Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-03

ihIerreu from the fact OF their ensavlng the de-
scendants ofthe chaste, noble Joseph g. his breth.
ren; and the lnhuman order to destroy the male
children of the IsraeIites And then, the obsti-
macy of Pharaoh; his pcrsistlng IN wrong, a.
galnst his acknowledged convictions of right
clearly shows that he was no common sinner
and he certainly died no common deatl.
And what was the cause of all this hard
ness and willfulness, and striving with his mil.
ker
One word will tell the whole story, land will
also show why others are hard hearted Pharaoh,
was stakeholder Our President has two or
three hundred slaves but the king of Egypt
held half million in bondage, and this brought
found himself over.matched.
But, The LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart"
was he therefore, excusabe? Not exactly
so. The LORD sent him message, to which he
paid no more attention than shareholders do at
the present day, Then the LORD first threaten
ed, then sent judgment upon this king and his
people. We'll, while the Judgment lasted, he
was Scftened by it; on his promising TO yield and
obey, the utflicton was removed. But no soon.
er was the rod" withheld, than Pharaoh's love
OF slaveholdlng prevailed over his reason and
his promised amendments was all forgotten. 1t
is said, and no one can doubt it, that Pharaoh
hardened his heart" 1t is easy to see now he
hardened his heart Let any one neglect or
refuse to obey the commands of God especially
after obedience has been promlSed- and his heart
will likewise crow In d. FIT was wrong for
Pharaoh to hold slaves, it cannot be right for 9TH
ers to do it. II the love of slavehoding harden,
ed has heart, it is altogether useless to expect soft
hearts, in any who indulge in that sim
See then, this Patriarch . with heart har
der thnn it ever was before and ripe for desiruc-
ton, he mounts his war chariot. HIS sins have
called down judgments that have almost destroy
ed Egypt. All the fist born in the kingdom are
dcad, but are scarcely buried. Pharaoh can Tor
get all this-but he cannot be cured oil the love
of savehalding.. But viii he dure take the road
made for the emancpated, and never before trod-
den till that day? Yes; the hardening process
is finished at last. Pharaoh is ready to 90 any
where and do any thing, if he can only re-en
slave those whom the providence of God has res,
cued from his assu ned ownership The last
work of Egypfs mad king, was an attempt 10
kidnGp. May all such attempts prove as un.
successful We can only conjecture what were
the last thoughts and pords, of this Royal kid
naper. These-and his death shreks-
List and drowned in the returning waves of the
~, -. a.ssl slio shodss c-rle sIss.s:. ss.l
delivered sIsvaelItes The very songs 81 tliassls
|liyered are preserved the wailings of the host
was neither heard nor regarded by God Sor
man. ~
When Pharaoh shall rise in Judgment with
this generation and shall condemn it J" he can
plead in extenuallon, that while ,Ue have his ex
ample and fate, to deter from slavehoIding, he
had none Gt all. He can insist that he never
bought slaves, Qike President Taylor but only
to destroy the children of bis slaves than to raise
them up for lust, or sell anil send them far off
from home and kindred. His off GERS and peo-
pie can urge ,hat Phara, was hereditary mon
arch; they did lot EJECT HIM, as we do our rulers
and therefore were not responsible for having
such king They warned him against persist
ing in bis hardened course-which was all
they could do but he would not harken to
them
Fatal delusion this, of Pharaoh. strange inlat-
nation. More strange STILL when the thought is
indnlged or avoded-that God Almighty sane
tions or sustains--what he destroyed Pharaoh
for-sLAvEHoLDrNG He that says in his hear
"There is no God" is wise and harmless, com
pared with him who worships Moloch for God
and in spite of,he warnings of Phalaoh's exam
pie, bhn6ly believes, and madly declares, tho
the Bible and gospel, the God of the one ant
Savior of the other-teach that men may holt
slaues Is any man willing to become the sluv
ofanother No one on earth will answer "yes'
Let none then, claim this as a right-lest tn
Author of the Golden Rule, hold him responsi
Bile.
so rouse ye-ere the storm comes forth
The gathered wrath of God aed man
Like that which wasted Egypts earth,
When hail and fe above it rau
Hear ye no warning in the air?
Feel ye no earthquake underneath?
Up-up-why will ye sluinber where
The sleeper only wakes in death?
: Up noc for freedom! not in strife
= Like that our sterner fathers saw
The awful waste of human life
The glory and the guilt of war;
7 But break the chain-thr yoke remove