Levilica law should Only cur.
tail instead OF abolishng ut once, many Of
the prevalen, vicious customs Of the age
Why, "by reason of the hardness OF the
heart, divorce, polygnmy, the common IN
,diViduai avenging of blood in any form,
or why bond servilude, should, under any
Limitation be suffered. Blu, being suffered,
as they were, does not, according to Christ's
own decision, amount 10 an approving
sanction. But if it did, it would still re-
main for the defender OF slavery to show
that there was something in The condition
Of The bond servant equivalent TO chauel
slavery. The purchase does not show it.
For, even wives were sometimes purthas>
GU ~ III VIC case VI lkiIhE' abu LLcau -
Society was for the mos, part in a barba~
roua, or u, bes, ia half civilized State
Nations were mere clans: Governments
were palriarchaI: reliuemenls were rare ::
style Of living simple: wants few, and SER
vitude for the most part inconsiderable. -
And yet, even III the Levi,ical law, The
Fundamental principles of the moral law of
God and of The gospel are scarcely less
clearly expressed, than ia the New FIESTA
meat. In proof | will quote few passages
from tina, compendium Of its principles re-
corded jn the 1871 Chap. of Lev. verses
9 an1 10. When ye reap the harves, Of
your land. thou shalt not wholly reap the
corners oil NY field Thou shalt leave
them for the poor and the stranger. Is.
Thou shall. no. drfraud thy ntighbor nor
rob him. IA. Thou shalt not curse The
deaf nor put n stumbliogbIock before the
o''hu. Io' &c euati w Ho UNI RHltOuS>
ness in judgement; thou shalt not res1ec,
the persoa Of the poor, nor honor the per.
son Of the mighty. l6 Thou shall, no,
go Up and down as tale. bearer among
thy peoihe. II. Thou shalt not hate Thy
brother in thy heart; thou shall! in any
wise rcbuke thy nclghbor, and not suffer
sin upon. 49, Thou shalt not avenge,
nor bear any grudge agains. the children
OF thy people; but thou shalt love Thy
neghbor as thyseIf SO. 81. And if a
stranger sojoufn with thee in your land ye
shall not vex him. But the stranger thai
dwelIeth with you shall be unto you rs one
born among you, and thou shall; love him
as myself, for ye were Strangers in the
land OF Egypt: am the Lord your God"
Here then is carrying ouE of The fonda
mental principles OF The law; the charac.
,er and the Projections of God, in the Lc-
yitical law. And il is believed that man
who can compound u concrete case from
certain provisions of this law in connection
with imperfect sketches of the history O.
those times AID its incidental allusious to
their pagan customs, and from il infer thai
God can approve OF American slavery
can also, with q similar process. infer that
God can give his approving sanction 10
wholesale human bu,cheFy-to poIygamy;
to the otirriug Of human sacrifices SC &:
nn'll he is thoroughly furnished with a
system OF mythology adapted 10 alt his IA,
vorite works. We may fairly say then
'ha, they who pretend 10 fad juslii:a.
ton OF Amer;can slavery in the Levi'ical
law. not only big the question, but beg i,
Of ancient pagan customs.
"Heaveus jnrins attributes at odds they set
| And make one excellence another wound,
Indebted by their opprobrious praise,
! God all mercy is God unjust. YOUNG.
Bal t. The question, what is the remedy
We answer again, the gospel. The Gus
pei as contained in The entire bitIe. S,
Christ understood il! and said A.; Matt 7; IL
IAN things whatsoever We would tina
men should do 10 yor. do We even so 't
them, fv- this is the law aud the prophets
Ia ober words, this is the compendium o
scripture instruction. and 2S: 1870 "Al
power is given unto me n b,sveu aud ii
earth. Coy therefore and teach all M
tioos &C."
When the great apostle Of the Gentle
encountered paganism in lis own domain
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