The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-03-20
THE NATIONAL ERA.
For National IRA.
PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THE NORTH.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY MISSIONARY SOCIET

PENOBSCOT COUNTY MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Resolution, passed. unanimously aiihe Fo,rth AaRndi
Meeting Of The P,HObScot County Missionary rs.
soririiop, auxiliary 10 ne ARlgicOH Missionary
ASSOCIATION, hOldH AZ Bangor February 3d.
1851.
.. R.solrld That the friends Of the American
Missionary Association have abundant cause for
gratitude and encouragement to labor in the field
Of their allotment and choice, because OF the
openings for their efforts God has made for them,
and the success he has vouchsafed 10 those ef-
torts-espocially for the hopeful state Of their
Mission in Africa, showing that Ethiopia is al
ready stretching forth her hands unto God"
ResOirsj, That the exigencies Of the parent
Association, arising from the new and wide open
iuss for missionary labor constantly disclosing
together with the important fields already
though bat past--occupied, strongly appeal to
every Christian heart TO every friend Of missions,
by untiring efforts and seltdenying sacrifices, as
we'll as by faithful prayers, TO aid in carrying for
ward its great work Of enlightening freeing, and
saving souls
10 RssoIred, That the success Of missionary
labors cannot depend on maintaining Christian
union aud sympathy with men who hold "the
Image Of Cod as property, and their brethren
in servile subsection that, on the contrary, we
believe the Gospel must fail of its high tridmphs
among heather nations, unless il goes forth,
emancipatcd to proclaim the Scripture brother
hood Of all men-liberty to captives--the opening
Of prisons TO al unrghteously hound.
H. R.y0ir.d That we refer all who have doubt
ed the safety and expeliency Of missionaries
bringing the Gospel into direct conflict with the
social evils Of the countries to which they are
sent to The history Of the Mendian Mission, and
the recent Developments on the Big Boom river
in Africa.
II ReSDICeL That rs Christian citizens Of n
Republic which began its existence by recOgni
ton oftbe equal rights Of all men to life liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness, we feel mortified
and hnmbed at the spectacle presented by our
National Government; its marshals and their
deputies hunting down, entrapping, and arresting
fugitive slaves its courts and their commission.
ers brushing up and reftting their manac!es
and restoring them, not to liberty, but-to sla-
very and its Chief Executive, after long vigls
with his Cabinet, Eliminating proclamations
comm uding good citizens quietly to witness the
degrading intiictiOu, and to aid in recapturiug a
solitary negro who, having escaped the slave
catcher, flies TO a foreign monarchy to retain that
freedom Of which he was to be stripped by a
summary republican court-the United States In
QUESTION.
49, RssolUed, That we bless God for the as
s2rqnce given us in Ecclesastes, Chapter 5, verse
S-for, without That and similar assurances in
other words Of God, when we see this "oppres-
sion Of the poor and violent perversion of jndg-
ment and Justice" in this province, goolly and
great as il is we could not fail 10 marvel Mt the
matterS but under that assurance we rejoice
that "the Higher than the highest regardetb
and there be higher than they" who Cypress by
law, and, by instruments of justice, work injus
tice; Higher who controls and overrules all by
higher law "a law TO which our first obedi-
ence is due, and from the searching judgments oil
which none can escape.
In the afternoon, the resolutions were taken up
separately, discussed, and adopted.
good portion of the time was spent in devo-
tional exercises; the utmost harmony and good
feeling prevailed, and at the close Of the meeting
upwards Of fity dollars were contributed in aid
Of the parent Association
Richard Thurston is President Of our Associa-
ton, and George A. Thatcher, Corresponding
Secretary.