Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-10-17
TIiE CHURCH.

Is 1t we'll with the Churchl Verify not
iar 1t 1t were her voice would be raised a..
galnst sin; she would ''cry aloud and snare
not" In view of the fact that every siyth
person In the nation is a slave, that every
sixth woman has no protection even for her
Vlrtle' that every sixth child is liable to bc
torn trom It's parents, "A voice of warning and
indignant rebuke would be raised that would
ring through the land. But how is it in re.
gard to this masterl While every breez
IRON the sunny South brings to our ears III
groans and walls Of the captive, while r.;
clels a'e weeping for their children, and r,
using to be camIorted, the clergy, with b,
lew exceptions, look on calmly. Nort,er
Doctors OF Oivinlty say that slavery is ne
m'tteh ny the New Testament, that s.tl.
good old Book remains the same THAT i,
ne b'ble Is IN favor of slavery northern cler-
Iymen ana church members fellowship and
commune with southern man-stealers and
tlus sanction anG>s lnctlfy their crime. The
rresoyteilan meets IN the Synod with his
southern brother IN Christ (as he calls him,)
and asks him to lift his hands all red viii,
the blood of the slave in PRAYER to that Cod
who hateth ~iniquity. The Methodist doe1
the same unless his southern brother becomes
SICK OF his want of open frmness and turns
away In disgust. The Baptist Doctor Of
Divinity carries on a long Controversy with =
southern brother in the ministry in ren,rd -
Slavery, couched in language.so exceedipc-
y smooth as not to rouse the slunberipr
conscience of the sinner, and at its close
compliments the baby stealer upon the CAr,,-
"a" spirit In which he has defended slavery.
ne other denominations fall into the sam.
wicked course, either standing as open aDol-
oglsts ior " the peculiar institution" or n 1T.
'ectlhg 10 act wtth the consistency and FIRM
ness That duty demlnds. Even the Wesi.y.
an processing to have come out from the n.
ciedh lhtng, invites to his communion table
NOSE VINO made the air ring with huzzas for
TOM" o'ay and Birney, all pledged to the
oih'h ana the Constitutions; and the Quaker.
'hs'ead oil b airing his testimony against the
grelt SIN, too often ''keeps in the guiet'' ard
pegs MS p fother not to ''mix with tie world,,
whlle ne goes to the ballot-box and deposits
ms VotH for the man who says that lesisl,-
ton as ''sancijfed negro slaves as propsrty.r
AS me Rev. Albert Barnes of Philadelphia
SAYS, ''the influence of the ministers. and the
conduct of church members give such a sane
ton to this evil slavery as ii could derive
from no other source" and il is because tho
influence of the church is shsS evil, that wa
ask all true friends Of humanity to rive pro-
slavery churches, Sects or clergymen no sop-
port or fellowship.
AS long as slavery is thought worthy of
Christian fellowship, as long as those who
are lonked up to as ~teachers Of the people do
not boldly denounce, it, the people viii not,
cannot be better than those whom they rever-
ence. As long as the church and clergy fell
iowship thieves they show that. they hive
thlevish hearts in their bosoms,, for BY a law
Of our nature like always comes 10, like
knowing the powerful influence of the church
and clergy. taking strong hold as they do on
the religious sentiment in the hearts of tho
people, and perverting their feelings to the
vilest pr rro-es, IS it not duty of every one
who remembers those in bends as bound with
them, to show that church which lends
strength to the spoiler cannot be the church
of the living God, And here let me ask il
those MEMBERS Of the LibeGty party, who saw
that a stakeholder, or even a Wing ora Dem.
ocrat whom You look upon as a supporter Of
slavery is utterly unworthy your vote, be
because no is TOO impure to bo a pohSzoy
| brother, and yet admit ths vry man Whom