The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-17

Judgment. And it is of no avail that these
men should point to their adhesion to I'm
ion-saving political parties, or plead that
they are members Of the Church of Christ,
in order to exculpate themselves from their
treason to God and humanity, with which
| now brand them. Benedict Arnold was
/ a Union-saver in the cause of George III !
1 and Judas Iscariot partook Of the Lord's
| Supper on the very night on which he be-
| trayed the Savior. No gentlemen, the
blessed Lord has fully described your type
of Christianity when he said that gin the
last day many shall say unto me, Lord i
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, /
and in thy name cast out devils Them
will he say unto yon, never knew you i
/ depart from me, we accursed, into ever-E
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels" Let us, then, rejoice that thei
Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, and that:
he is no respector of persons, and that be- j
fore his dread tribunal the great as we'll asI
the small shall appear to be judged for thel
deeds done in tie body, whether they bel
| good or whether they be evil.
| In speaking of the arrangements madel
for Mr.. Beman's lectures in my last, putt
| the saddles on the wrong horses altogether,
and there has been wonderful kicking oil
their heels about my head as the result oil
Imy blunder in this respect, and l now has
ten to make the necessary corrections. Mr..
Holly had nothing to do in making the
arrangements, but Messrs. Washington andI
Anthony took the whole responsibility I'M
this respect. | further learn that the Ten
ple-street Church was actually applied for,
and was positively refused by few of the
leading men, because Of some private piqueE
that they have against Mr. Beman, which,
in no way affects his integrity, morality |
and standing before the public. The mat
ter Of difference between them, as / under;
1 stand it, is not worthy Of being named, andl
yet, at the very time when a noble whiteL
man was about to offer up his life as a sac-E
rltice for the negro race, few colored men /
exercising little brief authority, could bel
/ found so reckless of the cause of God andE
humanity as to close their doors against
one Of the most devoted and able defend.
ers of this cause, and to whom they wereI
under many obligations for long-tried and
faithful services as their pastor Such:
conduct merits the scorn and contempt of
an indignant public, and / am happy toE
say that the whole of our people, not ex-
cePting the congregation of that church, |!
condemn the course of their official men in!
this particular.
am happy to say that the dancing par
| ty that was appointed to take place on the
! day Of John Browns execution was post
poned by the managers until Friday of theI
following week. This showed more re-
spect for the memory of that martyr, onI
the part Of those men Of the world thanE
the acting Of those church officers whose
conduct is referred to above.
/ Our citizens were much disappointed in
not seeing the proceedings of the John
Brown sympathy meeting published I'M
| your last, according to the resolution pass
ed to that effect; and the committee on
publication has been sharply animadvert-
ed upon, as it has been discovered that
they are to blame for not transmitting the
proceedings in due season to be put toI
press. 1t is hoped, however, that they
will appear in your next.
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