Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-09

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what he thought ought to be done, it was be-
cause he was too cowardly TO do his duty
He was too busy in attending to things spir-
itual 10 find time for such a temporal thing
as kicking. If he had done "his Duty" 1t
would not have been the first time ] have
been subjected to an evangelical kicking.
Stuff ce it to say that on Tuesday morning,
a, 9 o'clock meeting, they thought ii best, on
the whole, TO beat a retreat, and leave the
wolf to roam at large among the flock, un-
protected, at least, by their shepherds. l
took possession of the house they abandoned,
and held several meetings afterwards.
will now go back to FATHER KEEP and
his congregation. On the Sunday l attended
Mr.. Keeps meeting, and heard him read one
of Finney's lectures on prevailing prayer in
the form Of a sermon at the close, | inform
ed him that wished the use of his church
on that and following days, to lecture on sla-
very. The old man seemed to hesitate, and
said "if | was as | was once, he would not
object, and he would like to have some pri-
wave ldlh WIN mts 4 Oiu nun 4 wal hhSIt
to lecture on Slavery, and I needed no pri-
yate talk with him. ] knew that he wanted
10 ascertain my theological views before he
would consent that / should plead for the
slave. He laid my request before the COM
mittee, and persuaded them not to let me have
the house. Il shall prove this by and by.)
The house was refused, not only for that day,
but altogether. No reason was assigned at
the time. l went into the pulpit, and, by
the consent of Mr.. Keep, announced that |
would speak that evening in the old church,
and should show The position of that church,
that ,chik il processes to be anti-Siavery, IL had
granted The use Of the house for any length Of
time 10 a siarehOlding church TO advocate a
slareholding religion for The purpose fighting
up a slarehOlding revival, that When The siave
asked for odmittance, the door ,cas shut in his
face ! In order that the matter might not
lock so bad, Mr.. Keep stated at the close,
that had mischarged the church in saying
that the slave was shut out, for the decision
was only for that day. A gentleman, one of
HlS Ohh uiCllluClo1 iOoS bDu SdlO 1 was IipHi,
for the decision was for all time. At the
meeting that evening, one Of the committee
said the reason why l was not allowed to
hold meetings in the church, was because l
had treated people badly at other places. 1
pushed him for facts, when it came out that
MIR. Keep had told them some stories as TO
how ! had treated Mr.. Streeter at Austin
burgh two years ago. Mr.. Keep acknowl-
edged afterwards to me that he told the story
that kept me out of the house.
waited on Mr.. Keep, in company with a
committee, to ascertain the meaning of the
following note, which was handed to be read
in meeting:
Mr.. WALKER:-That you may not act un-
der a misrepresentation in regard TO a fact, I
hereby inform you that the refusal of the
house for your occupancy yesterday, was in
no respect or degree based upon any unwil-
lingness to have the house used for the dis.
c~ussion of The subject of slavery.
Feb. IL, 1919.
We wanted to know The reason, if that was
not the reason. Two or three of the MEM
bers of the church were present. Mr.. Keep
declared himself unwilling TO enter into any
conversation with US, telling US he had an
appointment at 10 o'clock. He seemed very
much excited. He talked, bnt in vain did
we labor to get any direct, manly communi-
cation from him. He thought bis past char
ac,er was sufficient to screen him from our
charges. We thought not.
At last, to put down discussion, prayer
was proposed. Mr.. Keep asked if l would
unite in prayer1 told him if he wanted to
pray vocally had no objection to his doing
so. "Will you remain? " said Mr.. Keep.
] answered, if you request it, l will remain
as a matter Of courtesy. We then knelt
down, and such another prayer! Mercy on
us! few ever took such a larruping. Not a
request did he present 10 God till the last SEN
tence. When we arose. | looked the old
man in the face and said, 81 hate hypocrisy.
You asked me to remain while you prayed
to God-then, instead of Icing 30, broke faith
with me, and fell to abusing me. If you
wished TO say anything to me, why did you
not stand upon your feet like a man and tell
ne all, and not pretend TO pray, then fall tc
whipping me over Gods shoulders. Judge
a man not by his prayers, but by his acts
i hate hypocrisy" l told him | should try
him by the standard he had himself erected,
and invited him to attend, but he did not.
remained five NIGHTS in The nlace-bod rer,
large meetings-obtained twenty-three sub,
scribers, and brought a goodly number into
the kingdom of comeouterism formed a sew.
ing circle, and left them in high spirits.
must stop-this article is far too long alrea.
dy. In another | shall pay more attention tc