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

following interesting and conclusive article lrum
! the Religious Herald" Of May 3l>. 1t is
! from the pen Of son Of our oil and .a!lcl
acquaintance, Joseph lliIeu. The writer is Il
student at the Virginia University. AMI has
very tine talents. We regret that We could
not sooner lind room for il:
From the Religious Herad.l
Paul on AbolitfOnisnI.
In the "Rcgious Herald" Of March 5, 1860
the following ''iteln" is published:
"NEw ENGLAND The following statement
has appeared in religious journals published n
! Boston, Chicago New York and PittS6urg
MY strong conviction is, that unless there
shall soon be Il mighty outpouring OF the Holy
Spirit, the day is not distant which will wit
ness Il more extensive and appalling apostacy
in New England than we have ever yet seen
and that apostacy will be into Univcrsalisn
Is this the whirwind to be rcaped from sowing
the wind Of ultra antslavcryiSm Abolition
ism seems to us very direct path to apostacy.'
Now, it does seem to me that this remark Of
the editor scarcely does full justice to AbolI-
| tioniSm Let us look for moment nj the real
facts OF the case, and see if We cannot discover
wherein lies the apostacy Of AbolitioniS.n it.
self; for contend that it is not only the path
TO upostacy, but that it is Tie thing itse!}.
This might Seem to be bold assertion to make,
| in the face of so many wise and reverend
men, whose names have adorned the times in
which they lived. But the writer believes that
he has counted the cost in making such state
lncnt. Look at the authority, aud then speak
| your mind
Just about lSOU years ago there WAS Il young
minister, who had just been sent forth 10
preach the gospel. lie was remarkably we'll
read in the Scriptures, having been trained in
them from his childhood. His object in preach
! ins the Gospel was to teach men their duty in
order that they might be saved. But he was
young and inexperienced i'll the work, and
though lc understood very we'll the general
character Of his great work, and was familiar
with the great central truths of the Gospel yet
there were many particular points in tleaprti-
tatioR Of the teachings Of the Gospel TO every
day life, on which he needed advice and III
struction Besides he needed advice from m
older preacher us to how he should Withstand
the opposers Of the Gospel, and how nc should
manage those still moro dangerous opponents,
who, protesting to preach the gospel Of the
Lord Jesus Christ, should, in fact, preach "an-
other Gospel" The name ofthiS young preach
er was Timothy. Now. itso happened that Tim
othy had Just such friend and adviser as hc
needed in the person Of the Apostle Paul.
This man was not only very great preacher
und distinguished orator, (sec Longinus,) but
he had been preaching about from place 10
place, among all classes Of people. lie had
met with all sorts of inGdcls, heathtn pagan>,
Sadduces and worshppers of the Unknown
God" lie had rciutcd the philosophical dog
mas Of the Epicurcans and the St0cs. lie had
condemned hcresy and apostacv wherever lie
had seen it. He had been through all sorts Of
tribuation and an1iction, and had confronted
all sorts of opposition. He had, moreover,
| been the means Of Timothy's conversion. Now,
these reasons made it very proper that Paul
should give Timothy the benefit u! his cXpc.
ricnce; and accordingly he writes letter TO
! the Young preacher. In the midst Of tins let.
| ter hc gives him the following directions: ]
/ Tim q: l--"l.rt aS naIy servants ~ are liI:-
/ der the woke, count their own l;laS;ci:: worthy
OF all honor, that the maine oil God anu Ills doc
! true he not basphemed." Lei us pause here
4 moment and see what this means. In The
first place, what is the exact nranlng e! the
! term mradhiS= lib the original ii = DorL"i.
This word * ilsed in various places n the Arw
! Testament Let lis seek m illustration hy
; comparing this passage with another. AIS"
penncd by Paul himself. In kolna''S !; !, we
! find the following: paul, servant OF Jesus
| Christ, called 10 be al apostle, &c No", Inc
word DorLos, used in this place to mean ser
want is the singular number "t precisely the
/ same word which is used iii the quotation
! from Timothy. II we can find Out its meaning
| herr, We can know what meaning to give L" It
there. Now, what does Paul incan 10y the
term serraut in this first chapter OF Romans:
! The term seems capable Of bearing but two
| interpretations. 1t either means h'ri'"g,
or it means that the person to whom tie term
applies is the property OF the master. No%,
| it cannot mean hireng here. Paul dlI no;
mean to say that he was hlrens. NY,
we know what an account jesus himself gives
of the hireing He tells us (.lohn l'l I'D that
"the hireng ileetll because ne is III hreiinS,
and careth not for the sheep" This; was not
the character Of Paul His heart desire and
nruyer TO God for Israel was that they might
be saved. Besides, the word translated h'rt-
linn in John 10: Is, is totally different from
the word translated Scrrnnt, in Rom. |: |, an't
in Tim. g. /. In the first Ease it is the word
Mrsrloros, or one who is paid 10! services
rendered: in the other two c'-rS, H. NC nave
seen, it is DouLos.
But we can easily settle this question in &
positive manner, by showing, from Pa'lIS other
writings, in what sense he considered himself
the servant of Jesus Christ. Let us turn to
Cor. 6: lq. 90, and We find Paul telling the
servants of Jesus Christ that they arc not Their
own. And why? Is it because their time Is
hired? No, but it is because they are b"Hght
rith Il price. Paul then means to say that he
is servant who is not his own, but is boght
with price and when expressing the rotation
in which he, servant Of Jesus Christ, stands
TO Christ, who bought him with price, he
uses the word DoULos. This would seem to be
Il marycllously plain case to require any proof
at all, were it not for the inr; that abolition
writers have tried to make appear, to abo-
lltionized ignorance, that the word DouLos
meant only hireling, or hired servant
Tbis is certainly either per- erting the right
WAYS of the Lord or else it is darkening coun-
sci by words without knowledge. But, after
having settled the meaning Of this term, let US
look into the meaning of the rest Of this verse.
The apostle says that these servants are 10 give
all honor to their masters. Now, who are these
masters? Are they simply the employers Of
the servants? Are they the undertakers, and
the others the 2a6orers for pay, as the abolition
scholars would have us believe? This would
be incompatible with our settled meaning of
the word DorLos; for it is evident that the
terms are correlatire, and that, if DoULos means
scrrant in the sense Of slave, and not hireling,
then the word DEsporEs, or master, would not
supply the proper correlative idea, if it merely
meant an undertaken This Interpretation
would give Paul as valid claim to nonsensical
writing, as some Of the abolition commentators
on him have established for themselves.
But, lest there should be any mistake in our
reasoning, let us again consult the original, to
get the true force and intent of the word. The
Greek word DEsPoTAs is used here. This is
the very same as our word dsspot. The only
difference is in the termination Now, We
should hardly suppose that Abolitionism it.
self could believe that the English word de$pot
meant simply master-workman or under:
IVb,t Ia ,poop u.hon ,ra spnaE nj