Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-30
Meeting at Green Plain.

Walker at Friends meeting at Green Plains
aniieslavery convention, has been handed US
for phblicaii On. Would that all Friends'
meetings were equally free. IL all Friends
were as much interested In the anti-slavery
movement and laboted as earnestly to promote
il as those a, Green Plain, Slavery would
soon cease TO be.-EDRs.1
The convention remained In session until
II o'clock, the usual time for the first day
morning meeting of Friends at Green Plain.
Tho audience remained in attendance, when,
after a few minutes spent in silence, Joseph
Dugdale said, where the spirit Of the Lord is,
there is liberty and as we are now convened
in what we term a meeting for worship, /
desire that every mind may be left free to act
out its highest convictions Of %du,y-that mons
may feel fettered on account Of finding ihem-
selves with us on this occasion. To live in
harmony with the Divine laws of God, the
holy scripture, written by the hand of divini-
~ in the constitution of our nature, should
be paramount to creeds or disciplines. The
building up of parties or clans is no part Of
the religious element in mans being. The
Church of Christ is constituted of those who
do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with
God. | earnestly desire that those religions
organizations which have taken some advance
steps in moral reform, may not plant their
stakes and conclude they have done enough;
he who is in earnest 10 live Alright, he who
associates religion with the practical duties
Of life will continue to have clearer and more
enlarged views of the gospel Of Christ
The garment that fits him to-day will be 100
small tomorrow.
The energy of character which should cha
r~acterize the friends of universal freedom 10
illustrated by the life and teachings of Jesnss
MY Father workeM hitherto, and ! york."
The speaker clearly showed that the stere-
otyped injunction of modern Quakerism.
"Get into the quiet,' "Be s%till,'' touching
all benevolent enterprises, was one Of the
greatest heresies inculca,ed, and oagh, to be
SO regarded. He spoke Of having been, dur.
ing the last autumn, near the gates Of death,
and on that occasion having to rejoice that
t he had identified himself with the advocates
of universal liberty, though but an humble
J advocate for the good and the true, and con-
/ cluded with a wish that each one present
might be favored in simplicity of mind to do
what the good Father might require at their
hands, and thus fill up their measure of use-
fuIness-all working together 10 hasten the
period when liberty shall be proclaimed
throughout the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof.
J. w. Walker spoke of the necessity of
those who "say they abide in Christ, to walk
t even as he walked" He showed that Christ
2 was the model mind of the universe-that il
was the business of all men to study that cha.
racter, till they understood it, and conformed
= their lives to it-that no man, no matter what
his pretensions to religion, his adherance 10
!, creeds, his faithfulness 10 forms and ceremo
MES, his sacrifices for such, was a Christian
: that had not the mind of Christ. He show
: ed the inconsistency of the Quakers in pro-
!. Tossing to be followers of Jesus while they
a did not the things he commanded I; he espe-
cially showed them their inconsistency in re-
fusing to serve as soldiers, and yet assisting
to make a commander-in-chief Of the army
II and navy. In closing, he urged upon them
r the necessity of copying the example of Je'
sus in consistency, in faithfully teaching the
. true light, and in constantly rebuking sin.
Nicholas Selby observed, | do not arise to
Is give my Christian experience, but would say,
IN | believe in Christ-the truth he taught, and
suppose that this meeting was assembled for
IS the purpose of teaching that truth, of receiving
e. that truth, that it might be better able to prac'
tice it in after life. suppose on this glad day
there are one hundred thousand congrega,
lions assembled together, all protesting tc
1t love Christ, and to be actuated by the SAINT
IN spirit with which he was anointed, which
y was to preach deliverance to the captives, anC
the opening of the prison 10 them that ar,
t b~ound-the proclaiming of the acceptable,
y year of the Lord. ] suppose, also, tina
there will be preached to-day fifty thousan
sermons by those who profess to be sent G
God. Now | ask, in view of all this might
religious effort, will it break the yoke of
r ], single slave-will it hasten a single hour tn
emancipation of my race! fear not. b.
suppose that on this blessed morning eac
"a individual Of the twelve millions that are, Q
will be assembled for worship, had, on leaN
eft ing their homes, said, E" this day 60 to tn
place of meeting for the express purpose {
breaking every yoke, and letting the Cypress
ed 90 Free and that all the sermons on thl
day were preached for that express purpose