Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-11-21
COUNTY, OHIO

As Shareholders are not particular on other sub ects
by Ignoring tie question Of slavery, they mansge
to live in peace. In the same way the Church
could have peace with sinners of all sorts. Rom
anists have carried this kind of concession little
farther, aud engrafted every species of idolatry
and crime upon the Church. The American Tract
Society is yet in its infancy but in time it may be
equalto theJesuits themselves in applying the prn-
cipe ot silence to the Of prOsey teism. The pol
icy Is the same, whether employed by Romanists
protestants
But what are we to think of the religious culture
gained under this process of coucealment? is it
not perVersion OF the gospel? If it is safe thus
to Keep out OF sight great crime, and to lead
people tO imagine they acceptable t. God while
trampling upon his laws then all our ideas Of re-
ligious obligation have been hitherto wrong. Again
II VIC thus ignore one sin, we may two, and so on
till We have ignored all sin. This would be to
prea,h the gospel without calling people to repent
ance, or insisting upon reformation Of lite. In the
very best light we can view such toaching, it is u
shameful perversion Of the gospel Whether
among Roma lists or Pr0testants it is simply the
old heretic0l doctrine of doing evil that good may
come. An expurgated gospel is heresy it is not
good far it goes-the part tina: is preached for
want OF the suppressed cCrrelatiye facts. becomes
dead is fact converted into a lie For this reason
the gospel OF the South IS no gospel. The suppress
sion OF part of the system OF religious TT nth has
destroyed the whole.
For this rea son. all suppreseiye schemes are in
hnitely dangerous whoever attempts to propagate
religion Ivy such means, wields purely corrup:ng
force. We do not affirm that it is always necessary
to declare every Bible truth Mt one and the same
time or on every occasion hut the right to declare
the whole the duty Of uttcring the message entire
is fundamental both 10 the ministry and 10 every
other religious agency. The American Tract Soc
to, by adopting the suppressive policy has virtual
y abridged the Word Of God-it has corrupted Rev
elation, and made itself an enemy TO truth. o.
this sin, every other Church is partaker to the
full extent of its suppresssiyc policy. All 2ul pit
that are filed all missionaries that 20 forth all
cetes that publish, all Christians that act on the
principle Of keeping back the fullness Of divine
truth, are guilty Of deadly hcresy. For the sake
OF expeditlDg the work of prosOly yteisn, hey have
taken fatal liberties with the Gospel they preach
and are unworthy of the confidence Of mankind.
just this policy has killed the Roman Church
utterly and past all resurrection. 1t has also kill
ed the Church in slayeholding regions. twill kill
in like manner, if we do not promptly repc the
intrusive abomination. Our motto should be- ~
whole Gospel, our none. If there are certain
truths which may not be preached at the South,
then let the South be left in the common condition
of heathenism, and without the cruel cheat of an
expurgated Gospel, which is no Gospel If the
South will not have antislavery tracts, let them
have none. 1t is useless to cast pearls before
swine Our kindness in preparing things to meet
their corrupt wishesis an Unauthorized condescen-
sion, and if persevercd in must forever prevent the
conversion ot that unfortunate section of tue