Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-01-14

We want sefdenying workmen that are not asham
., the gospel Of Christ, nor afraid to preach il
~ t'o preached IT. and os his apostles preached j:
vi ale uetermlned to know nothing and preach
u0'nips out Jesus Christ and him crucifed; mea
"a eoSr9SeouS 'aith, who viii not shan TO declare
tbs r;c6 0I ,Lo VI UCd to the old and young.
'' pI.1 ,a0u ai,' 'Ie poor, the bond aud the free
but can such ministers safely 20 Sontb O., .p
they be acceptable if they preach thus n aDa
holding State? Why not = ID save
MT. President, | am a SOutberner h. -.
seldom AMI then only for verv short ,,,.
STOOD upon the soil of free State. Onoo "aVs
IL was time, too, that tried mems soyI., and
tiih5 "hich some OF us will hardly forret This "a,
Oh the grave came thousand miles 70 ca.t 9-o. %
L;lL to.e " restore 10 Albert Barnes tbs;
| away from him. 'aEen
On one occasion, and that not very t,r,. -.
nor nye hundred miles from this city vonS,. -
lsteriai brother whose Acquaintance ia LII
ana with whom had spent several verv nleaSan,
evenings IN social intercourse, intercbang5, -
ions aud experiences of the North and So5tb
Na.hlng across the floor, silent. and as il seemed
=. mood his brow knit aud bis wbOle
SoeJ any, SAD and cast down, az if his bosom
heS'eu Win some big emotion, suddeniv as # r,
aoie longer to repress his feelings turned ro,nJ
anu win tears IN hiseyes said, q Mr. NavtoD
10 IeeI so Dad Why, said 7 souevbat So
Prised' what Is the matterg Still vvr;noi,,- r.;
halIs IN apparent agony, he replied % ar
an tlAih ABOUT the poor slaves at the Soutbr1 p,
NJ! surprise and alarm, which were but for a
oITn'' gave pace Immediately to another feeling
ana promptly replied :" Oh YES think 7 ROO.
how to sympathize with you. / feel bad. verv bsS
nave ielt so ever since | came North. and bav.
passed. through the streets Of your city. The
poor, wretched, d0wn-troddeu. Jeastlv-IookinS
objects that / have seen in the sham If bprnoo
beings, begging and bending about YOUR streets
anu hOYelled away IN SqGalid dens in YOUR ajleys
ana especially your free negrOesl Oh, what mis-.
erableS "a downright hearty LAUGH from nv
friend showed me that | was understood :. No-5
my good brother said /, why do you not come
south and preach to Us and our poor negroesg"
by. You won't let me-" exclaimed he
on let You! Why YES We wil-we want
all the preachers we can ret
e. butt 90 South to preach, you win
hang me-"
Not if you preach the gospel Of Christ" said
gospel you ought to be hung
Was not more than halfright. Mr.. President,
Paul says that if be, or even an angel from heaven.
preach any other gospel, let him be accursed and
we know it is writtea. /" Cursed is every one thar
hGnqeth on tree'
Tie ioo'5e Gshpsl 1canei attic South.
then assured my friend, as | ma7 do Won. NJ.
President, and all who hear me, that know Of ro
community in all the South where the whole Bibl.
may not be safely and proftab!y read. In fba
presence of magistrates and people, parents and
children, masters and slaves. know Of no texA
IN the Bible that may not be preached upon there,
as well as elsewhere. know Of no dutv. either -
parent or child master or servant, enjonsd in tls
Scriptures. that may not be explained and s1fcr-
ced by ministers there, as well as bv Christ and
his apostles.
How IS this, sir2 We may as well understand
each other at once. Is it pretended that the min
listers at the South, in their public ministrstions
keep back part Of the whole counsel of God?-
Is 1t pretended that are IN the habit of adding
to, or taking from, the words Of the prophecy OF
the book, in order to adapt il to the relations and
that exist among US Is itunderstocd
that have one gospel for the slave. and another
for his master Then, indeed, are we not entitled
to the name of Christians. Nay, we are not hon
est men. We are worse than pirates or murder
ers, and are doomed to the fearful plaques that are
written and threatened in Gods holy word.
TIE FTeld open and TFhits for the Hcrvesi.
Bat, Mr.. President, we are not OF those who
keep back part OF the priceless. precious truth Of
God. Secret things belong unto the Lord bu,
ALL those things which are revealed belong unto
Is aud TO our children, and to our servants And
what we want, what we long for and pray for, is
supply of faithful labOrers and fellow-helpers 10
ell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
ruth. \ thousand such laborers could TODAY
ind work in our vineyard, and, forthwith begin to
realize large and rich reward for all their tolls
Mr.. President, the broad fields are now white,
md ready, and waiting for the reaper. sir. j.
yOnld gil your eyes with tears,--it would stir the
nmost depths Of yoir sOul-nay, sir, it would
make your heart bleed to stand where have stood
md look out upon the waving harvest, spread oct
IN all sides, as far as your eye could stretch its
vision, across the fields Of golden beauty,-was:-
nc and going to destruction, for the want OF r.
1orers to thrust in their sickles, and shout the
harvest home.