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

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that is according to goclliness, has
been SO abundant in our land, and
the mind of gour colored bretllren
who are under the yoke hav{
Thereby been abused, it would be
well to examine the scripture tcsti'
mony on the subject, that theil
minds as well as the minds of 9th.
ers may be disabused and be pre-
pared to receive the teaching which
the Apostle enioins. ra4-g.gfr
/ The first testimony we have OF
the points in Gen. tx. 25-27, where
Noah prophetically denounces upor
Canaan the sentence that a servant
of servants shall he be unto hi:
brethren; and repeats that he shall
be the servant of Shem and also
Japhet; to us showing that the
servitudc of that race to whom
Gods providence was assigned AT
rica, should extend both''to the
Asiatics and to the Europeans
And as he was to be the servant oi
Japhet whilst he dwelt in the tents
of Shem. it seems to have reference
to the time of the Gentiles occupy.
ing the tents of Israel in a gospe
sense; that is, the gospel churches
Hence, it clearly points to this day
The next case we will refer to is
that of IIagar, Sarah's handmade
Gen. xvi. She, according to Gal
iv. 22-34, was a bond woman, and
her son which she bear even tc
Abraham, partook of the same re-
lation which she bore in the fami'
ly-that of bondage-and, there
fore, could not be heir with Isaac
the son Of the free roman. When
Hagar fed from the face ofSarah
being hardly used by her, and the
angel of the Lord found her, did ht
say to her, Hagar, you are right IL
coming away from bondage, and
will direct you SO that You may es
cape without being rc-taken by
your master? No. He said: "Re
turn to thy mistress, and submit
thyself under her hands" Any
one who believes in the relation Of
God, must believe that the ange'
of the Lord, coming directly from
heaven with his message, must
have been right; hence, brethren
you must believe that the contrary
teaching of Abolition preachers il
not from God, but is false.
The next reference to scrvitudC
or slavery we will notice is in Gen,
xvii, God, in establishing the Gov.
cnant of circumcision with Abra'
ham, says, verse 13: ale that is
born in the house, and he that is
bought with thy money, must
needs be circumcised." Here sla-
very, a property right in servants
is recognized of God, without any
prohibition or disapproval of it
and that in covenant that was tc
extend to all Abraham's posterity
Again, in the law of ten command
ments, slavery is santioned as ex
listing among men, both IN tht
fourth and tenth commands. EX
Xxx. God in the law neither com
mands nor prohibits the holding o
slaves, but sanctions it. AS sin il
defined rs the transgression Of tn
law,-1 John iii. Ave boldly deny
that slavery is sin. True, some
would establish o higher law thar
Gods rerealed laU; and the moro
honest of them have repudiatcd The
scriptures and the God of Abra
ham. That is consistent; for i
they would have, the world govern
ed by their law, they must first de-
throne the God of fheaven. n,.t.
j God, as the King and Law give
of national Israel, whilst he forbid'
their ruling with rigor. over theil
poor brethren, and treating then
as bond servants when sold to then
for aiterm of years, yct'command'
that their bond men and bono
maids should be of the heather ant
of the strangers that sojourneC
among them and of their families
of them he commands, "Shall "
buy, and they shall be your pos
session; and ye shall take them al
an inheritance for your children af
ter you, to inherit them for O pos
session: they shall be your bono
men forever." See Levitt. XIV. 49,
46. Hero God establishes slavery
by law. Let US go back and re
view these proofs of slavery, beint
an rinstitution approved and ap
polluted Of God, list. In God
1 first, by inspiration appointing til,
finstitution of slavery through No
fah, the second father of the human
| family, Instead Of through Abra
ham or Moses, evidently appointed
/ It not as o religious institution, bu
. as one belonging to the govern
ments Of this world. In The sec
Eond place, the relation Of niaste
Iand servant is o fitnily relation D
fwell as one Of property" Thos