The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-01

|, sffe local the attention Of the Senate tc two
of !hfe passages from the epislle Of 81.
fau', nd TO bring them forward, not with q
comHtnafy of my own, hut With a briei
comnfn'ary from one Of the best men that
ever awd, as well as one Of the most learned
oIslnf. who spent his life between the years
li2i Ind 1899, in 'le kingdom of Scotland
VINO fyer set his foo, upon soil where there
was aSlave AID never was slave. lie gives
his options in most able work Of his, ent.
. tied, "a New Translation, Commentary
and Naes upon the Eps,les moi any has.
y proettion. bu, the result of thirty years Of
his lif,n~ pended upon this subject, which il
} is saia was five times written over by his own
han sefore its publication. | a'lude TO the
ce'ebfsse9 Dc. Mcknight, Of The established
Presby'etian church Of Scotland.
In bis introduction 10 the SIKH chapter of
the first eps lie TO Timothy, he thus express.
es himself:
+" Because The law of Moses (Exod. 81, y
allowed NJ lsraelite to be made a slave for
lite wlihott his own consent, the Judaizing
teachers, 70 allure slaves TO their party, taught
that, undd The Gospel, likewise, involuntary
slavery ishnlawful. This doctrine the Apos.
tie condep pned here, as 10 his other epstles,
Il Cor. y go, 2l, 43; Col. 3, 22,) by en-.
ioining Christian slaves 10 honor aud obey
their masters, whether they were believers,
(verscs 2 y and by assuring Timothy that,
if any persons taught otherwise, he opposed
the wholesome precept Of Jesus Christ, and
the doctrihe Of the Gospel, which in all points
is conformable 10 godliness or sound morality,
(verse 81 and was puf1ed up with pride, with
on, possessing any true knowledge either of
the Jewish or Of the Christian revelation,
Verse q +
The passage in the epis,le referred to by
DR.. Me Knight is in these ~ords:
Let as many servants as are under the
yoke count their own masters worthy Of all
honor, that the name Of God and his doctrine
be no, uasphemed. Aud they that have be.
lieving masters, lie. them moi despise them,
because they are brethren; but rather do
them service, because they are faithful and
beloved, partakers Of the benefit. These
things leach and exhort. lf any man teach
4 o,herwi aud consent no, to wholesome
words, even the words Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and 10 the doctrine which is accord.
ing TO godinsss, he is proud, knowing nothing.
but do,lng about questions aud strlies of words,
whereof conelh envy, strife, ratings, evil
surmisings, perverse disputngs of men of cor.
rup, minds, and destitute of the truth, sup.
posing that gain is godliness, from such with.
draw lh,self."
On this he has the following note:
"By ordering Timothy to teach slaves to
sposNtyn sposNt1y NH With and obey their masters, the
4 ligion sei,her alters mems rank in ire tfe
abolishesany right 10 which they are entitled
bv the Law Of nature, or by the law of the
country Were they live. Instead Of encour
aging slaves to dsobedience, the Gospel
makes ,fcm more faithful and conscientious.
And by swee;ening the tempers of masters,
and inspiring them with benevoleuce, it ren.
ders tn, condition of slaves more toerabIe
than formerly: for in proportion as masters
imbbe tie true spirits of the Gospel, they
trea, thdr slaves with humanity, and even
give then their freedom, when their services
merit slth favor"
ask lie attention of The Senate to brief
passa ge rom the sixth chapter Of Ephesans.
Ii is IN tiese words:
"SeTvsn,s, be obcdient to them, that are
} your masters according TO the flesh, with
fear and trembling, in singlene,s of heart,
as unto Christ not with eye.sersice. as men,
, peasers, but as the servants Of Christ, doing
; the will ol God from the heart: with good
will dong service, as to the Lord, and not to
, men; klowing that whatsoever good thing
any man doeth, the same shall he received
T of the lord, whether he be bond or free"
The passage is thus paraphrased by DR..
Mcknight in his Commentaries:
CAS- the Gospel does not cancel the civil
rights Of mankind, | cay to bond servants,
obey vour masters who have the property oi
your body, with fear and trembling, as liza
BILE to be punished by them for disobedience
obey also from the integrity cEyour own dis
position, as obeying Christ"
"Do this, not merely when their eye is on
you, or they are to examine your work, as
those do whose sole care is to please men but
as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God IL
this matter from the sou-that is diligently
"With cheerlulness do your duty TO your
earthly masters, as servants to the Lord Je
sus Christ; for in serving them faithfully, ye
serve Him; and therefore do not consider
yourselves as servants to men only. And
; that We may be supported under the hardsh'p'
of your lot, recollect what your religion
,eat hes you, that whatever good action an,
man does, for that, though he should receive
no reward from men, he shall receive at th'
Judgment a reward from Christ, whether HI
be a slave or freeman"
= | will trouble the Senate with one NOR
4 quotation. Ii is from the third chapter o
a Collossians
/. "Servants, obey in all things your mas
/. ters according 10 the flesh not with eye