Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-11-21


bly, Of 1916 was the same in substance as
the action of 1918, thinking l suppose that
the people had neither eyes, ears, nor COM
mon sense. To show this mans deception
will give the first clause of each 90 that all
can Judge for themselves. l regret that want
of space prevents me from giving the whole
but they are all as wide apart as these two
clauses.
ACT OF l9ls.-We consider the enslaving
of one part of the human race by another as
a gross violation of the most precious and
sacred rights of human nature, as utterly in
consistent with the law Of God which re-
quires us to love our ~neighbors as ourselves,
and as totally irreconcilable with the spirit
and principles of the Gospel of Christ.
ACT OF l945.-That slavery existed in
the days of Christ and his Apostles is an adj
mitted fact; that they did not denounce the
relation itself as sinful, as inconsistent with
Christianity; that slave holders were admit
ted to membership in the Churches organ
lied by the Apostles; that they were not re-
quired to emancipate their slaves; that slaves
were required to be obedieht to their mas
tiers.
| will close with a brief account of the
treatment l have myself received. Some
time since, felt Tiny duty to withdraw from
the Church, and thereby express my disap-
probation Of its course on slavery, and /
thought it due to the "Brotherhood" to let
them know my reasons for so doing. | wrote
some of these reasons and gave them to one
| g tl,n E1Iore x,.itb n ro1,asf 20 have tban,
read in the congregation. The session took
ten days to consider the matter and then re-
fused to read them. | had then no ~alterna-
tive but to publish them, which [ did in the
Liberty Herald. There the matter rested
until the close of the Holy convocation last
mentioned; when it was to be hoped the
hearts of the people were in a proper state to
receive any impression that the Bishop might
wish to make. He then took advantage of
the towards castle, and made an unprovoked
attack on me in my absence, and stated a
great many untruths which | suppose were
from hearsay, for on the morning of that day
l met the pious Judas in the street, he shook
hands, and was very friendly. l understood
afterwards he was on his way to hunt up
something against me, l being the cause of
the Rev. DIR. Blacks sermon on the duty of
secession from proslavery Churches.
l have not room to state the falsehoods he
uttered on that occasion, only one will ] give,
and that was, l went out from them, because
l was not of them. l would to God l had
not been of them and that DR.. Black had
spoken the truth, but he did not, and he knew
it, for | was in good and regular standing as
a member of that Church. But when nv
eyes were opened, l endeavored to follow the
direction Of the scriptures, to confess my sin
and forsake it. This | did, and for this he
sees fit 10 SANDER me. When his statements
came to my knowledge l wrote him the fol-
lowing note, which he has had in his possess
sion five or six weeks, and no answer has
been returned.
Rev. Sir:
In consequence of some re-
marks you made on Monday after the COM
munion service about me, which in the gen.
erai are incorrect, and although not intended
l trust, yet well calculated to injure my char
acter, feel it to be my duty to ask of you
the favor of being permitted to state the facts
in the case, in the same public manner as you
made the remarks, as that will put a stop to
any further proceedings or wrong Impressions.
| hope you will inform me at what time |
can have the privilege.
JOHN HENRY.
Let Us be not discouraged when the small
fry of the Clergy SANDER us, for their high
est Church Courts unblushingly SANDER the
Lord Jesus Christ and his Apostles.
j. II.
Poland, November l2th., I645.