Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-08-09
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nor have any sympathy with that state Of
mind in which one can imagine that he is
pleading the cause of Christ, while he is
the deliberate violation Of tho
most sacred obligations,
The life and doctrine Of the Lord Jesus
afford the only perfect Illustration of every
truth and every duty; and, among the rest;
Of that glorious truth Of the universal broth
erhood of man, and that immortal duty Of
qucnchless, mutual love founded on it,
But how how utterly do we Iaisconceiye the
lie and doctrine of the Son Of God wher
we advocate universal treason in order &c
redress partial oppression, or teach doctrines
which lead only to universal rapine in order
to rectify partial injusticel / wish, from
the bottom Of my heart, that every people
were fit to enjoys and did actually possess,
public liberty and free institutions; but
should l. therefore, urge an indiscriminate
assault upon all nations which desire, but
are denied these, inestimable blessings?--
All duty is founded upon truths and laws,
both OF which are mmutable; but every du-
ty is modified by circumstances which vary
ceaseessly: and it is only as we comprehend
both of these great principles, that we can
ever attain anv rational assurance that we
perform a single duty Alright. As a mem
Der Of the human race, enlightened by the
Gospel, may have particular view Of the.
general question of human servitude. Con-
sldered as a citizen of the United States,
with The institution of slavery occupying
the precise posture it does in this nation, my
view Of my own duty must necessarily be
modified. Considered as q citizen Of Ken
tuckv where much might be done towards
the amciloration Of slavery, my duty is mod
flied again.
And considered as a citizen of South
Carolina, where probably. it is hardly pos
sible to conjecture how slavery could ter
inmate peacefully and safely, my duty ne
cessariy undorgoes another and very serl-
ous modification. The religion Of Jesus
Christ is compatible in every condition in
which Gods providence constrains our fall
len race to exist; and J. is as absurd IN rea~
son, and as unfounded in fact. to assert that
Christ and his Apostles required the indls-
criminate abolition OF human servitude, as to
assert that they required the indlscrinlnate
overthrow of any other form OF despotIc au-
thority among men. For myself. my natur-
al heart would doubtless have loved the
teachings OF the Lord all the more, if he had
preached a crusade for liberty, instead Of
sacrifice for sin. But with his Gospel in
our hands, we can no more keep an honest
and enlightened conscience, and deny that
his teachings tolerated human servitude as
a condition compatible with sa;vaticn- than
We can make ourselves acquainted with the
history Of human affairs, and deny that his
providence has tolerated human servitude
as condition compatible with the existence
OF society. What ere we that we cannot
have little patience with that with which
God has had patience since sin entered into
the world? And how striking is ii to be-
hold the certainty with which men repudlate
the power OF the Gospel, as soon as they
have fastened Oh it power Of their own;
how surely thev become heretics, apostases
or inideS, when thcv begin to teach Christ,
instead OF sitting down at his feet to learn OF
him, What else can We say, bat that all
. pretexts, whether Tor Public wrong or pl-
yate iniquty, are neither true nor real?
Ii was my purpose, sir, to have said some
thing on the remaining topics OF your dis
course-the practicability and dignity o.
the aE,i-slavery enterprise, together with
: your view OF the special duty Of the Eorth
with regard to it. In your first topic, how
: ever, the necessity of that enterprise, the
= foundation OF all lies; and having discussed,
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