Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-23
TO WALKER.
Yours, &C.,
J. W. WALKER

d TO BROTHER WALKER.
: WAY DEAR SIR:
| received 1 notice from you "to Wesley
4 ans and others in the A~nli-Slavery Dugle
last week, which sent a thrill Of grief an
= sorrow through my old c%allous heart, whic
do not remember 10 have felt in all my lii
before, ard pray God that I may never fee
again, unless his own most glorious caus
= my, by some means, be thereby promoted
And now my dear brother can surely bca
with me a little, when ! assure him that THU
broken scroll is none other than the fruits o
= unfcigned love, anJ sincere regard, both fol
I yourself and Gods general Zion, particular
/ ~ the infant branch, which we havo both
been laborinr to sustain, and which will
most deeply and seriously feel the shock
produced by your withdrawal from the con-
n~exion. Think not my beloved brc Their that
! say these things to censure you, far be that
from me; but as I do think my dear sir, that
you have been deceived, and thus led to EN-
brace error, and giye your supper; to a system
which you would not for your right hand,
nay, even for your life, if you viewed it as
do. | cannot feel justified in the sight Of
God, nor exercise that love for my brother
which ! have for myself, without making, at
least, one effort to undeceive you, and the
more especially as ] came very near myself
splitting upon the same rock which | think
my dear brother w. has stumbled upon; |
seem to hear my Master say, 'since thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren"
When | first heard the American Anti-Sla-
very lecturers, | hardly knew what to think
or what to say. | could not then contradict
the charges which they brought against tho
Churches, both ministers and members, with
out distinction. | knew that religion, as a
general thing, at the present lrJ~@ 4i!a
too superficial a matter, and almost came tC
the conclusion that | must withdraw all con
nexion and support from every ecclesiastical
body which exists among us; but upon NOR
deliberate consideration Of the subject, | be
came convinced that what little there is o
morality and virtue, or in short, Of good prin
ciple, in the world, as a general thing, is tt
be found in the Church; and at length, b,
examining the matter closely, and prayerfnl
ly, reading their own publications, q sub
scribed for the Bugle one year, and hearing
them lecture repeatedly, | became convinced
that although their anti-slavery principles
were good, the abolition of slavery was no
! thair .hiaf ohiact . hut 10 enra,d tho aurf,
desolating, moral pestilence of Infdelity ia
and wide. Oh my brother my dear brother
is there not some proof of this in the fact
, that their combined efforts are levelled agains
: every organization both civil and religious
= Notwithstanding they often deny this, yet
r can be %proved,) and what do they substitut
in the room of all this ! nothing but a%nti.sla
s very-good indeed in its pla:e-but VIII
does not know that this is not every thing
Is it not striking the axe at the root of every
thing Of a moral and religious nature, i
= short, everything that cements mankind
Y each other, by ties of the hottest, purest kline
: Does it not when carried out, by some
them at least, break down even the sacre
enclosure of the domestic circle; / mean b
d performing 4 sort oil "a mock) ceremony b
= tween themselves, amounting to about ,hi
= I" that they enter into a written contract
=, perform all duties growing out of the ma
IN rlage relation so long as they shall be salts
T. ed with each other" | do not SEQ much tn
in is ominous of good for our nation, more tht
It. they /; bat ] do think their (almost) every
n fort is strongly calculated 10 sweep away t
sy last particle Of hope that remains for us as
re nation; and if their principles coSId be car
ey ed out, ! know not how We could look
Sc anything better than the same principles p
re duced in Infdel France in her worst days
nd and instead Of the corrupt state Of our e
eminent, (or even Constitutlon) and churC
at eS, being any reason why we should alb;
h. don all into the hands Of the wicked and vi
u / think il the very reason that should un
= our hearts and efforts the more closely toge
h. err, as union is strength, and not be less W
n in matters Of such vast importance, than
S, are in our common every day affairs Of Ii
o. and surely we should think any one very
Mt wise, who would destroy his house becal
o, it was poor, before he had provided ano
II er sheltcg and yet comeouterism is for sw
d. ping away with n stroke all organlzatio
x Except the American Anti-Slavery Socie
both civil and religious, thus throwing off
restraint, and opening wide every aven
that Infdelity NAV sWeep oyer the length a