Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-04

lie the African and Asiatc heather, what shall be
done for the heather millions in America-the slave
the chattel5 porsonal-tho property of our Southern
brethren. These continue to be men in spite of al
that despotic law, and perverted gospel have done
to make them brutes. What say, shall the truly be
nevolent christian, the faithful ambassador of Christ
do for these most abject of the human race?
1t were easy to say what should not be done by the
christian phantlropist, who would bear part in full
filling the divine commission to teach the nations lst lie
should not participate in, apologize, nor vote fol
those wicked laws by which those men, women and
children are chaelized bought and sold and torn from
home and kindred fettored, whipped and starved
and by which the light ofscience and revelation is
shut out from their intellectual vision
Let US suppose the preacher tells the story of Calva
ry to the Slave urging him to rely on the saviors mer
its to shield him from the coming wrath. Suppose he
tells him too that The is not his own but bought mot with
the price of the Redeemors blood but) with his mast
ers money that he is as legally and therefore as
rghtuly his masters property as are his oxen or his
horses that it becomes him therefore not henceforth
to live unto himself nor yet for the honor of his Re-
deeme butt for the profit and the pleasure of his mast
er, beseechng lin mot by the merces of God, butt by
the terors of the ovcrseers whip to present his body
a living sacrifice f not holy yeti hopefully acceptable
to his MASTER which, f not reasonably is his legally
required service.
The Slave perhaps, might credit the story of the
;Savors death, and he might entertain some deusive
hope of heaven on account of it, but what would be
his motives for obedience to his commands? What
the fruits of his faith? Or how should he delight in
the law of God after the inward man. while the will Of
his master is to be received as the paramount law of
his life.
3D. He that would be instrumental in the CONVEX
sion and salvation of the slave, must not endorse the
christian character of the master. Suppose a risen
Savior be preached that he has gone to prepare man
sons of everlasting rest even for the toilwom slave
who shall there be free from his master and suppose
the slave be cxhorted to patience under suffering, In
hope of the blessed inheritance with the saints in light
and suppose the slave enquiries, Is Massa gong to
heaven too? Oh yes Believing masters, and pous
overseers, of course Well then me no like to gone
fraid massa want his hound 90 too and massa over
seer want to carry his big whip, for sartn they think
they do nothing wild out EN- Indeed it seems evident
not only by the most plain and simple theory, but by
the stubborn fact that the law of slavery, by forbddng
the slave to read the revelation God has gven ecpscs
the Star of Bethlehem and blocks up the way of saliva
ton by Redoemcr, that nothing effectual can be
done to chrisanze nor even to civze this wretched
class of heathen while the law remains in force
What then as christian citizens is our duty ? Is it
not plainly this To seek the repeal of those laws
which nuify our Divine commission, and so far as
these American heather are concerned, render nuga-
tory all our efforts for their salvation. Nor can see
how we can forfeit any of our rights or throw off any
of our responsibilities as citizens by becoming christ
ians ministers, or even missionaries in home de-
partment Our commission enjoins us to teach the
nations to observe al things Whatsoever Christ com
manded; and SHAH ha ids ba a
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