The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-30

Msoern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &c.
Ne. lGg.
The truth 10, the new school of philanlhro-
pists is not satisfied with the Government Of
the world. Had they have lived in the time of
the Jewish captivity in Egypt. the Pharaoh's
would never have waited until il pleased the
God OF Albanian 10 desolste that country, end
to torment them with dirsful plaques, before
they would have let the Israelites depart. There
are some things more easy to be borne than
Others; and methinks the proud Kings Of Egypt
would have considered the plaques inflicted by
Moses and Aaron, merciful dispensations, COM
pared with the continual, incessant torment
ing Of the new school Of moralists. In all
the learning Of the wise men of Memphis and
Ihebes, they had never heard of such goodness
before. A few modern abolitionists would have
ding donged into their ears, until they would
have cried out, cit is enough, spare us, If you
please: we will let you go.''
-Four hundred years the Almighty though,
proper to allow his chosen people to remain in
land Of Idolaters, where there were more gods
than there are days in the year.
atOdeS.
Where every garden 10 o'eErun with sodsH
But not to the good men Of our day: their
motto is, fsf justifia si ruif eoelum. They
count not the costs before they 20 to war upon
the union of the United States Of America
They make law unto themselves, and then
despiss oil consequences. Religious bodies in
Britain, have sent men across the ocean. and
AL IN inaf sk.. IN
in the United States in their path of duty The
Presbyterian General Assembly, and other re.
ligious bodies in this country have received sew
sral solemn appeals from their brethren in Ire
land and Scotland % to the great sin of negro
slavery, and their duty in the premises, while
the learned and truly pious Dr. Chalmers, at
home, In his lectures on Astronomy, had to az
tend the mission Of the Messiah to other world,.
and systems Of worlds, besides our earth. 10
reconcile the, to him, otherwise inexplic.ble.
difhculties Of mans present state and future
destiny
And our own DIR. wsyland. (who calls him.
self, in his correspondence, "The author
Of the Moral science,'') thinks that the prin.
ciplss of morality are to be extended and
advanced upon the principles and precsp,s of
our Savior; that is. when this really learned d.
vine was unable to End in the Scriptures any
Precspt or law which made the holding of men
in bondage sin in itself. seeing that is wss
even commanded in Leviiicus. he could not
otherwise extrisate himself from Ais Difficulty.
unless he could strike out a new idea; and this
he did do, when he declared that the principles
and doctrines of Jesus Christ, though very good
for the age in which He lived, and for the then
state Of moral science, (of which he was now
'the author,") were not sufficient for this .ss
OF general intelligence and human psrfsctibility.
Heavens! what an idea for sinful. mortal man
to entertain Of the God who made him.
The long sojourning Of the Jewish people in
Egypt, should teach a lesson to reformers of
our day. Four hundred years was that people
allowed to remain in very abjeet slavery. The
reason why they were permitted to remain
there, has nothing to do with our Argument
The purposes Of Divine Providence are an in
scrutsbis mystery to man. Hut seeing that they
were Gods chosen people. the time Of their csp
tivisy, four hundred ysars, Ia matter well wor-
thy our serious considsration-for whether We
hslisvs In . particular Providencs or not; or
whether We believ that the Bible 10 an inspired
book or not; NO man, whose opinion is worth |
anything. will pretend to say that Il IL in the |
power Of man to change the general courss Of
human events MANI history u divided into |
PeriodAof centuries, and thousands of ysars.-I
Consider the history Of the dynastiss Of both
ancient and modern times. Consider the rise
and fall Of govsrnnsnts and empires. Consid-
o. the long Of ages which transpirs before
, kingdom or IN empire reaches the ssmmit Of
It's glory; and then the centuries through which