Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-06


TO support them in families, and encour-
lge and support %virtuous education, those pla-
ces which are now laid waste and becoming
a wilderness, would again become fruitful
felds.S The change to a virtuods life, would
also cause the country 10 become in morals,
and true religion, as the garden of the Lord.
Oh professors Of Christianity, deceive not
yourselves, and think to be saved by a sup
posed belief in Christ, without purity and
holiness Of heart and life. Read his Sermon
on the Mount and see how lie recommends
practical righteousness. Remember how Of
ten he condemned hypocritcal profession,
and said to his d~eciples aye shall knows
them by their fruits" Do men gather grapes
Of thorns, or figs oil thistles Oh for your
own souls sake look at the thorny and thist-
" dispositions you cherish, and how often
the poor slaves are made to feel the sting
not only when under the i~nfiction of cruel
tortures Of body, but many and severe afiiic-
lions of mind in the separation Of husbands
and wives, parents and children, and often
under the dreadful apprehensions that the
sufferings Of those borne away will be grea-
ter than ever before Consider how far we
are from %obeying the command of the holy
Jesus, who said, " In all things whatsoever
we would that men should do TO you do we
even SO to them and think oh think how
oft,n w f.ka He pavua -, vain Nub0 eail
why call we me Lord, Lord, and do not the
things which | say Remember when the
commandment was given "Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord in vain," it was adj
ded "The Lord will not hold him g%uiItless
who taketh his name in vain" Let not your
priests deceive you. IL they direct you not
TO purity Of life in all your conduct, and
would make you think that a belief in Christ
without this can save you, they will be of
no more benefit TO you than the lying pro-
phets of Bdal were 10 the children Of Israel,
persuading them TO be content and at rest in
their sins. But there were then true pro-
phets also, and these condemned the formal
gatherings and incense burnings, and called
for justice and mercy. lie hath showed
thee oh man what is good and what doth
the Lord require of thee but to do Justly, 10
love mercy, and TO walk humbly with thy
God. These prophecies Jesus did not come
to change or to destroy. "Think not" said
he d" that | am COM to destroy but to full
fl.'' And when he said, whatsoever We
would that men should do TO you do we even
so TO them,' he added, "for this is the law
and the prophets" In making these appeals
dear sisters, let US hope that the time will
come when many in the south will arise and
and labor TO remove the evils produced by a
possession of irresponsible power from with
in their borders.
There may we freely purchase the products
Of their soil when we know it to be cultiva-
ted by free people in the enjoyment of fami-
ly relations, instead of being extorted by
driving, degrading, and robbing of all that
renders life valuable and comfortable. How
can we without conjunction enjoy the pro-
ducts Of their toll, when this great sin Of OPP
preston is most certainly tending to the
downfall of the nation. Let us not say we
I pray for their freedom and the Almighty will
do the work in his own time, as though that
time were not now; for most assuredly il
there is a good and gracious God, he wills
not that snch a system of iniquity should
continue one hour.
But he works by agents, willing agents
and it is through the supineness of the Peo-
pie that they thus remain.
If the public sentiment Of the nation co ulC
be aroused from the bed of ease wherein i
has long been sleeping, and 60 forth to de
work Of righteousness, their hold on thu
slaves could not long continue. The rejoi
cings on the anniversary Of the nations indie
pendence being continued without any regar
to the sufferings of the slave, plainly show
i, that while e~xulting in their own liberty the,
, have not seen that slavery is coming upo
q them as a thief in the night to take from thel
that liberty which they now make the sui
Il iect of their rejoicing. righteousness e.
. alteth a nation but sin is a r~eproach to an
l. people,. AS SIN mas ever lehoeu 10 u
y downfall of nations, we cannot expect tn
j. ours will be an exception. Nay, verify 81
IL cannot escape unless the vigilence of the pc
pie is excited before il be too late. Ther
+. fore let all arise and attend to the labor viii
~ the daylight of investigation shows to
necessary open every window shutter al
a curtain that would conceal the light, gain
h. the information you can, and be willing
N. 90 forth into every field and vineyard WHIT
,at you can work; and the Lord of life and go'
m ness, the God of justice and mercy will VIC
L. ihrnnnh faithfnl lahnrers for the redempti