, 1860-01-25

cannot tell, affer so many years Of agitation, 1t
must DC difficult matter. Shall we cut off all |
brethren, the Tery men who reprove them, can
not tell what they ough. to do:
tina4l5, hold communion With my Southern |
osethreu as we'll as my Northern brethren, b. |
e9ass 9od has osoaed ths a. distinctly a. he Aas
5"e osA<., ~ Ais especial 5<ssiags upon their Ia
1ors. He has in fact been with rot only tie
rleso{1er1an Church IS church. but the |
ehurches IN the South. We have Bible seat |
6y which to settls this question. When tho |
saviour Hase sight to blind man the Pharisec,
We 90 not know about this mau." lie made the |
Iol1o~1ng conclusive answer: Now ne know |
tuat toa heareth not sinners, but il any man
Cd C. TSofsnPPsr Sss,s,PP Of God and doesh his w him
When Peter received Cornelius md his fami-
y INTO the church, and was called to account for
u, he answered: " ForasDuch then a. God gave
them the like gifts as be did us who believed in
the LORD !esus Christ, what was that I could
w,.hstana God: The Holy Spirit was poured
acknow edge them would have been to With
stand God: aere is Bible test. Is It true
then that God has heard the prayers Of South
ern Christians?
Has the Holy Spirit set his seal upon the
Gospel, IS his servants preach it thers: Hear
the testimony Of gentleman Of high staining
who will be deemed good authority by most
Abohtlonlsts. The Rev. DR.. Stowe Of Apdo.
yer, says: ~ know individuals who are slaYe.
holders. and particular churches Which include
shareholders, whom, according to ali the ev1-
dence can gather, Christ does accept, and
those indlsidusis and those particular churches
on my principles, cannot rrject auu will not
This is true ground" God hea1eth not SIM
ners. Shall the Lord Jesus Christ receive
them in his arms, and God bless them With bis
Holy Spirit. Shall say, "a / caunot commune
With them: am too pure." Sha'l the Holv
| Ghost come down aud dwell iu their midst.
| while must draw OF, and say cannot sit down
to the Lords table with them as brc,brea
Shalt We cut OF those whom God has received!
AeT. Dr. Humphrey, to whum llaye already
alluded, said he was not aware until RECENTLY
that SO much was being done amopg the South
ern people; that many Of the Northern people
are not aware 10 what IN extent "the Holy
spirit IS poured out upon the master ani slave,
piously."
The churches in the slave States hare been
blessed with many great rerivats. have IL
bored for more than twelve veass in churches
in one Of those Ssases, aud have kpown in.i-
this matter; and II kno@ anything about what
religion Is, learned.lt. found it IN the midst
of such people. If um cony erted at all, it was
done there, aud in a most glorious revival,
where hundreds were brought to the knowledge
of God- From that day to this | hare lahored
with them from time to time. l hare
] gone in aud out among them. / haze
iahored in many glorious fevivals. and hare
found the same consictious, the same struggles
| under conviction, the same deep contsition. the
SAME eS'dence ot conversion. the sumo holy joy
when they have found the Saviour, the same con-
sistent walk afterwards, the same agony Of
prayer among Christians, AMI the same triumph
I ant joy and hope in the hour Of DEATH have
seen every mark Of powerful revival, Overland
over again. hare gone with this people
| through aftl;cti n. have smoothed ,ter brosss
nnd he xFerdS nf shr;x h,, ~ s1.
| while on the bed Of death, and If bars evcr
| seen eridence-she highest evideuce that was
with Gods people, found it ainon:: them,
Do you ask ME to cut OF these people whom
have seen rejoicinsin God, in whom have
witnessed gndly iives and death. 10 triumph.
| ant would now sraTsl 4 thousand miles to
witness the Ike s2ain. No: No: As God
| gaye them the like gifts as he did unto US. who
am to Withstand God:'' Why, even sfr.
| Blanchard admits the TACT that there hare been
reviva.s in Southern churches, and .ak when
God communes with them, how are you going
| :" "nt them oa: 0a what Bible principle can
you doit
l..e n,y stand in the first place on The ground
Of appiEin:; IL tie principles Of the moral law.
The difficulties ia the way Of emancipation arc
such shas you canrot command them ns q
condni n Of membership to en,ancipase, or you
cut them of altogether. say s7c dh-
cu!ties in the way OF emancipation are as great
| now, il not greater. than among th- APOSTOLIC
churches; and if The Apostles did not make
emancipation . condition, how can you: l say
the church takes the ground that the slaves are
men With sh- rights of caen. ard it they cannot
BE- emanelpa:ed, tie master must protect those
| ri.hts- say, God eotnmunes With the church
at the South ~ well as At the Sor,h, that he
ble--es 1lem aiise, aad that his sp;lss dwelIs
with thsm. II such a man as Dr. Alexander,
| Hto. Tor for1y vesrs has taught our church
tacosos: and instructed our youoe, ever had
anT religion, he got i: IN Tir3inia. If Or.
| Baser. acd Elny other good and venerable men.
iaho:e-s and teachers in the church, whom
might name, ever had any religion, they got it
! II the ~ou:h. And. you ask MIG 10 cMt these
men of. lou ask tue 10 refuse then, felowsh
Turn back to the history Of New England.
Jonathan Edwards, the creates. thsotogau anh
one Of the best men New England ever had,
died Shareholder, Turn TO the lnritan
Fathers md you will End they we're nearly all
| shareholders: Yes, they were all mixed up
with this thing You must condemn the Faith.
crs Ct the Church; you must condemn her great
teachers and her holy men.
Then, SO far as understand the Bible anJl The
moral iaw, We can uphold these eight positions
WITH "h,ch started out These are our d0c-
trIne- This il aIi our doctrine on this subject.
We cannot 50 to the extent Of lisc,plining or
turning out OF the church all s9avehoiders
admit that in the North some hare gone fur
ther than our church in the way Of abolition:
aud in the South few nlsn had gone farther in
hAV UFFtstbG utISCLtH. LIZ LQE thtfCn-3h3
Presbyteriun chusch-has not varied one hairs
bteadth IN eighty years.
Ihe tEst actlon uf our General Assembly. or
rather our Sy ynot-fcr TWAS not u General AS
sembly-:he Synod Of Pailadclphia and New
York: in 1's1-was to pass its first puper in ia.
yor OF emancipation aud the eIucation of tie
>lave* From that day to this. the uttcrances Of
the Church have been iueutical1v the same. It
has mol changed hairs BREATH in tue midst
OF all this agitation; an1 my impression is. it
will not vary until somebody can tell us what to
DO. snd what sin we are el,arYeabe with.
Now, lot me say in CONCLUSION, that If, after
the most ample examination. could believe
that the doetr1rc OF cur abolition friends ,cneed
ut oil to aGulish slavery, that doctsins would,
On the instant rise u.any degrees in my estin,a-
tion.
But believe the effect Ct that doctrine is to
Pespetuate slavery. and, therefore, anu op-
posed to it. | do earnestly beiicre, and say 10.
night, th:t the course OF our church il that most
favorable to emancipation, and that tie fresby-
terian Church, after al; that is sa aainst it, is
the true friend Of emancipation.
So1x-ls Is due to the spakcE state that, ov!ng
the great =a- II IT hs rtuxr The e.s.s uyou col
umas has n1te It eunlsnAs iecusc
e1;e. Ntaacsa ,ae D.cte; spost but little hour
AL h his ttiv~fy VA. rapid that thu full phnpo
graphic ort would oecIry sslt column. ct the
l'Iks Ax1' TA1ncxx.