Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-20

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aye blind guides. which strain al snat.
and swallow a camel.'-JEsus.
| believe that dancing is sin-at least,
young man or woman Cor old one either)
may be employed more usefully IN the
melioratiou of the condition Of mankind
and the glorfcation of God, than In
shaking the fantastic toe, and not being
SO employed is itself u sin.
| believe that a man, connected with
family, either as father or son, who
goes to a restaurant and 3 luts his stomach
with pigs feet aud oysters, and " ctnes,
dc, 10 uash dopa tie suJstdntidis," COM
mits a sin. | believe that he who keeps
such temptation to humanity, or leases
a house for such purpose, Is great sinner.
| believe that he who sells intoxicating
liquors, and he who grants the license for
such purpose, and he who leases house
for such business, are all sinners. l be-
lieye that he who holds the African accor-
ding to the laws of the Southern States,
in involuntary bondage, sins. l believe
that polygamy and bigamy are sinful. l
believe also, in the language of The pro-
fessicn of faith of the church in which
was reared, that Some sins in themselves
are more heinous, in the sight OF God,
than others and that the habitual viola
ton of one Of the commands Of the deca-
logue is a violation of the whole. | be-
lieve that the dogma that we are to choose
the least of two evils, is fgnent Of tie
French infdel philosophy; and that the
Bible philosophy requires US to choose
neither. l mi ght have added above, that
| believe that he who gives the right hand
of fellowship to him from whose finger ends
are dripping the blood of murdered souls
in the shape of African slaves, is great
sinner, inasmuch as thereby the word of
God is violated in Strengthening the hands
of the oppressor. With the light Of the
v ord Of God and the dictates of con.
science, | have never had any trouble in
determining what is and what is not sin
but | have had trouble in ascertainirg the
exact degree of Nervousness of different
sins. For instance, could never deter
mine exactly the difference in degree be-
tween polygamy aud slavery, viewing the
consequences that flow from them, as we'll
as the sins themselves; but between biga-
my and slavery could always see marked
difference. Take two instances The one
the case Of bigamy, which the A. B. C..
For Missions directed their missionaries
not to discipline. A man had wife who
had become old. He took to himself a
young wife, during the life of the first
He became convert to Christianity-ap-
peared sincerely pious, and continued to
provide well for both wives, lived agreea-
bly,, and educated and provided for their
/ offspring. The Board Of Missions directed
/ that he should not be disturbed, nor re-
qured to discard his second wife. Take
an instance of slavery, which l have from
a clergyman who has been past, or in the
slave States and in the free States, who
says it may be taken as sample of COM
mon instance in Southern life: A man
marries a wife and takes charge of plan
tation. He purchases a negro man and
woman, puts them into hut, on the farm,
to do the work thereof; their offspring are
used for the same purpose, until they be.
come more numerous than are necessary to
do the work of the farm. The supernu-
merary children are disposed of to the
highest bidder, and the proceeds appropri-
ated to the purchase of the necessaries of
life The master implicitly o5eys the law
of the land, which forbids to permit his
slaves to learn to read tho Word Of God
"A law directly in the teeth of the law OF
God-a practice, my informant says, laying
aside conscience, is very comfortable way
of passing through life. Now there is no
difficulty in my mind to decide that the
man in the first instance will have much
easier task in his account at the Judgment
bar, than the man will in the last instance ;
but still l believe tha, they are both sim
ners in the sight of God, and that the lat
ter is much the greatest.
l believe, finally, that the man minister
or elder who can spend his time in rack
ing his brain, to put forth reasons for his
faith, that dancing is sin, while be never
opens his mouth, or employs his Pen to
rebuke any of the sins that l have euume-
! rated. while thsy are spread all around