Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-06
NO. 30 NOV
A rlod.l ronrr,sallsnal Churthl

In this degenerate age, when darkness
covers tho land and gross darkness the peo-
pie, the spirits Of the true-heartcd are ever
refreshed Mt tile discovery Of a city set upon
a hill with the light of each denizen she'd
ding around halo of glory from spiritual
candlesticks. Such phenomenon does in
deed sometimes appear and IS always noted
as harbinger Of the good time coming
and to cheer the desponding and increase
the faith of the faitl,fhl as well as to render
praise where praise is already due, am
induced to call attention to Model Con-
gregationo Church, radiatiug its light and
heat from this place. In relation to its ar
ticles Of faith, Il is only necessary for me to
say, il is strictly orthodox ON human dcpravi-
ty, never finding II necessary to go beyond
its own communion for living witnesses to
illustrate the fiilness Of the fall. The doc.
trim of future rewards and punishmcnts is
also cherished idea with them, enabling
them as il does to keep up heroic appearances
while compounding
For sins they are inclined to
BY damning those they have no mind to-
One of their latest demonstrations is the
passage Of the enclosed Resolutions, which
wish you to publish for the benefit of all
concerned. That redoubtable poet, Hosea
Bigelow, has somewhere said:
"a merciful Providence fashioned us hollow,
In order that we might our principles swallow,
And IL o man can, when provision has riz so,
Eat up his own words, It's mercy it is So"
But no one need fear that these resolu-
lions will ever experience this sad fate, as we
are well assured they do not express the real
principles of this Model Church, and were
never designed for home consumption but
Pro bono puJlico; and you will be carrying
out the wish of the trainers by holding them
up for wondering world to gaze at. Evi-
dcnce that they were not designed for local
effect may be adduced from the fact, that
but few days after their passage minister
was employed by them to fill their pulpit in
the absence of their pastor, who at the last
Presidential election voted for the Model
Slaye-holdng patriarch, Saint Zachary the
First, for direct political Slave-holding affiDi-
~ with them is entirely admissible, without
reproofor reproach, as they believe they dis
charge nlI " Godward duties by the way of
pointed resolutions refusing Christian com
munion. Charity, il is said, covers multi
tude of sins. The word charity in the fore
going passage, modern critics say, when APP
piled TO tochurches, should read Resolutions
But this body does not rely alone or risk
their eternal happiness ON resolutions mere
ly. Conscious of their duty to the rising
generation, they have Established Bible
Class on the most appropriate system. Oral
instruction is here given, with q precision
and dignity becoming the priestly Office, by
the pastor, Rev. VIM. Lumsden, of whom
honorable mention was made in late num-
Der of The Bugle. Wishing to treasure up
wisdom unto Salvation, your correspondent
has attended this means of grace, SO oppor-
tunely placed within his reach, and there
learned the truth of the plenary inspiration
Of the Bible and the ways OF God with men.
One important revelation is the fact, that God
does and ever will visit with especial marks
of his displeasure all Nations who suffer
murderer TO live. Spain and Italy were re-
ferred to as having committed mnny murders,
and in consequence received many especial
judgments from God. And poor Ireland,
because tenants sometimes shoot thtir land
lords with blunderbuss, it was said, is now
justly suffering the mseries of famine-that
God is now starving thousands to death for
naiiondl gins which they never committed, to
show his pleasure in the death penalty for
murder. Letting the guilty go unpunished
because greater sensation can be produced
by torturing the innocent! Few can fully
appreciate the importance of such teaching
to children while their minds are tender
and susceptible of lasting impressions. The
Pastor is also careful to guard his flock from
the assaults of Infidelity, and to this end has
made especial prayer to his God before the
great congregation to stay the tide of Inf
deity that threatens this land and nation,
and especially to keep back those newspa-
pers which come into this Post-oflice freight
ed with these dangerous doctrines. Your
paper, MIR. Editor, is one thus prescribed,
and instead Of receiving The Bugle Mon
days since these orisons have been made,
we have to wait until Thursday. Surely the
feryent public prayer of this priest availeth
three days. One cause of righteous indig-
nation against The Bugle is your publishing
funeral discourse from that monster of In
fidelity, II. c. Wright; you will recollect
when he was in this place last Summer, this
church was indignantly closed against him,
and the Sabbath School scholars wnrned
against attending his lectures. But at a
rnaafinn hald for childran- when M Kiss