The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-16


tude. The merchants and the rich men met
like fate. their sins were not looked over
"Go to, We wicked rich men, weep and howl
for the miseries that are coming uponyou =
md ye rich men weep over your sins, 'how
hardly shall rich man enter the, kingdom
of heaven" Thus we see the sins of both
national and individual interests and -preju-
dices strongly condemned. If the Savior
saw the Col len Rule, to be that vital nature
to sin, which Mr. Taunton pretended it is,
why did he not let 1t, under the influence OF
the Gospel, undermine, silently and peacca-
bly,. these many sins condemned by him. ex
listing then in the national prejulices and
practices of the Jews, and thereby save the
rivers Of blood that have been shed of the
martyred Saints and Apostles Of the Chris
tian religion Yes, why did not the Savior
come into the world and sim ,ly proclaim the
| Golden Rule, do unto all men as you aoould
TINT they should do unto you," and then
command his Apostles and preachers to go
and do likewise But such he did not do,
and whyg because sin was not known on
! " by the law of Christ, emina'ing from the
Eternal Father. ST. Paul settles this matter
by telling US that where there is no law there
is no trans yression, and again he says, chad
| it not been for the law would not have
known sin." Therefore, by the law, we
know sin; hence the nt cessity for the iden-
tifcation of sins by the law Of Divine inter
dction. And it follows that, as Slavery is
not interdcted by hat as sin, we cannot rec
orniz, it AZ such. And when we have found
the sins of the Jews that were national, hav-
ing been. contrary to the Divine law and
WILL established by the civil law of Judea,
condemned by the Savior, we then find him
condemning alr crimes against the best inter-
ests of society and morals; in fact, almost
every thing we can think of, that bears the
shadow of sin, is enumerated and condemn
ed. Yes, we find him condemning all man
ner Of crime that the mind can conceive
| And yet Mr. Taunton thinks him too coward
| ly to condemn, or even hint at, or speak of
aS SIN, what he Taunton, conceivcS to bc
| amongst the most hanious OF crimes, .Sl1rerv
Oh no! he would not condemn that,--it
| wouldn't do,-"martyrlom came fast enough
without it, saws Mr. Taunton. Yes Just
let it alone AMI it will die ont of Itself under
the inaueace of tha Gospel, by virtue Of the
| Golden Rule. He who conccives such ideas,
| must surely have vain religion. For the
| Golden Rule had its existence for hundreds
| OF years before the Savi1r's advent. Il was
among the first of Gods statute laws. Sla-
| very tad arisen, flourished and spread over
! the civilized world under it. The goods and
! ills of life had grown under it, sin and mi
| luty had ahounded under it, the most ap-
pailing crimes, known in the catalogue of
| sins, had been perpetrated under it, improve
Inents in the way of iniquity had been made
| and that, too, while these sins were, to a
| greater or less extent, condemned by Divine
law. Then, hov vain, how presumptuous
must be the thoughts of him who would even
imagine that practice. long and well estab-
| lished by usayes. aud civil laws of the land, /,
a. well as the religious laws Of the enlght-
ensd world, which none had looked upon as
sin, or even inn ,ined to be such in the sight
of God, heretofore, would pass OF, cease to
be, by virtue of its sinfulness, when no con-
demnation hal been passed upon it by the
great Sin Destroyer, during his denunciations
of the many sins to which man is heir.
Had there been one sin in the world that
Christ and his Apostles did not point out,
they would not have filled their mission
Paul says he preached the whole council of
God. And it is the council of God to con-
demn sin; for Christ says, II come to con-
demn sin = and 81 come to do the will of
my Father" Therefore, if Slavery is sin, it
is condemned by both Christ and Paul.
Paul had declared it when he had preached
the whole council Of God Then, why did
not Mr. Ia, nton tell us where we m.ht
find the record. But instead Of that he tells
us Oh! it is not in the council of Gods
will. 1t isa sin that would not do to talk
about in ttat day-the people would not like
it. 1t is sin not like other sins, to be con
demned by Christ and his Apostles; but they
must council its practice, exact the enforce
ment of its obedience and continuation, and
leave it to the chance of circumstances (and
zee might add to such men as Mr. Taunton)
probably to be taken away under the innu-
ence of the spirit of the Gospel by virtue of
the Golden Rule. All! indeed, how differ
emily has Mr.. Taunton read the teachings of
inspiration, to what we have. While we
have read the teachings of the Savior to be
of that clear, mild, bold, firm and fearless
character, denouncing all sin in every situa-
ton in life, Mr. Taunton has read them, and
viewed them in accordance with his (Taun-
ton's) ocn practice fearful to come out and
boldly take stand under his own name, as
he well knows us to be right, but hides his
real object, (leares 1t to this latt r-clay Triai-
ty. "Oa the Fence Yet,' to tstch out,) and
trusts to after management and circumstan-
ces to gain sought.for ends.