Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-05

there used did not sven mean slavc-it was q word
corresponding to the English term Servant
There was no term for slave in the Hebrew. II
IIagar had been a slave, Sarah would have urged
Abraham not to put her away but to sell her, and
instead of Ishmael being joint heir with Isaac,
Isaac would have been heir to both mother and
child. lie spoke of the multitude Of AbrOtam's
household, and showed the ahsurdity Of supposing
that one man, without the aid Of any civil govern.
mcnt, could hold that multitude of people in invol-
untary slavery. He was p Prince, and EleOzer
was his Pine Minister. The slaves men toned in
the Old Testament were purchased of those that
owned them-of themselves. There is no instance
recorded of q slave having been purchased of q
third person, except the case of Joseph, and he
said ~ indeed was stolen" "Thou shalt not vex
the stranger nor Cypress him." says the law of
Moses, and they regarded slavery as both voxatious
and oppressive. Again it says, "The Lord loveth
the stranger, therefore love 70 them" Here the
Bible stands infinitely ahead Of the Know-Nothing-
ism of the present day.
The attempt to adducc slavery from Bible teach
ing this, was a most perfect absurdity, and looked
lust as though that man, (~pointing to Murray had
never read the Bible at all. (Applause.) More
than this it was forbidden the Jews to give up the
bondsmen that came to them from the Gcntiles.
There was no Fugitive Slave law there. Servants
could and did marry their masters daughters,
showing that no degradation attached to the ser
vice, and ut the year of jubilee they were com-
manded to break every yoke and let the oppressed
go FREQ.
The Rcv. Mr.. Livermore, continued the speaker,
had avoided this issue by denying that the Old
Testament was authority, but he proceeded to show
that Christ came not to destroy the law, but to full
fill. It was declared that, on the command to love
God supremacy and thy n~eighbor as thyself, hung
all the law and the prophets-that is, both were to
be int rpreted by this. They were not abrogated
but established. He said that the clergy Of Gin
cinnati did not join in these meetings because they
could not com here without meeting abuse and
rcproach, and seeing all that was sacred and dear
to them held up to ridicule. 1t was not pleasant
to his feelings to see that man (Alurray) setting
himself above every thing else, above Christ and
his teachings. He could not fellowship with the
man who derided Him who spake as never man
spake, and he did not believe that man had sufi
cicnt love for his Saviour, who could. applause
Mr.. Royce, an Israelite and q Hungarian patriot
arose with n big Hebrew Bible in his hand. Mr.
Murray claimed the floor to reply to Mr.. Rankin
but Mr.. Royce would not yield it, and went on tc
make a speech. With his Hebrew Bible in his
hand, he went on to interpret the various passage;
relating to slavery, and decided that slavery was
clearly taught. He claimed to be a Jew, but would
not reproach Mr.. Murray with being an inGdel
because it did not become a servant Of Jesus Christ
/ 4n do G, T., ca1ot;op -, ,bngo rno oLr;e4iopo -or
SO fond of branding as infdels, he did not doub,
but if Christ were now on earth he would acknowl
edge them as his followers.
Orson S. Murray then rose and challenged any
one who wished to discuss this subject to meet him
at that hall as soon as he pleased after his corn was
planted. He would be glad to discuss it now, but
was obliged to leave the city at 4 O'Clock.
Mr.. Boggs then made a speech.
Vim. Wells Brown reproached the clergy Of til,
} city with not being there. Were they afraid to 81
} with Infdels? If so, why did they not call ameet
ing Of their own? They had tried an Evangelical
3 convention, but it had fallen through. (Mr. Brow
: been postponed.--Rep.)
/ Mr.. Royce, the Hungarian, rose again, bu
Q Mr.. Harrison, of the Lutheran Church, claimed tn
floor.
e Mr.. Royce seemed indignant that he was no
n allowed to speak, and exclaimed, II am a ministe
t of the Gospel, and have sacrificed as much 70
: the Lord Jesus Christ as any other man in thi
e hall"
4 After a few remarks by Mr.. Harrison, the con
%vention adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
Tho meeting was opened rs usual by sing
ing.
i Rev. Mr.. Foote, of Detroit, then addressed tn
convention for u short time, after which Rev. Ar
toinette L. Brown took the platform.
REV. MISS BROWNS SPEECH.
Miss Brown commenced with saying that a
though there had been a good deal of Giscussio
in the convention during the day, about the teach
ing Of the Bible on slavery; yet all had agree
upon one point-that it was absolutely an
etornally wrong; yet, when men went to tn
Bible to justify such wrong, she did not wonde
: that there were those there to deny its authority
o Better strike the Bible away than strike hand
c with a man, who ~sustains such damning oppre,
sion. She then quoted the well known stanz
e commencing,
d "Truth crushed to earth will rise again" .
y There were things to tremble for and he ear
y full of, but they were not the eternal truth of II
. eternal God. Truth circulated like the life-bloc
through the universe from the eyer-beating hea
Of the Infinite. False theories, nevertheless, ha
a fearful effect on certain minds, and no one &c
moro than she what it was to be misrepresente
and falsifed, because she dan ed to work with an,
body and everybody. The clergy of this city d
not come here for fear Of being called infde
; but better ten thousand times to give up the BIB
than that spirit Of charity and of love to &c
and man on which hangs oil the law and tt
/ prophets.
Many did not believe because they could not'ha
monte the Bible others believed without reco
cling. To her, it was harmonious before God 81
did not know whether all in that Book was i
10 snired. but she know the great central trnth w