Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-11-13
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From the Cincinnati Gazette of Oct 3D.
AMERICAN REFORM TRACT AND BOOK
ETY-ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

The anniversary Of this Society for the present
year celebrated last evening in the Third Pres
byterian Church. corner OF fifth and John streets.
After prayer and singing, the annual report was
read by G. L. Weed, corresponding Secretary and
Treasurer.
The report stated that it is the object of this
Society to disseminate, in com junction with other
societies, n Christian literature. This work. it was
contended, could not with safety be entrusted to
any society. for that single organization could
not know and express the Christian sentiments of
portions remote from the center of its operations,
and would be liable to fall under the control of
local and partisan Influences AS to slavery, the
report said
This has been regarded as only one among the
subjects which should be Sc: before the public
mind but because of the prominence of the sin
in question, and the special failure of other soc
cites to apply the principles of the Gospel to it, il
has been considered necessary to assign to it a
place in our Constitution which has been denied to
others. 1t is, however, the settled ard confirmed
principle OF the A. r. T. & b, S. to set forth in
their completeness the facts and precepts of the
Bible in their bearings all the various
phases of human sinfulness-to be to the utmost
extent Christian Tract Society acknowledging no
limit to its teachings but the Word of God
During the year the Society has printed
OF Bound Volumes, 26, ,2CO
OF Tracts, ISL 600
Total number of pages. 4,l76.0O0
The amount circulated has been,
Of Bound Volumes, 1895
OF Tracts, 16S,OO0
Total number of pages, 4,340000
The annual address was delivered by Rev. ].
Bettinger, pastor of the Euclid Street Presbyter.
ian Church, Cleveland Ohio.
MR.. BITTINGER's ADDRESS.
The Speaker said there was time when the
whole world was slavehodng. Slaves were
held then, not because they were black but because
they we're weak. There was no religion to teach
the his duties the slave his rights hence
the condition of the bondman was hopeless AT.
ter this dark period, came another when the Minis,
ter of religion stood by the oppressor. The fugi-
tive slave law of Moses one, not of rendition,
like ours, but of deverance. ,American chattel
literally catte-quadruped) slavery we derive
from heather Rome and from the Hebrews
That dspensationthe jewish wss not equal to our
Gospel MONDAY, but it was as much better than
heathensm as morning is better than midnight.
We now come to the Christian era Slavery
then was everywhere throughout the Roman En-
pre and it is said that Christ and his apostles did
not rebuke it. But under their teachings, some
how or other, the letters melted from the limbs of
slaves. The gospel was to slavery what the sun is
TO mists and vapors. 1t taught both master and
slave that they were equally born of God, descend
cd from the first pair, redeemed by the same Sa
vior. and were to dwell together in one heaven
how th en- could the one hold the other as his bonds
mAnf
Mr.Sistinger gave instances of the abotionsm Of
che Primitive Church. Isodore said that 'ho could
not see how man who loved Christ who redeemed
che slaves of sin, could be himself holder of
slaves" and Ambrose sold the Church furniture
TO redeem slaves. etc. To buy men from bondage
for the love Of God, the practical abolitionism
Of the Christians Of that day. All this slavery,
however, was that of whites.
The enslaving of black men by white men be.
gan in l440. The trade was found to be lucrative
and increased rapidly. Las Csssas substituted ne.
groes for Indians in the Spanish colonies from
motives Of humanity. He lived, however, to see his
error, and plead with the King of Spain to eman
cipate them. The Spanish casuist argued in favor
of enslaving the Indians because they used tobacco
and did not wear their boards in the Spanish fash
ion--an argument as good as the modern one of
color.
Mr.. Bittinger stated that his hearers must be
pro.slavery or Aboli.ionists as when a neighbor's
house is burning, they must either want it to burn