Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-02-02

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speeches. speaking five times, and he four.
This brought us 10 the hour OF adjournment
in the afternoon, and as the Methodists want.
ed their house to clean out, and il was rain
ing, we did not meet again in the evening,
and so ended The debate. Before we adjourn
ed, however, | gave notice that the next day,
Sunday, should speak in the school-house
close by, on these two great questions
whether the so-called christian ministers of
this country were suitable persons TO preach
the copeland whether, as a matter of fact,
they actually did preach it. Elder Barris
Immediately rose-he had not been present
much during the day, and when he had been,
had taken no part in the discussion-and
asked why | did not set a time for my meet
ing when the ministers could come and hear
me, /" for" said he, d" if | am not preaching
the gospel, l want to know it," l asked
him if he could attend tomorrow erening.-
He said he could, for aught he knew. / then
asked if | could have that house that evening.
Was told l could. So | altered my appoint
ment TO the evening, and in that house, and
said that would speak in the daytime on
the government and the union. The next
day, accordingly, l spoke nearly three hours
10 about a dozen, and at night about the same
length Of time to 40 or SO in the meeting
house. Elder Barris- whom, by the way, |
had asked in the morning to give out my
evening appointment in his w church, and
who had actually done so-wss not there
In charity, l am bound to believe he could not
be there. / deeply regretted ii. The Meth
odist minister who preached in the house
that day, was there. There was no opposi-
ton. 1t was a kind meeting, but earnest,
and very solemn. / hope it was a Christian
one. That is, one after the pattern and spir-
it of Jesus Christ. | am sure there was some
such preaching there as the Scribes and Phar-
Man of Galilee was a dweller on the earth.
And | am equally sure that it was not such
preaching as falls from the lips of the salaried
pulpit-fllers Of the present day. They preach
another gospeL. God forgive their sin, and
turn the people from their teachings!
Monday evening, spoke in Youngstown.
The four churches were all shut against me,
SO | might have no house in which to plead
for Gods crushed poor and the four minis
tiers had, Of course, taught their focks 10 be-
ware of Abolition Lecturers, SO | might have
-. ..Isaaa G. ura o0nnnallad t, enoal,
in a school.house, to a dozen. And this is
the influence Of the peoples Christianity! No,
mol take that back. 'Tis not Christianity
IT'S a misnomer to call it SO. Christianity
is the Doctrine-the Life-of theJowly, To-
wing Jesus. This is not that Doctrine-noi
that Life. But it is Religien-he Religion
of the country-of tile churches of the coun'
try-of the ministers of the country. So fal
as slavery is concerned, it is the religion Of
devils-the religion of He'll. IT'S a false re-
iigiOn!
OF course The friend who got up the meet
ing for me, did not think of applying to The
Methodist Episcopal Society for a house, fo
their pro-slavery afinities were too wei
known: nor did he dream of success in al
attempt to obtain that Of the Prcsbyterians
for their session room had been the head
quarters Of the Taylor Club during the las
campaign, and their minister-Rev. Charlie,
A.. Boardman-was notorious for the warn
support he had given the great Man-Stealer
Man-Slaughterer, and Atheist of Baton Rouge
But he did suppose that he could procure tn
Disciple church, as it had been repeatedlv
and freely opened TO the Cass and Van Blu
rem men last fall, and even TO avowed Next
can War advocates a year ago, as the follow
ing Notice, copied from a printed handful
abundantly provost
"War Meeting! Address by r. P. Ran
ney, Esq, at the Disciple Church, Saturda,
evening, Jan. o."
Accordingly, he applied for it, but was in
formed that the church had, by a unanimou
vote, excluded all such meetings. He theI
applied 10 the only other religious society il
the place-the Reformed, or Protestant Meth
odists-and they refused him. And yet las
summer, their house was, with heir consent
made a Gallery of Paintings, admission t
which was charged with money. Yes, tn
consecrated walls of their holy Temple wer
hung with representations of the bloody bal
ties fought in the Mexican War, and the mo
ney-changers took the place of the priests
And no longer ago than last October, the
capped the climax of their pro-slavery wick
edness by allowing a Negro Exhibition i
their house-the direct tendency of which
to degrade the colored man, and add 10 tn
prejudice which is already crushing him-a
the following, which ] copied from a farm
handful nearly twice as large as the Bugl,
will sarYa 10 show &