Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-15

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and they pass from the presence of men, the
world shall take no note Of their Departure
and build no monument to their memories,
yet their influence is enstamped upon the
age, il will outlive the crumbling cenotaphs
of forgotten heroes, and exist even when time
shall be no more. May God strengthen and
sustain them for it is mainly through the
efforts of such laborers that The slave is to be
redeemed and the spirit of tyranny cast out
they are the little rills which are to form and
feed the mighty river which is destined TO
bear upon its bosom the gifts of freedom and
of Joy TO the fettered bondman. The bed Of
the Mississippi would be a streamless ravine
were it not for the constant supply it receives
from the numberless r%ivulets which gather
up the drops as they ttickle from rock to rock
upon the far distant hills and mountains, and
bring them to that river upon whose waters
float the costly palaces and gigantic ware
houses of a mighty people. And though the
traveller may hasten to his port of embarka-
ton all unmindfrl OF the petty stream which
crosses his pathway, yet it is to the aggregate
power of just such streams that he designs
to entrust his person and his property and
those who now scorn the faithful labors in an
unpopular cause of the almost unknown and
wholly unhonored few, shall hereafter be
moved by the influence of those labors to
deeds for Humanity's sake.
In many of the churches there exists a
spirit of inquiry whose progress cannot be
stayed, and some are beginning to perceive
that an endorsement of the Shareholders claim
to the name of christian is a virtual support
of slavery. Though the cry Of infdeiity has
been used as a shield with which to ward off
the blows of truth, yet the common people,
who if left 10 the instinct Of their own divine
nature, will hearken as gladly to the voice of
the Teacher now, speaking through the feel
ings and emotions of their hearts, as they did
eighteen hundred years ago, when the Master
moved personally among them-are becom-
ing dissatisfied with their position, and are
inquiring, What shall we do to be saved
from the guilt of slayery?' Many of the
churches are agitated and distracted by the
discussion of this great question, much to the
sorrow doubtless, of those who value s%ectari-
an unity more than righteous principle. They
feel the growing pressure of an anti-slavery
public sentiment, both within and without,
and are unable to resist it; and those who
sit in high places see with dismay that the
thinking portion of the people are not to be
diverted from an examination of their own
condition by the iteration and reiteration of
charges-whether true or false-preferred
against others. If it were not for the efforts
of those who, believing their craft in danger,
cry "Great is Diana of the Methodists ~
"Great is Diana of the Disciples" "Great
is the Diana of our denomination :" the
churches on the Reserve would be speedily
purified of slavery; nor can they long resist
the truth with all the talent and ingenuity of
n pro-slavery priesthood to sustain them, for
'God hath barred his right arm for the bat
tle."
In some of the towns we visited, anti-sla-
very sewing circles had been organized, and
it vas evident that the interest which the wo.
men there felt in the cause, was, as a gene
raj thing, very much greater than among
those where such plan Of labor had not been
adopted. The subject was necessarily brought
before them at their weekly or their semi
monthly meetings, and so delightful are these
frequent gatherings. and so evident the ben
eft resulting therefrom, that with many it has
come to be regarded as a pleasure and a pri-
vllege to attend them-a pleasure, which an
abolitionist only can fully know, a privilege
which none other can rightly appreciate
We hope the friends of the Disunion move
ment, and of the Western Anti-Slavery So
ciety, which is the only association this side
the mountains that endorses and s~ustains the
movement, will faithfully use this instrument
tality in promoting the spread OF their princi-
Piles. Let them not be discouraged if but
few should manifest an interest in it-where
two or three are gathered together in such a
cause, good will certainly result. Abolition
lists should be the last persons in the world
to despise the day of small things, or 10 I'M
dervalue the disinterested efforts of the hum
blest individuals. To say nothing about the
other benefits flowing from their voluntary
labor for the welfare of their fellow men, their
gatherings present to the world an example
worthy of all imitation, and in this do great
service to the cause of reform.
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