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

in the company? Would not God and n
IRE Justly hold you guilty OF murder, whilst
is, held fellowship with, and gave your ma
70 and means to the support Of the Cd ||
ye Reader. murderous 10 would be 5Ocb
re policy, what is it compared with tDachi
k and supporting a corrupt religion! In /
To former, you injure. you murder the body.
I'd in the latter, you poison, you murder d
re soul, and that for eternity. God will no
lie every man and woman to the extent of the
4. means and influence responsible for II
81 souls lost by their sanction and spread of
1t slaveholding religion. "If the watchms
e sec the sword come and blow not the truml
II ct, and the people be not warned, if tn
e sword come and take any person tror
among them, he is taken away in his il
3 iquity, but his blood, will | require at til
watchman's hand. Eek, 80: 6.
II Fidelity to Gods word, requires tina
christians have no fellowship with slavery
BY the pro-slavery teaching Of many of tn,
leading men in the churches. and by th,
sanction and conhrma6ot given by tn,
teaching and practice Of the membership
the word Of God is in danger of being re-
garded as "cunningly devised fable, and
"trodden under foot Of mer." An intelli.
gent man. who lived in an adjoining coun.
~ in this State, told the writer that be twas
once an infdel, and regular reader of a
paper published by an association of inf.
dels; and one Of the arguments they used
against the divine authenticity of the Bible
was, that, according to sie admission OF
many OF Its advocates, it sanctioned human
slavery. This was so maiestly contrary
to every principle Of justice and propriety
implanted in the bosom of man, that they
declared such Bible not from the God OF
nature" A commission merchant, in one
OF the cities Of our own State, told the
writer that he was swell ngh made an in.
hdel by such teaching-had forsaken the
church, perhaps never to ntIrn, had he not
met with an old Methodist preacher who
convinced him that the Biole did not sane.
ton slavery" He returned to attendance
upon the preaching OF the gospel, and is
now an efficient christian, ard an advocate
Of human freedom. Blu. pro slavery teach.
ing, and practice by the churches, was a
stumbling block to him; aud came near
confirming him in infdeli,y
We said this Bible is in danger Of being
rejected as hction-,ramplsd down. liz all
ages when the reigning religion became so
corrupt as to sanction Injustice, cruelty,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, and like siB, the people |
did one Of two things-eiher to despise |
the religion, or give themselves up to reyel
in the licensed sins. Thus Dyouisius, OF
Hallicarriasus, speaking Of he people un-
der the religion Of Pagan Rome, says -
"The people have learned tc do one of two
things, either to despise the Gods, as beings
who wallow in the grossest lrentiousnes, CT
not TO restrain themselves even from what
is most abominable and abandoned, when
they see that the Gods do The same"
So in the days Of the F.ench revolution; |
the priests and church had corrupted the re-
ligion OF the BibIe-prostiuied 1t to the
basest oil parposes-Purposs inconsistent
with the plain principles Of justice and pro-
priety. The result was tiat the people, |
the masses, rose up and burned the Bible
rejected such a religion, and trampled the
church under foot. Whyi-oecause the
Bible did not teach justice and ,urity! No
These il taught in greater purity than any
other book in the world. BIT, as constrtL
ed by the priests and larp mass OF the
church to the people, il was understood as
teaching the opposite, Hence. the people
spurned it. And so il is aow to some ex-
tent, and soon will be TO mach greater
extent, if the clergy and chunh continue
to hold it up as sanciioning injustice and
oppression. 1t is the pro-slarery teaching
Of the churches-proclaimiH that slavery
is sanctioned by the Bble, that has made
so much infdelity in the and. Not the
teachings Of the Aboliti'ni,ts, as some rash.
ly affirm.
Does the reader say, Our minister and
church do not teach that slavery is sanction.
ed by the Bibe-we say Il is an evil in our
discipline or confession, Of faith-we are
as much as ever opposedto the evil Of sla,
very-we regard il as wong! Then, We
ask why not treat it as vrong-as you do
other like wrongs--sins for John says all
unrighteousness is sin.
You never can convince the world that
you are honest in your pnfessions, that you
believe what you profes, whilst you fell
lowship the sin. An Individual in one OF
our cities said to his n.ighbor, not long
since, al regard slavery as sgreat sin
Said the neighbor, "youdo not.' 81 do
said the individual. "You do not" said
the neighbor. 81 most certainly do" said
the individual. "You DO not" said the
neighbor. "Well," sad tho individual,
"since you know so much will you tell me
why do mott" Said the naghbor. "if you
regarded slavery as a great sin, you would
not commune with it." The individual was
dumb, for he saw bis Inconsistency. and it
was useless to array Professions against
practice. II is useless fG US to complain
against the immortality d slavery, and at
the same time fellowshipt. Our practice,
under such circumstances, neutralises our
words-and the world apund US loses con-
fdence in the integrity Of christians and
the reality Of religion. hey feel that the
former are inconsistent hYocrtes, and the
latter a delusive pbantasy. Thus christians
| by their position and pratice, render TIT
holy word Of God despiable in the eye'
Of the people. J. G. FEE.
PRIVATE ACCOUNTS FROM CAuFoRSIA.-Wehav
, had an opportunity ofconversng with gentIema
J residing at Worcester, Mass, who arrived iron