The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-01
II EXAMINER;
For The MANNER.
Ma vary sinful In Rsself, and Nos-fsiiew-
shsp OF those holding sinves, the d"'y al
the CbrI.tiaa Chureh.-No. &.

4 A distinguished philanthropist, who live
in the Soulh, was, not long since, charges
with dereliction of duty in not joining tn
church, when he could discourse SO elo
quently about its duty and power. Ate
acknowledging in a meek, ard very ap
propriate manner, his imperfections AM
short comings, he replied:-"l an not I
member of any church, nor can | be 81
long as the churches fellowship Slavery"
One of the colporteurs travelling ovel
our State not long since found an elderly
lady who manilesIly possessed marked in
telligence and piety. She had had con-
nection with the people Of God in her m.
tive land-England. On his enquring to
what church she now belonged. she replied:
al belong to no one in this country,
nor can /, for they are all slaveholding
churches"
He. in common with the writer and 9TH
ers. has found many of our best citizens,
who say they can have no connection with
churches iellowshipping shareholders. -
They feel that if the robbery Of personal
ownership-the dearest OF all rights-"The
sum of all vllanies may be sanctioned
by the church, then she might as well throw
open the door to all immoralities, and scof
al discipline.
A church mat can gulP down one Of the
greatest outrages upon humanity, they feel
10 be worse than no church, deluslon-a
den Of wolves, where the lambs OF the
a,ck are ia danger of being devoured.-
They feel that instead of the church being
that lovely Zion-"iair as the moon, clear
as the sun. and terrible as an army OF ban.
ners"--she has become "a cage of unclean
birds" "a hold Of every foul spirit" and
imputsnt because Of her injustice and
tyTanuy-sn enemy to mankind, instead OF
a friend. No wonder that some men are
CRYING s.down with the churches; and
christians. who, by their fellowship in I'M
guilty. are responsible Tor this occasion OF
contempt. We want not tine church de-
slroyed' but We want the church purified,
established on the principles of justice and
purity. Oh, christians! shall the bride
the lambs @ife-have her robes believed
with the tears Of orphans, the briny sweat
of mothers, and stained with the blood OF
Innocent men! If 80, she will soon cease
- - ia-AI end ssSpA~,sd hy honest men.
This leads Us 10 notice,
V. The purity of public morals demands,
that the church should have no fellowship
with slaveholding.
Ii is fact well established, that in every
country the morals, the standard Of right
and propriety, is as the relgnIng religion oil
the land. Ii we 70 TO Corinth in the days
OF the Cessrs, we find the religion OF the
land sanclioning adultery and fomication.
Hence, licentiousness Of every form was
found with the people; scarcely vlrtuous
man was known, and prostitution common
with thousands Of their females. III We look
at the religion of the Cloths and Nandals.
the people conquering the Romans, we
find their religion sancIioning war, murder
and suicide. Hence. we find the people
bloodthirsty, cruel. and reyengetul, deemine
these traits as virtues.
IL we come to Turkey and look at the
Mohammedan religion, sanctionIng sensu-
ality, and teaching the doctrines OF fate, we
find as consequence, the people incident,
trusting to fate, and wallowing in licen-
tiousness.
c. NJ. Clay, describing the condition oil
the people in Mexico, says: "The corruP-
tons Of the churches have destroyed the
morals of the people" Morals are as the
religion.
And when we come to America. we lind
the religion OF the land so construed as 10
sanction sIaveholding. Hence, human be.
ings, temples of the Holy Ghost. are con-
verted into property. The husband torn
from the wife, the infant from the mother,
and sold into returnless bondage; and no
more concern in society, apparently, than
If a COW, or hog had been sold. Human
rights are plundered, and human affections
are crushed with uDblushing impunity,-
And why! The church. the reigning re
lieion, is made to sanction the same deeds
could point to cases abundant, 0! recen
occurrence, where protesting christians
Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterlans--
sell, tear asunder even the infant and moth
er-of whom in our land, as done by chris
tians. the words Of the poet become pain
fol realities:
When I seek my bed [of straw at night,
There's not a thing that meets my sight,
But tells me that my souls delight,
MY child is gone.
sink to sleep, and then seem
To hear again his parting scream,
start aud wake-'tisb but a dream
My child is gone!
Goue-tiIl my tolls and griefs are Ger.
And Ishail reach that happy shore,
Where negro mothers cry no more
My child is gone.
Also, as the church sanctioning in il
slave members fornication and adultery
we may expect to see the vice common i
slavehoIding regions, among the people,
And as we advance to the South, wher
slaveholding is more common, and Bib
defenders OF slavery more numerous, "
find these vices more common with tn
people.
A citizen Of one Of our inland Town
who is member of the Presbyterenchurc
in good and regular standing, told the writ
that he did not believe there was virtuo'
young man in the town; so general wi
the vice Of RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now his la
guage may have been correct, or it mi
have been too strong. But it shows no
general, he believed, the vice to be. No
the church is responsible Tor thu. exisien
of these, and the many other vices gro
sny o,f If .lavarv For WIN does not a