Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-20
A Faithful Witness.

We have received, in pamphlet form, Al
! Address before the Salem Female Anti-Sla
r, Society at its Arnual Meeting, Dee 9Th
! 1851 by Thomas 7. Stone. Published bi
| tequ So For its author we cherish the pro
lUuudest regard aud the warmcst friendship
as one of the ptresi aud trucst Witnesses ioi
God IN any ase or country. The whole dis
cotusc is 80 admirable, that we would lay i
all before our readers, it we had room. W.
can give, ibis week, only its concluding por
tiou.-- -LiJerqior
i have not finished; but must relieve
your attention. People ui Salem MS one o
,out humber happy to have lived with you
80 long, with whom should have been hap.
py, Hs ! said, 10 die; these words, or rather
better words tllun these, words greater. hO-
lirr, ~ diylner life aud power than I eau
speak, ! lclt that could gladly utter before
ceased to bc with YOU. They have long been
growing in my heart. brought them with
ne fnm my distant retirement have tried
as far as could, 10 convey them to other
souls. trust That they will only become
more vital, more effective, more prolific, in
any future nnistcrics to which | may bo
called. II llIese fail, then all things fail. IL
Ihesu arc false, then tie universe is iulse il
these are evil, then llerc is no such thing ns
good; nay il these urc annrchic, then men
are iiilherless and the world is without God.
Politicians. degrading the noble name, may
cun,uIe and rcduube their sneers aud their
lyrunnies Preachers, Abandoning the Tenn
pie OF lhc Father for the synagogues OF sects
aud doguatisnls aud parties, may proclaim
biscst deeds and laws holy; nations, apOs-
tate from God and Truth, may be fnlse aud
ii. r. al.
above them all. The tlmultS of partisan
conflict, the Giscurds of sccts, the material
interests of states and couiederaries, pass
away with the seasons in which they rise,
std swell and G.!l: the questions which
ugitutc our times will lose themselves IN OBJ
liNion or in still larger problems; hut the
one great problem will survive; whether
God, IN the universe and in the heart, shall
he confessed absolute supreme, aud his law
of love and justice TO all his children shall be
or human passions and interests,
expressed 10y mniOriies and enacted in stnt-
uies, slnll hold dominion this, ii question
at all, is perennial. For our country, The
crisis, the judgement. is already presepted.
Ii cannot be escaped. Private ciiizeus aud
public representatives, preachers aud church.
es, courts, legislatures, congresses, all nre
summoned 10y the trumpet tones, now reud-
ing the very scpulchrcs, i0 stand out and mp
pear in the trial which none can avoid, ia
which character is becoming transparent
Brethren! Sisters Let us greet this coming
of tie Lord. With heart, with voice, with
hand, let us enter into the strife, firm in his
strength, joyous in his love, serene in his
peace. The work is his; faithfully let us do
IL; lin lot MS worship in fulfilling il. Free
dom, Virtue, God! Herein our Inspiration
aud our undyng trust. Brethren! Sisters!
Accept these, NY last words of service aud
OF cheer. The Spirit lalnw yuu with its
everlasting beucdiction Fare ye welr
0F~For sale at the Ant-Slaycry Office, 81
Coru-hill. Price, 1913 cents.