The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-24

m you act upon the ground of neutrality
the cause of temperance True, you ,
tn not dramseller-you make no drunkar
he but is that enough? Does not God and
lie oiety call upon you to "come out and be
ID separate separate from those who q
IT the friends and apologists for dram drin
IF ing? And is it not equally your duty
e come out from those who are enslaving al
4 expressing your fellow men, and to 81
l. your name and your influence On the sic
e lof liberty! And that too, when God con
mands you to do so! The question is n
+ whether you do, or do not own slave, b,
whether you will obey God, when, as "
have seen, he commands you mot to c,
with an extortioner." as a brother in III
. church-to "put away from you the wcke
person" to ''come Gut from those tradin
IN the bodies and souls Of men," Again
God says: "Have no fellowship with th
unlruitful works Of darkness. ;" And is no
slavery a work Of darkness-that is o
lw.ckedness? Again: Nov we commant
lyou, brethren, in the name of our Lon
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselve.
from every brother that walketh dsorderly.
The marginal reference is, Cor, 5: IL
-. Again: Wherefore, come out from
among them, and be ye separate. saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and
| will receive you. and will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. -
"Come out Of her, my people, that ye be
not partakers of her sins, and tina. ye re-
ceiye not of her plaques" God Almighty
as plainly commands non-fellowship with
gross immoralities, as he does that we do
not steal or murder. And We may Just as
well knowingly disobey any, or all Of Gods
commands as this one, for he that ''offendeth
in one point, is guilty Of the whole law"
Fidelity TO souls around US requires that
We have no fellowship with slavery, in the
churches.
The salvation of souls depends much
upon the purity Of the Iegning religion OF
the land. If the religion of the land teaches
fundamental erron--Qhat is, errors opposed
to the fundamental principles of Gods re.
ligion---Love TO God and love to man
Nath. %: 81. 40; and slavery, as We have
seen, is such,) these errors will be believed,
and the soul Of the believer ruined for
time and eternity. may believe that
BAPTISM should be administered in certain
fom-l may believe in the doctrine Of arbi.
trary DEGREES Of God, and in such case may
be in error; yet, these errors Of themselves
will not ruin the soul, because, the error
is not Observation-Disclosures not lead to states
Of heart and practices, which necessarily
corrupt the soul, and exclude from Heaven.
But errors fundamental do. Thus Paul
describing lesthen nations says: "They
changed the truth Of God into lie, and
served the creature rather than the Creator;
and as they did not like TO retain God in
their knowledge Qhe character Of God
was contrary to their interests, practices, or
as nowadays; and, not liking
10 know the truth "God gave them over
TO a reprobate mind, and being filled with
fornicdtion, oiciedasss.
righteousness; they which
commit such things are worthy Of death. -
See Rom, /: 25, 30. The process was,
truth was converted into error, this believed
and practiced. resulted in death.
Again, the same Apostle describing the
man Of sin corrupting truth, and thereby
ruininc. souls, says: Whose coming is al.
ter the working Of Satan, with all power
and signs and lying wonders, with all de-
Of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the
love Of the truth that they might be saUed
And for this cause because they sought not
for truth) God shall send them Tor as it may
be rendered, permiO strong delusion. that
they might be damned who believed not
the truth. but had pleasure in unrishieous-
ness" Again, truth is perverted, souls be-
lieve the falsehood and are damned. Fun
damental error taught and received, as GER
tanly ruins the soul as poison does the body.
Now, in violation of the truth. that "God
has made man of one blood, is himself no
respector of persons, aud requires man TO
love his neighbor as himself, and do as he
would be done by-not to covet anything
that is his neighbours, nor defraud him in
any matter" Yet, our pro-slavery Divines,
sustained and aided in the work by the
churches, teach the people that they may
enslave, rob their fellow-beings OF their
birthrights, practice upon them the vilest
e1tortion the sun ever looked upon, and yet
be saints, and 60 TO Heaven. Thus they
give God the lie, and deceive souls, for God
says: "Be not deceived, for neither thieves,
nor covetous, nor eItorti0aers shall inherit
the kingdom of God" -. Cor. 6: 9, 10.
Is any man knowing and deliberate slave
holder without being both covetous man
and an extortioner? yea, robber Of natu-
raj rights? And does not slaveholding en-
gender, and cultivate covetousness, pride,
cruelty and hardness of heart? Are these
christian virtues? Have old things passed
away, and all things become new, when
these feelings Of selfshness still remain!
The luprooting Of self, and the implan.
tation Of lore is the beginning, the essen
tial part of all true religion.--See Math.
%: 81, 40. Are not souls deluded when
they are taught that they can be selfish and
vet 20 to Heaven? And are we acting in
good faith to our fellow-beings when we are
leading them to perdition with false, cor
rupt religion?
Reader. suppose you were associated will
DR.. Jane. or the Gralenburg company, and
with covenant vows before God ard tn
world TO consult the welfare Of your fellow
citizens, to prepare and vend genuine AM
n,re specifics: and the company, for tn