Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-04-10

aScerldlnlng inc Tlght Ter God has made the
truth SO plain that the wayfaring man cannot
err therein. In relation to the Question ali ,ut
which we have met, it is not the honest, but
the preiudiced man who comes to wronr con.
illusions; none need err in this if thew will
try 10 ascertain the truth.
Christianity, said Foster, is the s,,n1or,
by which we are to test these subjects. This
is the true standard; it is as clearly spsce,,i.
BILE Of demonstration as any problem in En-
cid. The great truths Of Christie nity have
never been doubted. Men have doubtcd ,bo
truth of what has been called Christianitv-
They may doubt as to whether it is their du-
ty to 60 down into the water and be baptized.
but | say in regard to Christianity there can
be no room for doubt. If necessary | would
go into proof upon this subject, but | trust it
will be admitted.
By donouncing US as ~infdels, you admit
Christianity to be right. BY that denuncia-
ton you make a profession of Christianity,
and to that profession, | intend to hold you
this afternoon and apply it to the great ques-
ton of slavery.
What is Christianity! When I ask YOU
to be an abolitionist, | ask you to be a Chris
tian. No man can be a genuine aboliiionist
who is not a Christian, and no man can be a
Christian who is not an abolitionist; and he
who is not a genuine Christian, is nota Chris
tan at all. He is like counterfeit paper
which is put forth as m%Oney-but is no mo-
new. There is no harm in the counterfeit
money, except as it is represented to be gem
uine bank notes. So when you claim to be
a Christian, and are not genuine, you are in
furious to society. Abolitionism is not
Christianity, but it is such as far as it goes.
Anti-Slavery is one item Of Christianity, il is
not all of it. Yet the man who will perform
his duty as an abolitionist, will do other du-
ties enjoined by Christianity. We are asked
by some, (" why don't you go ont and preach
the gospel!" say we are doing it. They
don't know what the gospel is; when Christ
came-when the true preacher of the gospel
came, the cry was "away with him, away
with him, cruelty him." They seem to
know no better now what the gospel is than
they did then, and when one rises up TO
preach deliverance to the captive and the
opening Of the prison doors to those that
are bound, the cry is, away with him, ~justas
the old scribes exclaimed when they nailed
Jesus to the cross. Ifhe had preached some
easy popular doctrine, he would have been
received with open arms by the people of
that day.
When Joe Smith proclaimed Mormonism,
thousands followed in his train when Mil
Ter preacheso his second advent doctrine, he
galvanizes the community and when the
popular societies get up their re~vivals-their
proselyting revivals-thousands rally to them.
But when the doctrine of true Humanity is
sounded, the mad dog cry of Infdehity is
raised. The world has never known its Sa-
viour-it has always banished him; ] speak
Of doctrines, as well as of men. How was
it when the doctrine of strong drink was
broachedl If any thing saves the country,
it will be the abolition doctrine. And how
is it secuted - how few open their doors to
this divine doctrine.
Foster here again stated that he must either
convince others Of error, or they must con
vince him, as one must be in error; but he
hoped to convince them, &C., admitting theil
RIGHT to correct him if in error.
When you look, said he, at the poor de
graded Catholic woman, bending down anc
counting her strings of beads, you mourn
/; over her ignorance and superstition. Ny
3 friends, it is possible our minds are in as be
: nighled a state as hers, and we are too apt t,
E cry out, ~ thank thee that l am not even a
= this publicanr !" How conspicuous do tn
faults of others appear to our eyes!
What then is Christianity? Let us Sc
this in the first place and to do this, W
o must 90 to him who taught it. We must nc
S 90 TO Peter, to Paul, to Isaiah, nor to JerC
v miah. To know Christianity we must 60
Q neither of these neither to Martin Luthe
O to Calvin, to Wesley, nor 10 Fox. If we de-
d sire to learn the doctrines of Luther, Calvin
d Fox, &c., then should we go to them, BIT
it not to learn Christianity. Never 20 to al
IS other if you can find the original but go to i
l. If you can approach tho fountain as it gu
h giles in its purity from the rock, never 20