The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-05
Hrs. Child's ReplQ.

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Prolonged absence FROM home las pre-
vented my answering your letter SO soon
as intended. | have no disposition to
retort upon you the two -fold damnatiou,
to which YOU consign me. On the con
trary, | sincerely wish you well, both in
this word and the next Ii the anathc-
ma proved a safety-valve to your own
boi.ing spirit, it did some good to you,
while it fell harmless upon me Forum
ately for all of US, the Heavenly Father
rules His universe by laws, which the
passions or the Prejudices of mortals have
no power to charge.
As for John Brown, his reputation may
BE safely trrsted to the impartial pen of
History; and his motives will be right
eously Judged by Him who knoweth the
secrets of all hearts. Men, however great
they may be, are of small consequence
in comparison with principles; and the
principle for which john Brown died is
the question at issue between US.
You refer me to the Bible. from which
you quote the favCrite text OF slave hold
ers:
Servants, be subject to your masters with
all fear not only to the good and gentle, but
also the froward, - Peter, ii: lS
Aboltionists also have favorite texts,
to some Of which | would call your at
tention:
Remember those that arc in bonds, as
bound with them. Heb. xiii 3.
4" Hide the outcasts. Bctray not him that
wandereth. Let mine outcaSts dwell with
thee. Be thou a covert to them from the face
of the spoiler. lisa, xvi 3, 4.
" Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the
servant which is escaped from his master unto
thee. He shall dwell with thee where it lik-
eth him best. Thou shalt not Cypress him"
-Deut XIII: Is, 6.
open thy mouth for the dumb, in the
cause of all such'as are appointed to dcstruc-
ton. Open Thy mouth, judge rIghteously, and
plead the cause Of the poor and needy" y
Prov, XXI; s, Q.
Cry aloud spare not, lift up thy voice like
a trumpet and show my people their trans
gressjou, and the house of Israel their sins"
--lviii: !.
would especially commend to slave
holders the following portions of that vol
umo, wherein you say God has revealed
the duty of masters:
Masters, give unto your servants that
which is just and equal knowing that we aso
have Master in Heaven. Col, iv: |.
Neither be We called masters for one is
your master, even Christ; and all ye are
brethren. Matt, xiii: s. 10.
Whatsoever We weuld that men should do
unto you, do ye even so unto them. - Matt,
vii; -.
& Is not this the fast that have chosen, to
loose the bonds of wickcdness, to undo the
heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go
free, and that ye break every yoke. .'-Isa.,
! Iyiii: 6.
"Thcy have given boy for harot, and
sold girl for wine, tha: they might drink"
joel, iii: 3.
&" HI that opprosseth the poor, reproacheth
his Maker Prov, xiv: 81.
g Rob not the poor, because lie is poor; ne-
ther Cypress the afflicted. Fer the Lord will
plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those
that spoiled them. Prov, XII %, %.
Woe unto him that useth his ncighbors
service without wages, and giveth him not
for his wages "-Jer, xii: g.
" Let him that stole steal no more, but rath-
er let him labor, working with his hands,
| Eph., iv: %.
"Woe unto them that decree unriehteous
DEGREES, and that write gricvousness, which
they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy
FROM Judgment, and to take away the right
! from the poor. that widows may be their prey,
and that they may rob the fatherleSs. ."-Isa.
x: !, ..
/" If | did despise the cause of my man-ser-
want or of nay maid servant, when they con-
tended with me what then shall do when
I God riseth up? and when he visteth, what
shall answer him Job, XXI: l3, IA
"Thou hast sent widows away empty, and
the arms Of the fatherless have been broken
Therefore snares are round about thee, and
sudden fear troubleth thee and darkness that
thou canst not see."-Job, xii 8, 10, IL.
! Behold the hire Of your laborcrs, who
have reaped down your fields which is of you
kept back br fraud, crieth and the cries OF
them which have reaped are entered into the
ears of the Lord. Ye have lived in pleasure
on the earth, and been wauton We have nour-
ished your hearts as in day of slaughter YcI
have condemned and killed the just. jas, y:
4, 5, 6.