Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-13

nation. Tho majority of that convention, until
they repent in dust and ashes, should never moro
be allowed to mingle with christian men. They
have injured the cause Of God, and sapped the
foundation o. the Church. Professed infdels
could not have done so much to disgrace the
Church, and make it odiors in the eyes ofall
unbelievers. 1t is only by knowing that such
acts are as contrary to christianity. as light is
to darkness, that oven believers can maintain
their rcspect for the Gospel. Let il be under
stood shat tho slave-trade is compatible with
cur faith, and every honest man is bound by the
laws Of his being, to treat that faith with con-
tempt.
1t is on this account that we are obliged to dis
card all pretended evangelical movements in the
South. We would as soon encourage Mormonism
or Popery, as the spurious religion Of slaye-hold-
ers. All Churches mixed up with the e%normity,
must be considered as dead. We are not at liber-
ty to regard them as the victims of imposture, the
dupes Of allowable ignorance-no, by no means,
for the light now SHINES and they see or if they
do not, it is because they choose darkness rather
than light.
1t is useless to be stretching the old tattered
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we owe it to the cause of Christ, to strip off the
covering from mere pretenders to the faith, and
show up the hypocrisy of those who say they are
Christians, and are not. And this the more, the
more they cry, "tho temple of God are We" and
insist upon being regarded as the Only true church.
These reflections give us additional pain, be.
cause our own branch Of tho Church is sadly in.
fected with the disease which is wasting the Epis-
cOpal Church. We, with all our boosted reforma-
tory energy, have not dared u prohibit the God
dishonoring crime Of slaye-holdiug-a crime mol
one particle worse in any respect, than the AGri-
can slaye-trade. We have got many thousand.
of members in the NJ. E. Church to-day, who buy
and sell, and hold, aud breed slaves, and Who
everybody knows, might just as we'll be engaged
in tho foreign slaye-trade. Yet against all thi,
complicated villany, our Church has not the NOR
tai strength to make a law-after years Of agita
ton, she barely musters life enough to give a lit
tie adojce. 1t is with infuite shame that we re
cord the fact. Such tame dealing with q rampan
crime, is more repulsiVe than doing nothing. !
is better to be cold than Observation-Disclosures tu ab
stain from all efforts to help the slave, than t.
mock his sutFerings by mengre attempts. What
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ter, Methodist cannot throw stones. Not We
Our lips as a denomination, are closed, aud W
are speocbless. No other Church has condescon
ded to degrade itself, by pronouncing slaveholdinl
and its cognato crimes, contrary to the law 0
God, and yet shrink from opposing them except b.
a little pious advice.
E While we thus take our place in the dust, anC
cry u%nclean, we cannot but deploIe the effect Q
this contamination upon the progress of Christi
anity. Until we get disengaged from s%laVerv
r and its kindred vices, our religion will not benef
the heather. The people whom We seek to CON
t vert in foreign lands, are wicked, but their kick
! edness is not greater than that of slaye-bo3sna
b More than this, what fails to save she heather
= abroad, will also fail to save us at home. We hav
r no faith in the efficacy of a slave-holding religion
| whether in this or in foreign lands.