The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-10-18

the Free states, ana Oh the North-
ern cities, to Canada, to Jamaica,
and even to Liberia, as all uniting
Ito prove that every effort which
| has been made to better their con-
'ditiop by making them free has
failed. The enquiry may be then
repeated, why this opposition to the
slave condition of the blacks p
Without stoping to notice that sa-
tanic spirit prevalent among GER
tain classes of politicians, which
leads them to prefer ruling over n
ruined country, to being subjectsin
a prosperous country, we say we
can assign but two reasons; one is
that morbib sensibility which leads
some persons to agonize over II
distant and unfelt evil, who, like
Cowper, would not have a slave to
fan him when he slept, and would
step aside from his path for fear of
hurting a worm, whilst he could
see around him multitudes of his
own race oppressed, down-trodden
and starving, under a naughty no.
bility, with apparent Indifference.
The other is the cnmity of the hu-
man heart to the sovereignty of
God, as manifested in the different
formation of the human species
mentally and bodily, adapting them
to the different locations and spheres
to which his providence assigns
them. So mad are those persons
upon their favorite theory that all
men absolutely are born free and
equal, that they would sooner see
the blacks banished back to their
barbarous and wretched state in
Africa, or driven to Canada to per-
ish out by freezing and starvation,
than to see the evidence of the falls
ity of their theory SO prominently
before them. In coming to the
New Testament, we find the same
recognition of slavery as an order
of Gods appointing, in the dispen-
sations of his providential govern
ment over the nations of the earth,
as we find in the Old Testament
i We find masters and servants, both
obedient to the faith and rccogniz-
ed members of the gospel churches,
and exhortations addressed to each
to faithfulness in the discharge OF
their relative duties one toward the
other. But not word to the mas
ters that it was their duty to free
their servants nor to the servants
that they might attempt to
free themselves. Paul on one oc-
casion says to servants, cart thou
called, being servant care not for
it; but if thou mayest be made free,
use it rather" u Cor. vii. 81. No
tice his words it is not, if you can
get an opportunity to free your
self, use it rather, if thou mayest be
made free, &C., When Onesimus, a
servant, had fled from his master,
Philemon, who was to Paul a dear
ly beloved brother and fellop labor
er, and therefore a minister of
Christ, and was found of Paul at
Rome, by being brought by grace,
to hear and receive the gospel un-
der his preaching, Paul, instead of
telling him that he was under no
obligation to return to his master,
seeing he was now Chrisfs freeman,
Il Cor. vii. 32,) teaches him his du-
ty to be obedient to his master accor-
ding to the flesh, Eph. vi. 81 and
sends him back with a letter, re-
questing Philemon, to receive him
now as a brother, and to forgive
him the wrong he had done him
See the epistle to Philemon. This
does not look like its being a sin
for christians, whether ministers
or others, to hold slaves or to assist
to restore fugitives to their masters.
But it is said that the term scruant,
as used in the New Testament, can
not always mean a slave, or bond
servant, because it is applied to
Christ, to the apostles and to the
children of God. Christ as being
made under the la,0 was made sub
,ject to it, and therefore was bound
to obey it. He was in that case
like the Hebrew servant under the
law, who loved his wife, and would
not go free leaving her in bondage,
but has his ear bored and became a
servant for life. So Christ served
unto death that he might redeem
his bride unto himself. Paul says,
eve preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord, (the MASTERY
and ourselves your servants for
Christ's sake" Were they mere
hirelings, being hired by the day
or the year? No. They were SO
bound to the gospel ministry, that
they waited not to be hired to full
fill it, and no prosecutions could
deter them from fulfilling it. They
were bound servants, servants for
life, and like slaves, were compo-
nent parts of the family, and de-
pendent on their Master, Christ for
direction, for protection and sup.
, port. Of the children Of God
Paul says, "And ye are not your
own, for yc are bought with aprice
therefore, glorify God in your bo.