The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-04-17

the two-fold Office of bishop and general it was
observed that during the engagement, the bishop
swore profanely; and upon being asked by one
Of his officers why his reverence swore, he re-
piled, swear not as bishop, but as soldier"
But,p replied the officer, "when the devil gets
the soldier, what will become of the bishop
The duty Of a citizen is the duty OF a Chris
tian, and the duty of Christian is that Of
citizen for the Christian religion regulates the
Christians duty, as a parent, child, citizen
and he is bound as a Christian, not only to obey
the moral injunctions Of his Maker in every de-
partment Of life, but to refuse active or passive
disobedience.
This will appear the more plain when we con-
slider that God has given US two institutions to
regulate our civil and religious conduct-the
State and the Church. Nor are these institu-
tons to be- considered as possessing contradictory
laws; since they are given to the same people,
and the same person is supposed to be subject
of both
And can il be supposed that the duties Of these
institutions should conflict with each other IL
so, then, when a man becomes a Christian, he
should cease to be q citizen and when citizen,
he should cease to become Christian. An inf
nitely wise and consistent God would never have
given the two institutions TO the same man, had
il been intended that ungodly ensctments Of men
should set aside the Divine legislation. So far
are we from being commanded to submit TO do
wrong, that when human legislation is in direct
opposition to the Divine law resistance active or
passive as the case may be, becomes our duty for
eve ought to obey God rather than man"
Now, the decree Of Herod to kill g. all the chill
dren that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts
| thereof, from two years old and under" was a
civil enactment, and presume had volunteers to
| have been supplied from the Doctors c0ngregs-
| o1f 10 not no ntrvO We
the Doctor would not find it convenient to have
told his people 10 arise at their Governors call,
and help to murder at the Kings commandment
But as this doctrine is reluctantly allowed by DIR.
Lord when the command is expressly opposed to
| the Divine law in cases of idoatry, and perhaps
| the qualifying sentence within their Jurisdic-
tom is meant to lay the plan for successful re-
| treat and as he labors faithfully and boldly to
show that legislation recognising man MS chattel
is within the Legitimate jurisdiction OF Govern
ment, sh Ill notice what he says in that respect,
which was the second thing purpose to notice.
IL Is it contrary to " both Testaments to say
that there is higher law, making slavery per Sc
sinful?D This is what the Doctor affirms, and
this is what we purpose to disprove. But DR..
Lord goes farther than this: for he expressly
says that Slavery was sanctioned and Regulated
by the Supreme Lawgver in the Divine econo-
my which he gave to the Hebrew State" and
that "all the ingenuity OF oil the AoolItlonsts
in the United States can never destroy the neces-
sary conclusion Of this admitted Divine sanction
of slavery Page 20.
But he not only claims the Patriarchs and Jews
as giving the Divine sanction to slavery, but also
our Lord and his Apostles for he again speaks
Of sincere and conscientious persons who have
persuaded themselves that slavery is wrong;
"and that in the nineteenth century, that the ex-
ample of the Jewish economy and the teachings
and practice Of our Lord and his Apostles are
antiquated, and of no binding force upon the
conscience Of men"-Page 81.
Here it is impossible to mistake the Doctor.
He is plain; and while we from our heart pity
the man who with the Bible before him can think
as he does, yet he is much more consistent than
the pitiful apologist for slavery, who, while he
maintains that it is sinful nevertheless continues
TO sustain it.
TO BE CONTINUED