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pulpitfor Il great purpose OF the Bible, and
therefore great duty of Gods ministers in its exposi
iion, TO show what is sin and what is not Those who
hold the doctrine that slavehoding is sin and ought
therefore TO be abolished der very much in the extent
to which they their theory practice In some
this faith is almost without works They them
selves with only voting such way in their jadg-
ment win best promote the ultimate triumph of their
views. others stand OIL what they suppose safe dis
tance, Shme did when he opposite hill to
curse King David and rebuke the sin and denounce d
vine judgments upon the sinner. Others practical,
Il not more prudent into the very midst OF the al
lodged wckedness and teach Servants under the yoke
that they ought not 20 count their worthy
Of all honor-hat liberty Is their inalienable right
which they should maintain, IL necessary by tho
shedding OF blood Now, il is not for me to decide
who of all these the truest To their own
principles. IL Is not for me to decide whether
the man Who breaches this doctrine in brave words,
smd appaudng multitudes in the city OF Brook
yn, or the one who III the stiffness night and in
the face OF the laws terors goes to practice
consistent abolitionist and the most heroic man
is not for me 10 decide which Is the
most important part Of tree and If the tree poi
sonous, which Is the most injurious the root, tho
branches, the rutY But am here to night Gods
name and by His help to show that this tree OF aboli
tionism is evil and only evil, root and branch, flower
and leaf and fruit that IL springs from and is norished
by an utter rejection Of the scriptures that It produces
real benefit TO the ensaved and the fruitful
Of division and strife and nhdelity in both church and
State have four distinct propositions the subject to
mantain--iour theses 10 nail up and defend
l. Abotionism has no foundation in the Scriptures
IL. Its principles have been promulgated chiefly by
Misrepresentation and abuse
III. 1t leads, in mutudcs of cases, and by a logical
process to utter infdelity.
~ II the chief Of the strife that agates
the danger that threatens country.
L-ABolrpNss HAS 40 FOUNDATION IN SCRIPTURE.
Passing by the records Of the patriarclal age, and
waving the question 10 those servants in Abrahams
family, who, in the simple but expressive language Of
Scripture were bought with his money, let come at
once to the tribunal Of that Law which God promulgated
amid the soemnities OF Sinai What said the law and
the testimony to that peculiar people over whom God
ruled and for whose institutions He has assumed the
sponsiby' The answer is in the 25th chapter of Levitt
Gus, in these words
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen
poor and he sold unto thee thou shalt not compel him 10
serve bond servant; but hired servant and a
soourner he shall be with thee and shall thee unto
the year Of jubilee and then shall he depart from shec
both he and his children with him.
so far you will observe the law refers TO the children
of Israel who by OF poverty reduced 70 SER
vtude II their right free at the year OF ubi
lee unless they chose TO remain in perpetual bondage
for which case provision is made in other and distinct
enactments. But not with slaves Of foreign birth.
There was no year of jubilee provided for them. For
what says the law Read the $40 verses of the
chapter.
''Both thy bondInen and thy bondmaids which thou
shalt have shall be of the hea.hen that round
you. Oi them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Moreover of the children Of the strangers soourn
among youof them shall ye buy and Of their families
that with you, which they beget in your land and
they shall be your possession. And yc shall take them
inheritance for your children after you inherit
them as possession; they shall be your bcndmcn for
ever
There il is, plainly written in the divine law No Iegs
ativc enactment no statute framed by legal skin
explicit and incapable OF pervision When the
aboltionist tells that slavehoding Is sn in the sim
plicity Of my faith in the Holy Scriptures point him
this record aud tell him In all cano my text
does that his teaching bisphemes the Of God and
His doctrine. When he begins 10 doat about questions
and stres Of words appealing TO the Declaration Of In
men is AN enormity aud crime, stii hold him TO the
record saying "Ye shall take him Inheritance for
children after you 10 inherit them for possesson
when he he always does II his opponent
quote scripture (Which Is the great test to try the spirits
whether they b. q God-he very spear Of Ithuriel 70
begins TO pour out his evil surmsings and abuse upon
slayeholdcrsI obey the precept which says from such
withdraw thyself comforting myself with this thought:
that the wisdom 81 God s wiser than men, and the kind
ness Of God kinder than men Philosophers may reason
and rcformcrs may rave till doonsday they never can
convince that God, in the ISvitical law in any
other law sanctioned sin; and "a know from the plain
passage have quoted, and many more Ike IT, that He
did sanction shvehoding among his ancient people,
know, aso, by the gc of that faith which believes the
Bible TO be His Word, that slaycbodng not sin There
among protesting Christians. and not few
ministers of the Gospel who this argument from
the Old Testament Scriptures by simple denial of their
authority. They do not tell W how God could
anywhere that which IA morally wrong, but
they themselves with saying that the Levtica
law Il rule oi action for and they appeal from s
decisions TO what they consider the higher tribunal Of
the Gospel let therefore, join issue with them be-
fore the bar Of the New Testament Scriptures II Is
historic truth, Acknowledged all hsnds that al the ad
of Jesus Christ slavery existed all the civilized
world and was intimately Interviewer with It's social and
civil institutions In Judea in Asia Minor in Greece In
all the countries where the Saviour his Apostles preach
ed the Gospel slavcholdng just a. Il Is 70
day In south Carolina II Is not alleged by any or at
least by any one having any prcensions to scholar
ship candor that the Roman laws regulating slavery
mild the very worst statutes which have
been passed upon the subject IN modern times viii
not be denied by any honest aud well informed man that
modern civ zstion and the restraining influences of the
Gospel have shed aneoraing Influences upon the rea
tion between master and slave, which utterly un-
known at the advent of Christianity. And how dd Jesus
and hi Apostles treat this subccr Masters and slaves
met them ~ every step in their missionary work and
were even present IN every audience 10 which they
preached. TIE Roman lw which gave the fun power Of
life and death into the masters band was familiar 10
them all the evils connected with tho system sur
rounded them every day as obviously a. The ght oi
heaven: and vet il remarkable fact, which the abo
itnist because he cannot deny that the New
Testament utterly silent in regard 10 the alleged sinful
ness Of slavcholilng In an the instruct ions q he s
Apo~tlesin all the cpi-tles they were moved by tho
ioly srri, % write for ,e instruction q coming genera
q nor one presep, rsqa,ng nc master 70
" and repeatedly condemned and Ia unmeasurcd terms
Drunkenness and adultery theft and murder-aT the
moral wrong which ever have been known 70 alict
eicy forbidden by name aud yet according 10 tho
teaching of abolhonm this greatest ot all sDs-this
q all ,lbuio spoken Of excop, IN respect
iul terms. How can this BE- accounted forr
1T Dr. wayland whose work moral science is
taught n many OF schools answers this question and
let parent whose children studyng that box diI
gently consider h answer. ! quote from wayiands
Moral science, page 2lS;--
The Gospel va designed not r Que race or FOR one
time but ai and Tor a times It looked
the abolition ~ .avcry that alone but for ts uni
yer-al abolition Hence the important object of ~
thor 70 gain for lodgneut in every part Of the
known world, 80 that by ~ universal diffusion am0ng All
clsscs Of society might quietly and peacefully modify
aud suhdue the cy passions 0f men. Ia this manner
alone cUuld ~ ohccta universal moral revoution-have
been accomplished fUr IL Il had forbidden the evil, IN
stead Of .ubvcr,ng 'hc prncro Y had proclaimed ts
mawfuness ~ slavery and taught slaves 10 resist tbs
oppression oi Their masters, would instantly have
rayed the two PARTIES In deadly hostility throughout the
civilized world it- announcement would have been tha
signal 81 setye and the very 81 the Christian
religion would have been forgotten amidst the agitation
81 universal hloodshcd' IN
We pause not now 70 comment upon the admitted fact
that Jesus Christ and his APOSTLES pursued en-
trey drerent uzn that adopted by the abolltonsts IN
cudng the learned author himself 20 inquire whether
the teaching oi aboionism IA not likely 70 prodnce
strife auf hooshed m thcse daye the of mo
church What call attention toand protest against
the mpuaion here upon christ and hs APOSTLES no
You bervc the sought IN naaie hs reeoh h'e
The earth bx caccnlrg II. rcsl design and preservnga
profound silence nrogard ~ ot the very worst sins
came DESTROY 10 SON believe that when nc healed
the ceusufiu servant (whom every honest comnenta-
tor adi,s - have been slaye) ana pfonounceh mat
pr.tisUs euouV uton the master. " have not seen 80
great faith IN israel do You believe that Jesus