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JECT.-NO. vi.

SEO4.-NO. VI.
By A LIYxAE.
Let none Of you suffer as a busybody in other mer
= matters" 1. Peter, ~, Is.
, This is an important exhortation 10 a
protesting Christians, especially to NOrtl
ern a~bolitionists: for, strange as it ma
r seem, many of them profess 10 be Chris
lans; some of them are accredited minis
tiers Of the gospel, in fellowship wit
Southern ministers and churches. 7
such, especially, | would offer the timel
admonition, "Let none of you suffer as
busybody in other mems matters"
To those clergymen who openly preac
against slavery, and denounce slavehold
ers as thieves and robbers, as there is n
hope Of their reformation, all | have +
say is, Keep aloof from the South it i
written, Upon the wicked he shall raj,
SRdres." But 10 the rest | would use th,
language of entreaty, and kindly Offer my
advice as a lover of peace-as one who
has had some experience in the religion:
worldwide has always adapted his OWL
course to the existSng state of public sen,
ment, and carefully watched the "signs Of
The times"
Why should you ever, especially in
the pulpit, be meddling with other mems
matters? The Bible tells us that "every
fool wH be meddling:' but surely a wise
mana minister of the Gospel should
not make himself liable 10 such a charge.
As a general rule, l would recommend 10
Northern clergymen to preach and pray
as if they were wholly ava ofthe ex-
istence of slavery in u country. The
South do not ask them TO praise Slavery;
they merely ask them to let it alcne.-
Under ordinary circumstances there can
be no necessity for the slightest allusion
10 it. They a manifest the deepest
concern for the salvation of sinners ; they
can sympathize with the down-trodden
and oppressed ; they a point to "Me
dark places Of the earth which are full of
he h~a6itations of cruelty" without point
ing 10 Southern plantations. They can
look abroad into various parts of our fall
zen world, and see oppression and degra-
lation and wretctedness enough 10 ava
ken all their Christian ~sympathies, and
Excite them 10 prayer and effort, without
.eddling with other mems matters here
At home. | am willing. however, to admit
hat there may be times when the state of
public feeling at the North may be such
Is to render it proper for a Northern cler-
lyman TO say something about slavery,
ven in the pulpit-when it may be proper
or him, mildly and respectfully, to ex-
'ress his regret for the abuses of the sys-
EN-. | may go further and admit that
here may be times of great excitement
when it may be expedient for him TO use
he language of a downright abolitionist,
nd condemn the system itself as inhuman
nd anti Christian. But, in such a case,
should embrace the first favorable op-
'ortunity to hold up to view, as patterns
f Piety. the great and good men who
ave employed their eloquence in its de-
ence, and spent their lives in laboring to
erpetuate and extend it. If this be done,
here will be no trouble about 1.-THE
eople of the South will have no difficulty
i understanding his real position.
know how important it is that you
hould retain the respect and confidence
f the people TO whom you minister.
lany of them are strongly inclined 10
..nti-Slavery; some Of them openly pro-
IS ii; and as far as you can, consistent I
with your loyalty TO the South, and |
our love of the Union, you ought to ap-
ear TO participate in their views and feel
gs on this subject: and they often sup {
'se that you really do. Consequently, i
henever you meet in General Assembly Q
ilh your Southern brethren, you know d
at your people expect you to say some
ing about Slavey; and you may safely T
9 a great deal, provided it is well un- l
rstood that you don't intend to do any, a
ing. You may safely offer a Resolution b
Southern churches 10 give an Il
count of the manner IN which they f
at their slaves; and your Southern j
ethren will help you to pass it, because 7
y know exactly what it means. All
S is well enough understood /; and / W
dice that you often prove yourselves to 6,
mise as serpents, and harmless as in
'eS:" but entreat you TO be careful f.: IN
i are apt 10 carry the joke a little too in
so far that Southern clergymen al W
dy begin TO suspect that some of you Q,
in reality what your own people be. n
re you to be, abolitionists, and woe, or
e, to that Northern clergyman whose IN
ne is written in "IKe Minis 'er's Lunch NJ
at the S1uIh, if he ever goes there.
will then learn by sad experience :.
at it is 'tO suffer a, a 6usyJody in oMer AZ
rs matters"
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