The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-31

our work, but find i. impossible to secur,
the attendance upon Gods work on the
seventh! They are certainly not more
aveIse TO hearing a sermon than to digging
or ploughing-if, then, they perform the
latter and neglect the former, it is not ow
ing to the different estimate we teach them
to place on these duties! We manifest
disptedsnre at their neglect Of our interests
the neglect Of Gods serrice zee rink at.
| Further, il is the duty of a master to as
Semble his servants ,rih The rest of the
household for family mOrship. Those ser.
wants who live apart from the master
household should be encouraged to worship
God, daily in their own houses--the doncs.
tic servants ought to unite in the family de.
votlons. Every man is constituted by God
prophet or teacher, as well as king or ruler.
in his own households regarded as the
superior IN wisdom as well as authority
this position he holds that he NAV train his
children and servants TO fear and serve God.
4 man cannot expect the blessing of God
upon his family, unless he cndeavors to
make it a family that calls daily upon God
name. Ii was the testimony which God
gave to Abraham, when assigning the rea
son why he would bless him, 81 know him.
that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep
the way of the Lord, and do Justice and
Jud gmemt. Here is All example held our
by tod fos The imitation of all masters.
Many persons justify slavery by pleading
the example of Abraham. But they con.
slder not that il Was AN ineStmable privilege
to belong TO the family of Abraham. DO
they initiate hun in those points of conduct
which sanctyied his mdstership, and which
drew around him body Of faithful servants
whom he could arm to repcl the assaults of
an invading foe
Our object. at present, is not to give min
ute directions, TO aid one who is not disposed
to discharge the religious duties o. MASTER
bu, simply TO show what these duties are
We cannot, then, turn aside TO answer the
question, chow shall We most surely and
easily secure the attention of our servants
to the Bible, and to the public and private
exercises of divine worship" One thing,
however, is certain, that no man will sue
coed in any good work, who does not direct
his mind diligently 10 the discovery of the
means of success, ard then Use them with
patience and perseverance.
1. Masters should iratch orer the moral
character of their servants, and should re.
strain them from all conduct ofensire 10
God. Gross sins against God are tolerated
IN their servants by many masters, who will
permit no practices hurtful TO their own
selfinlerest. Yet ii is clearly our duty to
show disapprobation of conduct which We
'repreheud or punish in proportion not TO its
injurious Elects upon our personal inter
eSts, bit 10 ITS criminaiay or moral turpi-
tilde. And We are certainly not discharg-
ing the obligations to our servants which
our position and superior intelligence i'm
pose on us, when We teach them to regard
trivial offences against ourselves as of great
er magnitude and deserving Of severer repro
baton, than gross violations OF Gods most
important commandments By acting thus
we perveu their views Of duty and respon-
sibility and give them, as far as lies in our
power, false standard of morality. We
cannot expect them TO be conscientious and
upright, unless we train them to regard the
divine law, and unless We show by our treat
ment OF them that We expect and require
them to respect its precepts.
To form and preserve correct moral feel
ngs and conduct in them, i is not merely
requisite that We should restrain them from
vices and encourage them to virtue by pro-
per rewards and punishmcnts, but We should,
as far as practicable, keep them from cor
ripping associates, and set before them a
cody example. In vain We may exhor
them do right, if they see as do wrong. III
they sec MS honest, conscientious, kind and
iorbearing, strong influence will be exert
ed upon them to produce virtues resembling
those which they see in us-if, on the other
hand, the master is seen to be grasping and
inscriptions, the servant will initiate his
selfish example, disregarding, as far as he
can do so with imPunity, his masters inter
est, and seeking only his own ease.
). Masters are bound to exercise patience
torrords tie faults and infrmaies Of their
servants. Proper effects will do much to-
wards remedying the manifold imperlections
of servants-but much will remain irrem-
nlediable. Patience, then, becomes an I'M
portant duty in our intercourse with them
duty in which We often lamentably fail.
Permit ne TO suggest few considerations,
which, duly weighed, would satisfy lis all
that we should exercise, in our dealings
with them, degree of patience far beyond
what we usually exhibit. We are
ourselves very far frow perfection--and is it
reasonable to expect our servants to be bet
ter than ourselves We need the forbear-
ance and indulgence Of our fellow men to-
wards our own weaknesses and frailtes, and
should We not grant 10 others what we
claim largely for ourselves! And how
poorly and despicably do We serve God,
who has far stronger claims Oh our services
than We have on those of our fellow men.
Ought we not to exercise towards our ser
wants something like that patience which
our heavenly master is daily exercising to-
wards us, who fail in our duty with so much
stronger motives inducing us to fulfil it
I'd. The indulgence Of impatience and ILL
humor effect no useful purpose. Ali ex-
perence teaches that those who are fretfui,
dissatisfied, and faulthnding are not as well
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