Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-08-13

ulo \ nus WITH Ia llIAl hilu SHIhiVoof VI
death, they have no minister to address TO
them the consultations of the gospel, nor to
bury them with solemn and appropriate ser
vices" Said DR.. Nelson, a native of Ten
nessee "The concentrated recollection of
thirty years, furnishes me with three insfun-
cs only, where | could say ] have reason,
from the known walk of that slave, to believe
him or her a sincere christian" Hear Rev.
G. c. Jones again "Of the professors of re-
ligion among them, there are many of ques-
tlonable piety, who occasion the different
churches great trouble ia discipline, for they
are extremely ignorant, and frequently are
guilty Of the grOssest Uices."
Such, upon Southern testimony, is the de-
plorable spiritual condition of three millions
of human beings in this land of boosted chris
tian light and liberty. OF their physical suf-
ferings we need not speak. The tale of
wretchedness has become too familiar to eve
ry ear 10 need repetition. Now every pro-
slavery church in this land is engaged in for
ging chains and riveting them on these I'M
happy victims They chattelize Gods i'm
age, and then plead His authority for doing
so. Said Prof. T.. d. Sims of Macon Col
lege, "a Methodist institution.)
"'These extracts from Holy Writ unequiv-
ocally assert the right of properly in slaves,
together with the usual incidents of that
right" &c.
Said the Hopewell () S. C. Presbytery;
"Slavery has existed in the church Of God
from the time of Abraham to this day."
Said the Harmony Is. c. Presbytery: "2.
That slavery has existed from the days of
those good old shareholders and patriarchs,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, (who are now in
the kingdom of Heaven,) to the time when
the Apostle Paul sent a runaway slave nome
to his master, Philemon, = = = and that
slavery has existed ever since the days of the
Apostles, and does now exist"
The church of Petersburgh, Va, declared
"That as the Great Head Of the church
has recognized the relation of master and slave,
we conscientiously believe that slavery is not
a sin against G ID, as declared by the Gene
raj Assembly,"
The P~resbytery of Tombecbee declare -
"That slavery is not a moral evil, is evident
from the fact, that it is nowhere condemned
by the Redeemer or his Apostles, in the New
Testament" Again: ''The Bible makes
slavery a part of the social circle; it is assoc
ciated with husband and wife, parents and
children"
The Biblical Repertory said "The Apos-
ties did not condemn slavery ; they did not
require emancipation; they recognized Slave
holders as christian brethren"
Says Prof. Stuart: "If any one doubts,
let him take the case of Paul's sending Ones
mus back TO Philemon, with an apology for
his running away, and sending him back to
be a servant for life. The relation did exist
may exist"
The Presbyterian General Assembly, (Old
School, at their meeting in May, 1915, de-
clared sit is impossible TO discipline slave
holding as a sin, without denying some of
the plainest declarations of the word of God.
1t would be charging the Apostles of Christ
with winking at SIM" The following reso-
%lutions were then passed, which YET stand
unTescinded.
l. Resolved, That the Assembly was ORR
ginally constituted on the admission that
sIaveholdiDg is not necessarily sin.
.. Therefore to make slaveholding a bar to
communion would be TO dissolve ITSELF"
Here the broad ground is taken by that bo-
dy that its rery e~riStence depends upon the
admission that Slaveholding shall not be made
a bar to communion!
With regard to the position of the New
School body, w refer to what has been said
above. Both bodies we consider as now
standing pledged to the slave-power. Both
are united in crushing the poor slave to the
earth, robbing him of The light of heaven, and
consigning him 10 hopeless, remediless des-
pair. Every one who adheres to those bo-
dies thus far supports them, and supports
them an their cOrk. Both bodies have their
bone, sinew, and vitality, in the Northern
churches. Without the support of these they
would both die. Nay, more; without the
support of professedly anti-siarery churches,
they would die. From the adherence of pro.
fessedly anti-slavery churches they derive
their power, and consequently their power t.
crush the Stare. Brethren, We cannot lend GU
aid in this work, for God has commanded u.
to Remember them that are in bonds a.
bound with them, and them that suffer adver
slty, as being yourselves also in the body.'
Duty 10 The poor, down-trodden slave requires
us to withdraw fellowship from all who ar
engaged In this unholy work. We expec
soon to meet those slaves at the bar of God
we VIII meet them freed from their blood.
we might assign many other reasons 70
our present step, which TO us appear impor
tant, but we do not wish to write a book. mo
10 make our manifesto so intolerably long tina
no one will read it. The reasons we bav
s. ocSh 9uhiSieht 10 SdtiSiy our con
sciences IN taking this step, and W. hope the,
will satisfy others. We are aware that W,
shall be met with the cry of 'schism schism ,
schism ~ But we know too hat there new
er was a reformation attempted in any age Blu
had to encounter the same maddox cTy,
has been the rod of terror-the sceptre of &C
cleslastlcal despotism, held over the heads o
those who would seek a reformation in cor
rupt churches, in every age. God being GU
helper, we will not be turned back from on
purpose by it. 1t is no schism to separat,
from a church organization that has takeI
away ChriSFs Iaws, and substituted their o,p,
In their stead. There can only be schism il
wantonly' and for wicked purposes, making
a division in Christ's body. Such an orgqni
cation is in no proper sense of the term, IN,
body Of Christ.
That there are many good and pious chris.
GTz1g in fhG fN.ya 20. D.. l.