The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-25
The Christianity of Sia very.

There is scarcely any iniqulty 50 gross,
or sin so vile and goddess, but somo en-
terprising ass may be found to find scrip
ture warrant for it. American Slavery
has had many such defenders. We find
in the Memphis Appeal, long article
copied from tho Herald Of Truth, in the
same state, from which We make the fol-
loving extrsct:
Here the form of government which
is to exist throughout the ages of the mil
lennium, is already begun, and can only
be perfected when the wicked shall cease
to do wickedly, and gospel principles RUE
the conduct of men; and all government,
must ultimately be conformed to these
principles, for such is tho "Hgher Law"
| Nav not the manner of the encalnping
Of the children Of Israel about the Taber-
nacle prefgure the progress of the nations
of tie earth in the Christion march If civ
/ ilization, and III their respective political
pre-emnence, glory and renown? And
may not African Slavery, as it exists in
the United States, lie also prefgured by
the jewish Egyptian captivity, and will
it not last as long in its pres ant form as
that captivity? and at the termination Of
that epoch may not Africa itself be COM
pletely converted to Christian civilization
While this is strongly my impression, |,
nevertheless, have no idea that African
| Slavery shall ever be extin9uished while
the world sh-I stand. 1t will, doubt
not, undergo such modification SIS will be
/ suited to the state Of society in its pro-
gressive amelioralion under tho influence
/ of tho light Of the blessed gospel of Je-
sus Christ from age to age, and will con-
tnue to exist as an institution until the
| Archangol shall sound the last trump,
1 and proclaim that time shall be no
more.
It seems to me that there will ever be
the same inseporable, social and CONNER
cial relations existing between England
and the free states Of the North and tho
slave states of the South, that existed be-
tween Ephraim and Manassah and Bon
| ianoin, and that this kind of union and
homogeneous interest prefgured in those
tribes will never cease to exist between
ENGLAND and these United States. But
that there will be separation between
the North and South, ia just as certain
rs that n separation has taken place be-
tween the tribes of Judah and Benjam-
in on the one part and the ten tribes of
Israel on the other part. And as tho
tribe of Benjamin "a royal tribe) follow
cd the tribe of Judah and chung to it and
shared its fortunes, so the slave states of
the South will follow the tribe of Judah,
| (Jesus Christ, the lion Of the tribe of Ju-
dahl and cling to the Bible, and regulate
their governments by its principles and
share their fortunes.
! The whole South will be found de-
lending the Bible, and will as one man
bat tie for its truth and ropel successfully
the I, assaults of infdelity upon it; and the
whole North will for long time be bat
ting to destroy the Bible and to subvert
its principles, and thus, in the vain and
proud presumL ton of their all-penetra-
ting ssgacity, vii, continue as they have
been doing in years gore by, to encroach
upon tho prerogativcs of The Lord God,
omnipotent and eternal! And thus will
the great battle of infidelity be fought,
which is one part of the battle of Armag-
edden. The institutions of the South
based as they are upon Bible fouGdaslon,
will, as the adamantine rock amid tie
commissions of the tempest. stand unn,o-
we'd and immoyable; and SO will they
forever survive, and proudly stand and
peer above the shocks and convulsious of
infidelity, and all political madness and
ambition. ] think these things are SO
ordained anu, set forth in the Bible and
there is no doubt about it at all. say
this about slavery becaIse the Bible plain
ly, fully and Enthusiastically teaches it,
and think the other positions l have ia
ken are sustained ly the Same authori- !
ty.