Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-12-17
Of the poor and oppressed, and whom we &C
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knowledge TO be our Lord ?
u 10 bring slavery to the test of the precents {
h our Lord Jesus Christ, let US suppose ourselve
n oar children, our parents, our brothers and sis
tiers, in the position of the slave. Let US as
E ourselves what course of conduct we should. il
this condition, desire and expect from the follow
! ers OF Him who was sent ito proclaim liberty Il
r the captives and the opening of the prison Il
: them that are bound;" and who enioined his de
seiples to do to others as they would that other
should do to them! Should we not eypect tina
Christian ireemen would raise their voices I,
plead our cause ?-that Christian Legislature
would employ their power to loosen rather tina,
strengthen our bonds ?-that Christ IN masters
would feel constrained to remove the heavy bur
den, break every yoke, and let the oppressed %
free
We speak OF slavery as constituting nation.
al sin; and when we reflect upon the millions of
our fellow creatures who are subjected to the
i hhghtlcg influence, the subject assumes a mao
nltu lie that may well affect with deep concern.
I IL cannot be supposed that such is 10 be the par
manently established state of things; and by
what means change is 10 be effected is amonG
those fearful events which lie concealed in the
unknown future. Would that the hearts of our
conntrymen could be inclined to seek out, and
adopt measures tending to the poacca5le extinct
ion Of tbs oppressive system
! 1t Is true that slavery is confined 10 a section
OF our country, aud is not under the control of
the National Government and it may therefore
De thought that the responsibility must rest upon
the section IN which the institution is fasteTed
Bat permit US 10 ask if the stat who ex-
ponds his eloqnence to rive: the chains of slave
ry, and to extend the area of it, and the citizen
who supports that statesman have no connection
with the system? And to the members of our
own body, in common with all who profess the
benign religion of the Gospel, we would address
} the lnqulrles-llave the manufacturer and the
merchant, TO whom the products of slave labor
furnish the material for lucrative business, and
the individual whose consumption of those pro-
ducts suStans the manufacturer and the mer-
chant-have they no connection with slavery .
1t has been said, Whose gives the motive,
makes his brothers sin his own" Nav we all
! carefully examine the subject, and consider
whether, while freely trading in and consuming
the produce of slave labor, we are not indeed
giving the motive, and DO not become ourselves
III tact, party to the system; and we shall be
justified IN the sight of Him who judgc,h right
eDusly, who IS indeed God of knowledge, and
by whom actions are weighed
! We call upon the professors Of Christianity
! throughout the length and breadth of our land
seriously to consider in what manner, as follow
ers of Christ, called by Him to be as the salt of
the earth, the weight Of their influence should be
eXerted for The removal of this great evil Ii is
/ a solemn thought that retribution is consistent
with the attributes Of the Deity In sacred his
! tory we may trace the vsitations of Divine dis
! pleasure upon highly favored but revolving peo-
! pie, showing that God is indeed "ierrb!e in his
doing towards the children of mem" and these
things are recorded for our warning
No f,,lI, Il,
to stand as pastors to the people, to reflect upon
the importance OF the sta:on they occupy, and
the weight of obligation resting upon them, faith
fully to discharge the duty they have assumed
and cast the weight of their influence on the side
Of justice and freedom.
| 1t Is interesting 10 reflect upon the effect pro-
duced by the preaching of the Gospel IN the pri-
mltlve age OF the Church, upon people sunk in
! Pagan darkness and Pagan mmOraity-how
through the reforming influence of this ministry,
| they were drawn to forsake the evil of their ways.
and to "walk in ncwness of life" And though
these converts to the Christian faith were dcspi-
sed aud Peroecuted yet, unprotected by any earth.
! ~ power, their numbers and their influence in
creased, until at length the towering institution
Of paganisn Welded TO the force of truth
And doubtless 1t was, and is the design of the
Great Head of the Church, that this Christian
influence SIouIu pTSNdI against every system,
the tendency OF which is to obsruct the coming
of his Kingdom, until, through its prevalence,
the Kingdoms Of this world shall become the
Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ
| In the transporting view of this renovated cor
dition OF the world beheld in vision by the proph-
ct. he, Personalng the Most High, uttered the
! language, "They shall MT hur nor destroy in
all my holy mountain; for the earth snail be full
Of the knowledge Of the Lord as the waters COW
er the sea. And in that day there shall be root
of Jessie, which shall stand for an ensign of the
people; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and his
rest shall be glorious
May ii be our united engagement so to live in
conformity with the spirit OF the Goopal--so to
labor in our separate alIotments, in the cause Of
our Holy Radeemer, as to hasten the coming of
this happy day--;hat at the solemn close of life,
when Gale d to account for the occupancy Of the
talents committed to us, we may be favored to
receive the answer of well done, good and
! faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a
! few things: will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord"
Signed in b"Ialf and by the direction Of the
Yearly -Neejag Of he Religious iSoctcty Of
Frind:, held IN -Nc,0 York, IN The Sirt4
MDnh, 1852
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