Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-24

Bat hear him further. The Gallic OF this
word he tells US, is serT.. The French is e..
clacs IiaIian, serritorc; Spanish, sisrro: Anglo
Saxon, u,a;i-Servant. Says Schrevclii: Dot.
los--mrru. "S,lidaS Lexicon Kusteri" SAYS
DoULuS-lerrus.. Jones Lexicon: DorLoS-
Il slave, a servant; DnrLr-a female slarc.--
Damn: DorLr-La,in, dncilIa, serra-a female
slave. Stcp!Iano: DorLos-serrnS, correlativC
rlsroTES. opposite ELErTIlERoS. Now, 'des
putcS" means Il master, and Is the correlatvc
tcrm t" ''loulo$;' and 'e!eutheros' means 4
freeman, and is opposed 10 "doulos." Du
Fresno says: DouLr-ancttM. Now, ancilid
means Il female slave, 4 handmade. Donnc-
gan tells Us that D0CLoS lncanS slave, 4 SER
ra:il. Grove: DouLoS-a slave, Il servant
Pickering: DorLos-a slave, servant. Did.
dell and Scott: Doc.oS-a slave, 4 bon,iman,
strictly one born SO; opposed TO AHDRApoDoS
IL slave taken captive in var. from the idea
Of the captive falling at the feet of the conqueror;
DorLOs from DEo, to bind This derivation of
the word is pnt down by the photographer as
only probable; anal in this idea he seems to be
sustained by Professor Gildcrslccve, Of the
University Of Virginia, who is decidedly the
highest authority know. and who holds
that the origin Of the word is NOT settled
The Persian word is 5cndet, probably akin
to oar word bondman.
Nov, DorLvs is not the only Greek word which
means = serTant or slave. On the contrary,
the Greek language is exceedingly rich in its
variety anil most critically nice in its dislinc.
tons. This is a marked popularity of the Ian
guagc in general; and seldom does this pecu.
liaritv show itself more plainly. than in the va
rinlis words with which the Greeks provided
themselves Tor expressing the various modtica.
tipIis nt the lc" contained in the wor, scr.
want. For example: ASDEApoDoH-a slave
taken captive; DurLoS--one born so ; DoCLEu.
MA--Onc bought with money; DOuLosuSos-
one enSlaycd; norIA ARIoS-a little slave; PALS
4 slave, and in genera! i servant maid PAL.
dom young sa:e, lad rAIDAmoN-a young
slave; ETrHA-propcrty in slaves PAlDIsKE-
a young female slave. Now, here were eyi
IDENTIFY worda enough to clIon>r from, (and We
have nos exhausted tlcln.) so that We are no,
tn suppose that the word D0uLos is used be.
cause il came pretty nrar the idea, and there
was no word to express il exactly. This sup
position is too violent even for an abolitioniSt.
If he has any prctcnSI0;iS 10 Greek scholarship
But lest it may be supposed that the meaning
of this word is different in the New Testament
from what it is any where else, we nay cite
the following Passages from the classic Greek
authors and any one who feels disposed and has
the opportunity, may compare the paSSagcs.-
The word porL"-, Or some modification or 81.
nonyin Of it, occurs. believe, in the following
places: ThucydicS $: 2S, !: a, >; IL, and ]:
Is; Euripi'lcs llccuha SG5 Ibid Ion :jjG; lie.
tn.t =. 10 I.pI H.,
Scy -, -. i;:H i Paui had desired to ex-
press the IDEA o! hrd servant in this place.
says some ma:,. "ro;l hc have found any
other w":'! So ;!Ss.":" We answer, in the first
place. tI.a: whether hr could ar not, he could
a"t usc M', word rnrl.os. Words Ike facts.
are S;ub!,ur! things. After their mcaniu. has
been settled Ivy universal Use for centuries, we
cannot take them ~ ard give them an entirely
'iuw lncaui;;:. w;iIoHt .ivihs an: sort Of init
nation ni the fact. tliat wr iitra!I by Tie words,
not villa; nilicr> mean. irlt something totally
different from any ll.!ns which The words ever
i:.raat as:,.rc. Nnw. :!Ic w':l bottles necrr
:.ic.:S I hrc';a:. o. Il hired r:rasr. There is
mot :! Sln:!e authenticated c;t>r In the whole
range 81 t;rccH literature, where Inc word has
that T:yaAing. And. therefore. even if there
had hc"n rs .rcat Il 'ra.iil o. words aS
there ac;"a.iy :. IN ah.n'amrc il the Greek
::.u.Iiu"" ".r l." ,.N;!U--i'.:. I'll this idea,
Ia al rn.,!G M, have l;,r,! !;i:S wore, Ghr il,
.:l."n, ,.iy!H. II, some in.matiUn of the !hrr.
y lac wa> ;ahic-. Eut just sec how very
Ridiculous this abolition idea of hirclny be.
comes when We compare with other passages
in the Bible, where the same or cOgnate idea
j. {" be expressed have found the express
sion hired servant" in nine different passages
Of or version u!' The Bible. Exodus ~: 10
~ hired servant shall not eat thereof" &c.
Here the I;icvk word q: llic Srptua,int is not
DnGLcs, hui M!srllurGs-onc who is paid for
services rendered Lev. %: 10, NI>rnoros is
li.r word In i.rT. -: &, the term 'hrcd ser.
want nccrrS under such circumstances rs To
bring out the difference on which we are insist.
ing. Oar version has it, And the Sabbath
Of the land shall bc meat fer you; for thee, snd
for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy
hirGd xerr"ni" &c. In the Septuagint, the
Greek word used here for servant is PALS; for
mad-ServaEt. or maid, rAInskE; but for hirct
Serrrnt, the same old word, M,sTHoTos. Lev.
25: 40, our version has hired Seryanl-Scptua-
sint, MISrnoToS. Lev. %: y, ollr version has
hired ScrraNt-Scptuagint NI>TuoTpS. Dent
L.: u. our version. hired Scrrant--SrptuaSlnt,
NisrIlnTos. )cu;. "a: il. onr version, hired
Scryant-Scptuagin', Ni>Tnor. Mark |: 90,
our version. hirr'l Scryant-(;reck, MlSrnoTos.
Luke -: is oIir rci sion. hired scrvant--Grcck
Testament, NI:rIi:TCS
Now ir; H. >,,, il any better foundation can be
found for abrli;2l;iS;n, if we give them the word
hircliny instead u: hired servant. This word
is found eight times in the Bible. Job {: |,
our version i:as hircling-Septnagint Mlsrno.
ros .Jol :: >, nur version, hircling- -Scptua-
gin,, TKERArut. job II: ii, our version, hire
Scptuasnt. NISTnoTos Isaiah lG IA,
our version. hircIins-Septuagint, MIsrnoTos.
Isaiah 81 &c, our version, hireling-Scptua'
gnt, MisTuoros. Malachi 3: ), our version, hire
ling Scptuagint, MIsTnoros. John To- II, oul
version. hircling-lirccli Testament. MlsTnoTos.
John 10: Is, our version, hireinS-Grrck les
lament, MlsTnoTos. Now, here arc some seven
teen or eighteen cases in which the word hire.
linz Tor the term, hired ScrvanD is used in orr
English version, and rot once dO We find the
word D0rL0S 10 answer 20 il. Really, II does
seem that the learning Of abOlitionisun must be
exceeding stupid If it cannot see that The word
DorLuS means slave and not hrciing. But
let US examine one more cXtrac. from Liddcil
l. Scots Lexicon Under the wor'l pEsr"TI:S,
which is translated miSicr i'll Till. Il: We
find the following: IL master. lord, MTtcft9
IN respect of' slare&; 81 ,lmt the address Of 4
slave to his master was, nEsr"r .,SaA hence
4 trSpot, absolute ruler, whose subjects are
slaves" The reader may lind further light by
consulting llcrodoluS |: II. II: =: SH-Ia'i-
cy,ldes &: 77-Erlrp. ilr?p. Ss-NenopH"iI
Anab. 3: >. y; :: !. IL.
Now, hold that abo'itIomis!n leads TO apoS-
tacv because it makes ahclitlOi! commentators
pervert the right ways oi lie Lord, and attempt
tn deceive the .nsllspCc:lnG an'i ignorant, bf
making them believe, ii"t when Paul writes on
the relative duties Of master and s!arc nc does
not ,ufau master and slave, hut hc means some
thing else, which something else the r0rds
never did or could mean. But we promised to
show not only that abolitionism led to apostacy,
but that it was apostacy itself. Now, We can
10 this, if Paul is authority. WHAT'S ms rea'
son for cxhorting servants TO honor Their mas
terS Why, that the name OF Hod and MS
doctrine be not blasphelncd. The idea here
is evidently this III there are servants among