Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-18
AuGusr 29th, 1916.
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AuGusr 29th, 1916.
A rreat and wise man once wrote, as fol-
lows:-" Strengthen We the weak hands, and
confirm the feeble knees. Say 10 them that
are of a fearful heat, be strong, fear not"
&c. It is unquestionabIy the duty oil The
friends of universal emancipation, to strength
en- the hands, and encourage the hearts OF each
other, by sometimes stating facts, which may
not have come TO the knowledge Of all those
whose hearts would beat quick with joy, to
know that such encouraging events were
TRANSMITTING. With no further introduction, .
or ceremony, | wish to state, that we have
inst been refreshed here at llarVeysburg'
with a multitude Of good sermons from cOfI'-
Cd brethren, and one very powerful ana al
frctinI anti-slavery discourse, from a brother
who is colurcd, as near whiie perhaps, as you
or /. but who has nevertheless been chlincd,
,clipped, inyrisoned, bought and solo, divers
times. His name is NJ. J. Wilkinson, But
what was still more encouraging TO the
friends Of oppressed mankind, was to see a
company ofsone half-dczen excellent, and elo-
quent male speakers, entirely ec'ipsed by
the talent and eloqucnce Of a female; one of
Arric's sable daughters {; who 1t appears
has come up through many deep trials and
discourarements. and taken her station among
those whose mission seems to be TO 20 about
the world doing good to their feiiow-men' by
way Of preaching glad iIdings, giving coun'
sci, caution, or encouragement, as the occa'
sion may appear to demand. Twill not mul'
tiplv words of my own about this sister OF
the human family, further than to say she is
from Boston, Mass, and together with her
companion, expects to spend several months
in the West. | hope many of you will have
the pleasure of meeting with her. And IN
order to give every one who reads this briei
notice, a lively interest in this matter, l viii
add an extract from her own published cal
TO the ministry, written by herself. Afte'
giving an account Of the manner in which
she was brought into willingness 10 go on he
gospel mission 10 the world, she adds
Though | did not wish TO pain any one
neither could l please any one, but to thei
profit; | saw that the best men were liable t
CTR, and therefore my only safe way was t
follow Christ, though much censure and re
proof would be cast upon me for thus obey
ing the voice of the Lord. But mans opir
ion weighed nothing with me, for my com
mission was from Heaven, and my rewar
was with the Most High nor could | thin
this was a short lived impulse or spasmodi
influence in me, when on the day Of Pente
cost was this Scripture fulfilled, Joel, ii, 2
e. %. And it viii certainly not be denied
that women as well as men were, at that tim
filled with the Holy Ghost, because it is cN
pressly stated that women were among ihos,
who continued in prayer and supplication
waiting fer the fulfllment of the PROMISE
the power to preach the gospel was superna
tural and short lived in women, then it wa
equally so in men and if women have los
the gift of prophesying, so have men. w
are SOInelllleS lOlu lldl IL d WOlidi plC'tnu
to inspiration, and thereon grounds the rigl
TO plead the cause of IA rruciied Redeemer i
public, she will be believed when she show
credentials from Heaven; that is, when sh
works a miracle. | reply, if ris be ntcessi
ry to prove her right TO preach the gospe
then ! demand of my brethren that they sho'
Inc their credentials, else ] cannot receive the
ministry, by their own showing" She the
adds several appropriate texts of Scripture,
prove the equality of the Sexes, as to the
rights to preaeh and speak, in publ lie, and a
ter a brief concluding eNhortation, signs he
name JULANN JANE TlLLMAN, an
dates from Boston.
To me it is a cheering event, an era in I'll
age of reform, when the atiectionate fenial
heart begins to find strength to break the bal
Of prejudice, and come forth FROM its cage
long, long confinement, and pour out its syn
palhy, its encouragement, its eXerlions, an
its rebukes, in strains of eloquent freedom
rarely equalled by overbearing, Boosting mar
And what is still more cheering, is the remem
bnnce of the f,ct, that these female heart