The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-23

d. ASAAAD, mOA, In
! nsrthern Strikes and ssushcrn slAvery-
Obscure or The Rev. DE. CAssver.
ma Church II Tie Plntsas, n Uaisa square, va
crowded las eveaiag BY srgs and apparently highly
ss,rso.s,s audieaoe, 10 hear ths Rev. DR.. Choevo
sressh a ser> N On Northern Strikes and Southern ss
very rss ssru ccs began II hafpass seven O'Clock
shortly srtsr tnss time the church was filed In every
part.
rhs evening ss~vA 70 commenced by the singing Of the
lsd Psalm By se cha followed By tho reading Of The
Sad Psaln, oy tho Rev. \ r. Cheevor
Tho Rev. gentleman thea offered up to the throne OIL
Grace eloquent end vep' impressive prayer. &c
prayed that the people OF this antsy might learn to
ooAing but tho Word sfGod hat those who arc
usmpled under foot of with Astssoisn and cruel
" which never prevailed In I>sna lands,
nay bo delivered fron their opprNc>oes A
people, said be-, may We learn TO humble
ourselves beneath tho mighty hand OF a "av,usins
God with deep oeairuoa tor this sh, and may the pope
q the land raise n noole spirit Of Christian determine
cn trusting In Cod put out Of places OF power thoss
men whose delight Is 70 rampic their fellow bcngs-
who AK for power ony for thsnselvss 70 DO evil and
will ruis the nation In the love Of Cod and thus
may the cruel laws Of slavery be repealed and botssd
QUE tne people oroo the authorities 70 abolish these
haen and unjust laws ~ refusing y obey them 30 that
the eoslaved might DO ems0Cpated In conclusion, he
prayed this may oone 10 pass in peace and not in
blood and desoatou and not IN the Vengeance OF tho
The Rev. Dr. CHxvu selected bis taxi from the Ora
chapter OF tho Epsto of Paul the APOSTLE TO tho Coles
SLAMS, the fourth verso: Masters give unto your ser
wants that which just and equal" This chapser Of tho
New Testament he said, was rressabIe bolt asans.
The sn o slavery He thanked God that no had psrmtted
him to appear his psoe to bring this great public Gin
under the burning influence Of Gods word moro.
He would not herstore waste say ne preninary 70
ing hammer Of Gods word which, like soythe OF light
mig, whers up the system aud cuts away. leaving
Cod And nrs he would view the condition OF society
the early days Of Christianity, when every
paid for the labor Of his hands 10 be compelled % labor
when labor Ia thus deprived OF It's rights and degraded
to the level Of slavery work becomes the nouym Of
Of population lives the expense Of another ana
thar the largest proportion called contempt mud
spired prophets APOSTLES Of old WERE however of
theee very 8. mud silis'' which arc now condemned
thrown iato DEGRADATION by state Of society in which
slavery prevails. The apostles abored for their own
mems OF existence, and Paul especially always boosted
tast his own HANDS provided Tor his necessities None Of
The apostles early Christians ever chsrgeable on
Other mems labor and less would they rob that from
man for which he ixoored. In tho time OF Gods oh sen
people, slavery was classed with It's twin sister, mur
safe Of society radated upon the Greeks There was
tr&usdguraon of the free Jewish system carried out In
servants in the Gospel think Of slaves but
OF FREQ men, spontaneously lsboring for their
living, There is an utter impossibility OF
man may be 60 far degraded to sell himself TO be-
eIave, but no Christian could do No man
could be Christian aud STAKEHOLDER IN the early days
OF the faith. II he before be came into the
knowledge Of the truth he had to repent be con
vertsd or he would not be taken into fellowship. The
narty (nFtolt
this WAS because saveholdiug involves murder ami
stealing, and the crime withholding the aborers
wages, In those pure and holy times q could no
be STAKEHOLDER and Chi than he could be-
Christian murderer This s clearly sh0 wn By the
doctrine Of the Old and New Tessamsnts Let those deny
IL who dare and disprove who II s rrefragi
BILE concentration. Thnse Who, with their incomes OF
from fifty thousand to sixty thousand dollars year who
drive their cleks and workmen as temorseessly ss .
factory does It's spinoes them to lsbor nto
the Sabbath or 80 late Saturday night that tho Sab
bath has to be spent In oleness dissipation, in
sleep and sensual pleasures, are the very would
spend more money election for the purpose OF
mRntsining their Southern trade than II coats them
to pay all Their clerks This lis the way in which they
pay for pro slavery patronage and help keep up the
dreadful atrocities Of this uneody system These
the means by which the furnace OF Satan In midst
the land is fed and kept In blast through influences
Of soul destroying sin. Would that the people weuld
learn to obey Co.. and to take the aborer the hand
80 as TO raise him up above such base and vile coup
tons. The withholding Of mems wages 10 the very first
element Of the slaveholdng system. and whore pre-
walls men scarcely any better than slaves The
eth him or II he be found in hs hand he shall cerainv
be put to DEATH And hard upon this follows terrible
ano scatbpg denuncison Of that covetousness and
torop that would rob the moor OF his abor Rut THAT
contrast does the word Of God offer to declaration Of
Chrstsu minister not long ago that the buying holding
and selling Of men might Be- perfectly lust Willis God
plainly declares the thing To be sin and xes the penalty
enc Of his protesting servants stands uD and decsres
that Il might be lust Next 70 tie heipous offence OF
holding the man n slavery s the deprtyiue him OF hs
wages while free II = man is worth one dollar 4 day
and you deprive him Of that amount BY unlawful esus
you are as guilty of theft as II you went by night and
stole his earnpes from the place he keeps for safety
But In the South they get out OF this difficulty bv sesns
he man himself and then declaring that they owe him
nothing does not belong TO himself Bat The power.
language Of word OF God caunet 70 for nothing
He declares. wo unto him that taketh bis neishboris
services without paying him for the and tells him who
hres that he shall detain the wages Of him that
is hired even until the morning The sun shall not 70
down upon II unpaid, because the man Is poor
needy, lest he should cry the and be sim
The New Testament declares the laborer 70 be worthy Of