The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-01

seed you will take with you, 10 plant in
the virgin soil of the West, to water it
and cherish it, looking TO God to give the
increase.
From these general views of the pur-
pose of your mission, | may proceed to
name few specific ends to be kept in
view which derive peculiar interest and
prominence from the situation in which
YOU win find yourself placed.
All your influence, my brother, will be
given in favor of broad and generous
Christianity. People at the West gath
cred out of various denominations, away
from local prejudices, aud intent upon
securing the first necessities of civilized
communities, soon come to have enlarg
ed and liberal MAIDS. They do not look
with favor upon an exclusive spirit, nor
love acts of petty bigotry. A minister
worthy of the noble name of Christian
may find many hopeful elements among
such people. We know, my brother.
how you will prize them. Never shall We
hear of acts or words of bigotry and dis
courtesy from you towards believers in
Jesus Christ CT any party or name. You
will think more OF the points in which
all Christians agree, than of those
about which any Christians differ. You
viii hold yourself ready to dispense the
truths and administer the consolations Of
religion to all who may desire TO receive
them at your hands, whether they are of
your name or not; and with good men,
of all names, laboring to establish good
Institutions you viii cooperate, In the no.
ble spirit of him who said, 'not that We
would have dominion over your faith, but
would be helpers of your JOY"
Thus ffowning upon spiritual oppres-
sion, We know, my brother, how you viii
look upon another kind of slavery-a
slavery which seeks to rivet its chains
upon body and soul both On this point
we feel sure that We know our man. One
who is not right here, or who occupies a
doubtful position, could have no eneour-
agement from us. 1t is gospel of free
dom which you go to Preach gospel
which tells US that God has made of one
blood all nations that dwell on the face
Of the earth, that man as the possessor oi
a rational and immortal! soul cannot right
fully be held as chattc!, that human
being, of any race, of any color, is !;
brother, for whom Christ died, making
himself one with the lowest, SO tIra. 1t i;
Gods image and Christ person that Wi
trample upon, when we trampie him ii
the dust. We almost hold our breath il
suspense as we receive intelligence of the
struggle betwenlibersy and slavery which
is at this moment going on in that new
Territory. We wish that thousands o
the sons of New England had earlier
poured themselves into that land TO make
the issue of that struggle more sure. But
however settled now, it is struggle tc
be renewed again aud again as long a
these conflicting elements seek suprema
ley. That struggle, in your day, my
brother, may there find its final, perhap:
bloody settlement. We know what in
fuences will go forth from you. Yor
have breathed the free air of New Eng
land from your birth. You have beer
trained in those institu ions of earning
from which You have sucked 4 love 0
freedom as your mothers milk. Yo.
have for years preached that gospel tht
first lesson OF which is-reverence The
soul of man, darkened by ignorance anC
bruised by sin though it be, still honor i
as GoFs Lanliwork, aud ma ic but lit
tie lower than the angels. And with ev
cry sentiment of your heart, and every
drop of your blood responsive to thi.
training and these principles wherevel
you go you viii stand up for the right
of man, and will maintain the freedom o
the sons of God.
You will make il prominent point to
establish institutions, and you will have
faith in institutions. They may seen
very weak in their infancy, but they maJ
be 6xture which viii survive genera
lion after generation, and be all the while
gathering increase of strensth-just a:
one has well said, s.a spile driven down
iato the sand in the harbor, may be a
frsta loose thing swaying back and forth
with the tide, but in years it arrests q
thousand floating objects. it ferns bar,
an island, q wharf, repeiling the surge,
of the sea and sustaining the riches o
commerce for ayes" See how it wa,
here in New England. How soon The
first generation of English settlers pass
ed away, and their children and children
children have all gone; but the church
es and the school-houses they founded
are with US to this day: aad through
these, what an influence are the pilgrim
fathers still welding, ruling our mind
from their urns! You viii initiate thei
wisdom in the western commonwealth
which you 90 to beip to build up. Yol
will aim in :orrBing churches, dedieate'
to the Lord Jesus Christ; you will es
tabiish schools 10 be the fountains OF a.
improving civilization for generations t
come. These institutions of the land Q
your birth, these instruments of New
England's light and glory. you will trans
fer to that new State in the center of thi
Continent, an example to be followed il
other States in time 20 be established siil
nearer the setting sun. These instisu
tons may survive long after you hay
} finished your course. and may in distan
time reflect on your courage, faith, an
: tpiety, an honor like that which hallow
: the names of our fathers of two centurie
ago.
Finally, my brother, for other point
: must be left to conference IN privat
interviews, You viii be assured that vol
: Iearry with You the affeetionate sympa
: thies, and the feryent prayers of all you
: brethren in New England. No doub,
7 in your distant field OF labor, your hear
!, viii often turn to think of friends here
| of pleasant Sabbathsin this house of pray
, Ier, of fEaternal couasels with profession
!, al brethren in this neighborheod, Of JOY