Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-01-06

lash day after day to our weary task; and when the
day has far spent drag weary limbs to the dark
dreary howell TO eat our coarse and scany allowance
and lie down to dream of far off friends whom no
more expect to aee and catch little rest before the
horn perhaps lash of the cruel overeer shall call
again to sweat and toll from dawn till dark Oh, how
sad is our condition O that we could once more en-
brace our dear friends at own happy Preside as it
before the cruel man-steaer entered our peaceful
dwelling Shall we no more see their faces Where
are my mother and sister, do they live weep and
pray for their suffering and brother s-Oh that
could believe il was not true My sister, Oh my sis
teri where is she? Sold, sold to be the slave of a
brutal monster, who doubtless intends to rob her of
what is dearer than life that could believe that
death released her from her brutal tyran she reach
ed bis vile abode Oh this dread uncertainty! How
long lord must remain in this state which is worse
than death?
And is this slavery and these the feelings the suf-
ferngs of the slave? o Lord, thou nerciful God, be
enreaed to hear our prayer, and give freedom to ouI
unfortunate brother
Should we thus make the case Of the slave our own
we should be constrained to pray for him aught
If any being need our sympathy and prayers, it is
the crushed slave. At this season we should partcu
lary remember those in bonds. On the LIST day of this
month while we were rejoicing in "ahappy new year.
thousands of our downtodden brothers and sisters II
tho southern States were placed upon the aucuor
hoc sold to die highest bidder, and driven to nnolt
degradation and wrotchedness. There they now are
the most forlorn and wretched beings that our eartl
affords They have been snached from all that is deS
to Them on EARTH and subjected to all that is dreadful
to them in this life Let US pray that they may have
help from on high to sustain them under their heavy
load of sorrows.
The cause of emancipation is in great measure
moral enterprise, 1t cannot be carried onward to
happy consultation without divine aid. If the chris
tan part Of community leave this work for political en-
tepnze alone to accomplish, it will never be well done
if done at all. To give the colored man his rights
something more is necessary than to protect him by
legislative enactmens, The Statute may be in bis ia
vor and give him freedom while puJlic sentiment may
crush him IN the dust What we want is to love al,
respect the colored man. We want the STAKEHOLDER t.
come to look upon the slave as a man and brother
and treat him accordingly There must be great ant
radical reform in the heart and mind of the Shareholder
before this work shall be completed. 1t must be
change that nothing short of divine agency pro
duce For this should pray and persevore in prayer
until the answer come.
Let no one depend on the Liberty party to give free
dom to the slave God alone must be relied on to dc
this great work. That christian who has, in grea
measure ceased praying for the emancipation of the
slave on account Of his confidence that the Liberty
party will soon accomplish the desired object has fall
en- into great error, if not into sin. Any means how
ever good should not be relied on. If we depend OF
God He will bless us in the use of means, but if We
look away from Him and depend on the means, We
have reason to expect Him to frown upon us.
Pray4r-real prayer-and acton will 60 together
No one can pray for the slave without acting for hin
ia every way that he thinks he can benefit him. Tn
less man is more in the dark than any christian ough
to be in this highly favored commonwealth if he pray
for the slave as he ought he will vote he ought
One reason fear why SO few cast their ballot 70
Freedom is because they do not remember those il
bonds 90 bound with them"
Ny christian brother and sstcr let me entreat you
you love the Lord Jesus Christ and desire to see hi
image shine forth from every son and daughter of AID
am to pray mucn pray ferventy pray in faith, and t.
pray without ceasing for the slave.
ALFRED.
Jan. 1913