Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-21
An An,i-slavery mi yopah.

Am Anti-sIavcry Jonah.
DR.. Cheeycr, Of the Church of the Puritans,
has gone to England for sympathy and ma
terial aid incwhat he calls his contest with
slavery in the Church. He represents hini-
self as the only true anti-slavery apostle in
the Americsn Church, and pretends that if
he is broken down, or fails for want of sup
port, the whole Church in America viii be
engulfed in slavery. He said this in plain
terms at his first public reception in London,
and he began his speech with this appeal of
apersecuted saint as we find it in the news
paper report:
''He said he was so unaccustomed in the
great conflict against the iniquity of slavery
TO the language of sympathy and kindness
encouragement and applause, that he hardly
knew how TO acknowledge the great and
delightful heartiness of his reception. To
the friends Of the enslayed the privilege was
given Of suffering for Christ's sake, and, up
to the very eve of the abolition of slavery,
that would perhaps be the result of earnest
and persistent lhbor in the causen aH
It will doubtless astopish many pious Abb
olitionists in this country to hear that q
preacher against slavery must be unused to
the language of sympathy and kindness
here. 1t is common impression that the
way to popularity in the North is to preach
against the slavery Babylon. In this respect
many good men will mentally pronounce the
Doctor an imposter. But he does not think
himself such. He believes that he has taken
higher ground than any other Church on
slavery. That is, he has pronounced it a
greater crime than any other Church has,
and has declared slave-holding, in church
member, sufficient cause for excommunica-
ton. rd
1t is currently reported that all the while
he was laundering his anathemas, he know
ingly had a slave-holding member in his
church, and said nothing about it; but we
care not for such reports, which may be in
ventions Of the enemy. But suppose he has
taken this position, what does it amount to?
Simply that a STAKEHOLDER shall be cut off
from the saving agencies of the Church; and
orthodoxy does not concede that religion
can exist outside of the Church. There
fore, excommunication means the sentence
of the Church to eternal perdition, unless
the sentence is taken off by repentance and
submission TO the discipline of the Church.
Accommodation is, therefore, the judg-
ment of the Church of eternal perdition to
the sinner. -----
Logically this can not be otherwise, for to
suppose that man may go to Heaven who
is unfit to belong to the Church, is simply
setting upa purity above that of God. Scrip
turally it can not be otherwise, for excom-
munication and the anathama of the Church !
are the same thing in the Scriptures. Ac-
cording to common sense it can not be other
wise, for SO long as brother has not COM
mitted sin which merits the anathema Of
the Church, it is the duty Of the Church to
try to save him; not to make haste TO seal
his fate by accommodation. The Church
is properly an instrument of salvation; not,
as many would have il, means of hurrying
men 10 damfation. ~ sa -,s- d,
Thus, FIVE give DR.. Cheever credit for all
he pretends TO, he. has simply fxed up |
tribunal in NewsY York where Judgment to
eternal perdition is pronouced on slave j
holders, and he wants the help Of British
money to keep II grinding. 1t certainly is
great cause, though slightly different from
what Christ taught in regard 10 anticipating
the judgments Of the, Almighty; and the
British Chnstians ought to come down freely
for an enterprise which furnishes them such
vast facilities T6r prenouncing condemnation
on their brethren in America. II Is not |
often that SO much idaIanation can be had |
for so little money; and as Christ shed his |
blood to save them, the British Christians
ought to initiate his example by bleeding |
for the damnsslcn Of their American breth-
ren. -I
We might mention that DIR. Cheeser has
that any. opposition or dissatisGac
ton with him in his church Is entirely on I
account of his anti-slayery preaching; and
that, assuming to be martyr 70 his zeal
against the sin Of Slavery, as he calls IT. he
has appealed from the congregation Of his
church to British aid to sustain him. This
plan adPiis Of the largest latitude; for any
minister, whom congregation are growing
weary Of may 1lIoose 70 bel a martyr to some
particular doctrine, and appeal to foreign aid
Dn that speciality 70 sustain him against his
'wn people. Butsberc can % no objections.
10 che light In which DR.. Oheeyer presents
Ihe case, and II win be an edifyinR sight to
'ee the British Christians coming down with
heir cash, to estshlisb q fund 10 sustain Dr..
cheeser In New Tosk, ii 'proiouncink, L
virtually, sentence Of esernal perdition on |
Ill the shareholders In America; and al !.
sods moral law changes NOT, the same SEN
lenee l. peonoupcsd on al he sla4s-holdsfs |
who have eoAe beibge American, British,
md fstfisrchai. ffoos hAbrskan down,
A'sheaeh ohEist labofed under ths impress
''on. which saiai Chesssr shsWs tosl}tiIl
s'sonsess that kbnAsnl IVA gone 70 I
heaven. - -.