Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-01-18
Religion Of the AbOlitionish.
From the Liberty Bell for 1851.

since lIc N1Ntnl VI lt bh'Ni'i W
tianity, no effort for the moderation OF the
condition of mnn has beeu more largely i'm
bued with the religious element, in It's piirest
aud most vital iorn,, than the Anti Slavery
movement. This declaration may ustonisl,
aud even shock, some who have been taught,
by their religious teachers, to regard this
movement us disorgauizing in its tendencies
aud infdel in its spirit. Are not tie Adolf
tionists everywhere sligmniized MS intidels,
fanatics, inccudiarics, nindnleIl-equnIly HOS
tile 10 the peace OF the nation aud the sta
blity of the Christian Church? les--but
this Siiynn is not less malignant tlan was
the accusation brought against JESUS tie
castcth ont devils through Deelzebub, the
chief of devils =. We found this fellow
peryering the nation, aud forbidding TO give
tribute 10 Cesar e.. lie strreth up the peo-
pie, teaching throughout all Jewry, begun
ming from Galilce TO this place. In what
manner, IN any nge, is true piety best authen'
tieated? Not 10y professions Oi reverence
Tor dead saiuts or heroes; not by conformity
to the usages of popular religion not by
the observance OF rites aud ceremonies, or
OF tunes aud seasons not by the surrender
of reason TO arbitrary authority. or OF colt
science to ecclesiastical dictation; not by
dread of dissent. or fear OF change, or dis
like OF investigation not l,y making public
opinion tie standard OF action, or what is
customary the rule OF duty not 10y exclaiIn-
ing, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesled
in thy nnnle, aud IN thy mime done many
wonderful works = These things nrc easily
said and done. The test il in regarding prin-
ciulrs more thnr uctsous the nresrnt more
tI,nu tL,. nnst. tu,th NOR. tlnn tradition. hu-
nnuiIy more linn pnrchn,eit; in refusing 10
90 with the multitude in npy evil way IN
letting The dead bury their dead; IN stem
ming lhc tide OF uop,ilar corIupIiol, arnign-
ing unjust laws. exciting the fury OF the up-
pressor, returning good tor evil, aud living
above that 'frur OF man which bfingeih
snare; ia heing willing to he madc 0i no
regulations, and to suffer the loss OF all things,
for righteousness sake.
Slavery must be assaied-wiill the GER
tainty OF no reward on the part of its VIC
inls as they have nothing to give, and
know not when or hy whom their claims
are udvocdled-wlli the certainty of being
deridcd, caricnturcd, hated, calumniaied, in
the North, and larrcd aud ieahered, or hung
at the Souili--witlI the certainty of being
branded with 'iufdcliiy,' and charged with
rejecting the Bible, in all parts ot the ountry.
Now, then, when was il ever known that
bad men became the advocates of suffering
humanity, in the midst OF fiery trials like
these? Never! Ii uu unihltering filth in
the promises of God--the deepest sympathy
with Christ, aud love for his character--were
ever demanded or cXemplfied, it has been
in the prosecution of the Anti-Slavery move
ment, from its commencement to the present
hour. As, on ilie other side OF the Atlantic,
in the struggle for the abolition OF British
West ludia Slavery, the purest, the most dis
interested, The most philunihropic, the most
truly pious, rallied together; So, ON this side,
the same elements have mingled for the de-
liverance of u much larger number from
bondage, hut through trlulation and peril
unknown abroad. The men aud the women
aliUm God lnis inspired to demand liberty
tor the ensIuyed in ll.is land are worthy OF
the apostolic age. They need no defence.
Tie position which they sereneiy maintain
in the midst OF u scofiing aud nierciless ma
liun-ieared, abhorred, prescribed by the
plnrisaicnl, the powerful, and the despotlc-
howlrd nt and hunted by the ewd the pro-
fine, and tile fiotous-houored aud blcst by
the suffering aud the oppressed lis their
uOblest eul0py. They are neither Iunnticnl
nor mad, Heilher foolish no ignorant, neither
violent nor in,pracIicablc, but speak the
words of truth and soberness.' pIninly and
uneutliyocnIlv. They nsk noibinp more
than that liberty ,nay be sproclaimed
throughout all the land. unto NIL The iubabi-
tnnts thereof As friends. neighhors, citi-
zeus-i in ali the relations and duties of life
-ibey have no cn,,sc TO shrink from com.
norison with tl,eir ,rudncers In their com
nonv tI,e ungodlv take no delight. II is
their nim 10 Keen their conscieuces void of
offence toward God and toward man. Nor
Is thc nbol;,;on oc slavery the onIv enter
nrize in Which their symnS,hies nre enlisted.
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and rni;nhie ,unnor,e,s ,hev rons,i,u,c ,1,o
Ill Lono nS ,,,a ,,o,ce s,,ar,;r;se i; ne rad;.
c"I ,oru,. il, nII ,Lc rcinrn, n,ovenen,s of
,Le ng"' ,hsv feel n friendly interest, For
,Ln In., ,v,n,'iv ,,',r. thev L,ve Lec,, n ssnec.