New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-14
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
DR.. CHEEvER ON ,,LAvERY AND MISSIONS


| DR.. CHEEvER ON ,,LAvERY AND MISSIONS
Last evening, notwths' landing the stormy weather
large congregation was gathered al the Chnrch 81
the Puriians to hear the Rev. Dr. CheeVer denver
discourse upon the duty of the tirch and "a MISSION
airy Societies in reference to Slavery After the usual
preliminary exercises the Rev. Decor read ~ hs tex
the rst and the tenth verses Of fSe cd chapter OF
Isaiah.
He said that the Introduction and the context were
full Of majesty and glory From the 5lst TO the s'd
chapters the grand theme the coming of God
Kingdom IN righteousness, to be spread, through tie
agency Of obedient and righteous Church, through
the whole world The removal Of stumbling blocks
out Of the way was one Of the preliminary works Of
the Gospel II was plain that any immortality or error
anything involving in principle or IN practice that
which Is opposed to God's righteousness such
siumblingblock or inquity be removed out % the
way. That the slave-trsde was vast and dreadful
obstacle against the Missionary enterprise, ne man
could doubt. Ii needed no argument to show that
such monsrosity OF lying, of elhshness OF cruelty,
hypocrisy and deformity this, constitutes mighty
stumbling-tlock in the way of missionary enter
prise with the Gospel Our foreign missionaries have
spoken OF SUCH while free from the paralysl OF
silence on the subject which desired them when the
tractors OF conservatism had been applied to them at
home. But the very fact that they dare say nothing
here, made their testimony abroad more significant,
for they are themselves the living witnesses of the
TO strike them dumb. II could not be denied
that the removal Of this evil part OF
our legitimate work a Missionary Association. He
knew that had been alleged for the silence
OF Missionary Boards that subject that they were
not Anti-Slsyery Societies. This miserable eva
sion of a great duty. On the ground Mission
airy Association would be justified in admitting drunk
ards TO membership in it's Missionary Churches, and,
rule of expedieney avoiding the subject of the sn Of
drunkenness by ths affirmation Of not being Tempe
rance Society On the same ground the President of
the American Board would be justified in taking no
notice of any specific violation OF morals and religion In
gambling reyeling, and such like among the students
of Williams College. He might justly allege that the
College was not On ant-gambling or antl-sin So
Getty but an association corporation for the
ducation Of youth IN science and literature But II
he should put such principles Of silent and restrict
i've expedeney into practice, no careful parent
would ever send bis boys to be educated at
such an institution. There no business
house in London or New-fork that would
Justify the establishment of a faro table among their
clerks, on the ground that they were not an anti
gambling firm but Board Of Association simply TO do
business and to make money. The stumbling block
of Slavery and the sanction Of il BY the Church. being
Of such nature, and so directly in the way OF the
Missionary enterprise that enterprise ITSELF il seemed
must carry in its frame the and the power
OF its removal and It did if would but employ them
If slavehodng admitted in the Christian church
in America how could il be cast out in Africa How
ANYWHERE If man could be Christian and hold
his fellow man a. property, chain in the one hand
and whip in the other taking advantage OF the law
to Cypress him. instead of standing between him and
the law to protect him. then, if the Word OF God
sanctions this proclaim II, eonde in IT, defend It, serve
it. baptse il in Christ and admit it to full communion.
But Il il be wrong if the Word OF God condemn it,
then disclaim IT, rebuke It, put away the ev nave no
fellowship with the unfruul works OF darkness, but
rather rebuke them. There necessity OF the dis
cpline of the Church as well the Wsrd Of God APP
Piled against this iniquty, treating the individual
STAKEHOLDER guilty of it, and on account OF II TO be
excluded from the Church. For as things were, the
Word of God itself would be inethcacious against the
sim so long as the sinner committing II u received and
continued in the bosom of the Church in good and reg
ular standing, notwithstanding that wickedness. But
the Church allowing the SIM by admitting the sinner
with it into Christian fellowship, arms HIM with
shield wherewith he is able to quench all the hery
darts of Gods. Word against the wickedness, and
erects between the world and the guns and SOL
diers of Gods truth embankment and bitches
that are enough to bury all the shot and swal-
low up all the warriors As was said OF
the battle with the Chinese in which the English per-
ished miserably by hundreds in the bitches the strug
gle was against mud, not against Chinamen 30 now
in this conflict the struggle was against mud; the
bitches that these apooglzing and sophishcatng and
bogtrotng theologans have filled to protect this in
iauty from assault of mud even 10 the chin. You
ammunition is all wetted if you plunge in and attemp
TO cross; and if you stick there, the darkness
cannot cover you for their blue lights will mark you,
and you are shot down In your helplessness. And
lust there do these good brethren stick who stick about
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inherent sinfulness Of Slavery, and employ
themselves in the ditch of such refinement
and echniealities wing mud but never attempting
one blow against the sin, and at length losing all
power and opportunity Of attacking il. If Missionary
Churches can receive idolatars whoremongers, and
men-seaers to their membership and the Parent Board
have no will authority to prevent i-no power or
courage 10 say These must be cut off, better no mis-
sons than such Churches better gospel than such
corruptions When the oppressed were set free and
every woke broken by the authority Of Gods
Word, and the inspiration of His Spirit, then would
there be seen a reality in religion such as the
world never had witnessed and the Gentiles
would come to such light and kings to the bright
ness of such rising. Inideity would be conquered.
There would be no more doubt to the plenary in
spraton and divine omnipoence Of the Word OF God
no more question to the efficacy of religion as the
only power capable of subduing, reforming, trans
figuring the world no more doubt that the Gospel;
which was capable of such u triumph, could and
would subdue all things unto God. The masses Of
thoughtful men that have been thrown down and
proyelng in the darkness, will be drawn upward by
the very rush Of the air from the motion OF the radiant
chariot of Gods incarnate love- and would find them
selves winged with light and spontaneously whrling
onward with grateful haleluahs in the train Of the
glory of the Redeemer of imprisoned and oppressed
men, This was the close of the great Missionary
Psalm. and hence the prayers of David, the Son Of
Jesse, are ended.