Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-14

Again, near THIS H1gnt rev. BISHOP, i
shall not oppose the prevalent idea that
Slavery is an evil IN itself. A piyaoal evil
i may be. T" And yet farther hear this
Bishop, teaching that this ''evl IN tself,'
this, physical eril," Is authorized by the
moral law, The third proof that Slavery
was authorized by the Almighty occurs In
the last of the Ten commandments. " This
Commandment reads, Thou shall not covet
And this Is the authority from the Almighty
for Slavery, written first on mans heart in
his creation, aud again ON stone by the
finger of God Grand How this throws
! in the shade Christ and his parable Of the
! Samaritan And all such appeals to our
moral sense, our humanity, -Four feelings,
our sympathiesfi And the golden rule +
And the Declaration of independence. All
! falls before this grand bible Of the Bishop !
| suppose this must be the Metropolitan
bull, uttered from the Metropolitan bible,
Shut your Bitfss, Ecar thiss
~ We must not forget that we are here, and
now inquiring after Christ teaching On the
subject Of Slavery And here we thank the
Bishop for his letter of instructions to his
docile presbyters. 1t is of special use to US,
in settling the point before u.s. Hear the
Bishop He says, First, then, we ask
what the divine Redcemer said in reference
to Slavery-And the answer is perfectly
undeniable: HE DID NOT ALLUDE
TO 1T AT ALL Not one word upon the
subject is recorded by any Of the four evan
gelists who gave His life and doctrines to the
world. Z 7inai sgd ai .Ji aH
Mr. Van Dyke rather insinuates differ
ently---that Christ did speak of Slavery in
very respectful terms. How did he au-
thorize if he did not Ran,ea7 When doc
tors differ, may be the slave may get justice.
Perhaps what the Bishop has written in
large capital letters may after all be only
Bishops tdpsts penHo. For some times
Bishops write very loosely. Let us hear
Bishop Hopkins again. He says, just in
exordium, The word slave occurs buttwice
commonly employed by our translators, has
the meaning Of slave in the Hebrew and
Greek originals. y -.'.... .......r ,,i,
Now Mr.. Van Dyke says the Centurion s
servant was slave, and that Christ healed
the slave, "and pronounces that precious
eulogy upon his master" Indeed, Right
Rev. Bishop, Mr.. Van Dyke has the better
of you, after your exordium. The slave
holder was (you both being judges) spoken
of in Every respectful terms"
If the original term which the Bishop says
means slave, or its correlate, master, be used
by Christ, then surely he "allides" to Slav-
cry. And if he always ''alludes" in ''very
respectful terms" to the subject, we must
! then confess there is some countenance for
Slavery. Let US patiently hear what Christ
says: '.Ye know that the princes of the
Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and
| they that are great exercise authority upon
them But it shall not be go among you +;
bnt whosoever will be chief among you let
him b sg xoaE me- sAenssl eRnSs
very respectful" Try it, Mr.. Van Dyke,
as you are practical man, with your brother
stakeholder. Say to him just liz the above
'respectfulternis" OF Christ, thus, Friends,
as nv master said, so say ! unto you, you
,o0uld make slave of Sambo, so now you
must be Sambo's slave" And, moreover,
Christ rules work both ways; We must
all respect Christ's golden rule y This last
would be your argument. am afraid, broth
er Van Dyke. human nature, your human
nature, would not relish your argument ;
much more. L fear your master STAKEHOLDER
would not think the respectful terms" of
yourmaster Christ SO very respectful towards
| Sambe's master q d, ,..., -.... = .....f {!
Again: Christ says to his disciples, on an
occasion of their disputation about which
should be the greatest, g IF any man desire
to be first the same shall be last of all,
and, servant of all. " And again, Christ
says. '' and whosoever of you will be
the chiefest shall be servant Of all tdouIos).
gain. Neither be We called masters; but
he that is greatest among you shall be your
servant. .uQ .JHa} - tL .Eou.
Allowing these references 10 have theii
due moral force upon our minds, how much
moral influence and weight can they give tt
i Slavery? Does Christ use such languageir ir
reference to any acknowledged divine insti
tuition? Certainly never. e.c 4s-r
Take an humble Christian, who owns mo-
a slave, but may have means to buy one.-
II Would the above teachings of Christ, i'm
} pressed by his Spirit and craven upon his sou
originate and foster the spirit or disposition
! of mind inclining him TO become slavehold
) er? or would it foster the contrary? Al
honest attention to such inquiry would settle
) the dispute fayorably to liberty, not to Slav
cry, l,r lAes "a bnt bona, ,qr,ih ld I
This subject is ''alluded" to by Christ il
another connection / refer to John, s, 35E
g And the servant (doulos) abideth not ir
4 the house forever; but the son abideth ever.
7 That there is reference here to seruitude, i,
evident to all. To what servitude might b,
n question; and vet scarcely to any one capa
> hle of understanding the truth in the case
Let it be remembered that Christ preached
5 to the Jews and drew his metaphors from
g things with which they were familiar. Whe,
. he referred to servitude, he, Of conrse, re
/ fcrred to Hebrew servitude. Then III
o question arises properly. from this passag
Il quoted, "to what principle of the law is tn
n reference? and for what purpose made ?. I
IS teach what = M 10 lt'l' k'..''e
! This is The feature Of the law of Hebre
Y servitude to which he referred No servar
: : remained in the house Of his master perpe
= ually, but all went. out at the end Of th
y y period settled by the law in the, particuls
!. case. This settles positively that, Hebre
e seryitude was not perpetual-that it was nt
= Slavery d. u. soo.i III. I.i,4o.7rt,. ~
Iii The object of the reference was to prov
's' = tn the Jews with whom he was reasonin
N that they were by his coming free from Il
% BONDAGE of the ,serimonial law; and now !
!, the Jubilee of the gospel were introduced il
y 70 the spiritual liberty, according to whic
p they should live.1u 10 loal t5y..I ,t3 siti,
8 In the parable Of the prodigal son IChri
:. ~ makes another reference and use of the Ia
y of Hebrew servitude, and these referenc
y are i'm portant in settling the question
= Slavery, from the Bible The object Of Il
,s- parable should be understood, to see n