The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-01-10

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highly intelligent congregation, Hh lisfe. !
ei with marked interest and ilioutu on
dIseourYe from THEN No tuf llov lltfy IN
Van Dixie, on The "Chanclor nnd nnH
enee of Abolionisn' from .crknral
point " view. IN his opening uppimiu
The reverend gentleman prayed iLal Poi
leneo would bless our Southern hretlnn
and rcpiraiu the passions of ihc c,il amtlg
lhcm that The muster might be- mad,
Christs servant, and the scrynbi rltlsttI
freeman and so both Viz together united nj
Christian love n that church founded ~
Christ and his apostles, in which there is
neither Greek nor jew. male nor female,
bond nor free. bul NJ one In Christ Jesus.
lIc also prayed that God would bless the
people of the Northern States, restrain The
violence of fanatical men, provide for
those who, by the agitation OF ihc times,
have been thrown out Of employment. keep
the speaker himself from teaching anything
which was not in accordance with the III.
yne will. and disabuse the minds Of his
hearers Of all prejudice aud passion, 80
that they might be willing to be convinced
of the truth.
His text was chosen from pauls FIRST cpis-
lie to Timothy, sixth chapter, from the fret
TO the 9TH verse, inclusive:
|. Let rs many servants as are under the
| yoke count their own masters worthy Of all
honor, tha. the name of God aud his doc.
tripc oe no, blasphemed..
:. And they that have believing masters
lc, .hcm not dospisc them. because they
are brethren; but rather do them service,
because ,hey are faithful aud beloved. par.
takers Of tile benefit. These things teach
and exbort.
.. II any man teach otherwise and con
sent not to wholesome words, even the
words OF our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to godiness.
1. lic Is proud, knowing nothing but do.
ling about questions and strife Of words
whereof cometh envy, strife, ratings, evil
surmisings,
i. Pcrycrse dispu,ngs Of men Of corrupt
minds, and destitute of the truth, suppo.
sing that gain is gojliness: from such with.
draw thyself.
] suppose, he said, to discuss the char.
ac.cr and iIfncncc Of abolitiouism. With
this view have selected text from the
Bible, and purpose to adhere 10 the letter
and spirit Of its teachings. We aeknowl-
cd.c in this place but one standard Of NOR
als, but ono authoritative and infalliblc rule
Of faith and practice. For We are Chris
tians here: not papsts TO bow down TO the
dictation o. any man or church, not heath
en- philosophers, to gropc our way by the
feeble glinmcrings OF the ligh, Of nature; !;
not modern inGdcIs. to appeal from the
written law of God to the corrupt and fickle
tribunal Of reason and humanity; but
Christians, on whose banner is inscribed
this sublime cliallengc---..Tc the law and TO
the tcstimony---if they speak not accord
ing to this word il is because there Is no
Iigh, in them"
Let me dircc, your special attention to
the language Of our text. There is no dis.
putc among commentators, there ia no room
for dispute rs to the meaning Of the ox-
preston servants under the yoke Even
Mr. Barns, who il himself distinguished
absli,ionis,, and has done more. perhaps,
than any other man in this country to
propagate abolition doctrines. admits that
..thc addition Of the phrase 'ander the
yoke, shoss undoubtedly ,hs, ], u. .. the
original word doaissl is 70 be understood
here Of slavery. lie, me quote another ies-
,imony on this pon, FROM an eminent Scotch
divine, I mean DR.. Mcknight, whose expo
sision Of the cpisile is standard work in
Great Britain and in this country, and
whose associations must exempt him from
all suspicion Of ptc-sInvcry rfciu'iices.--
lie introduces his csposisiohs Of this chap
ter with the following explanation "Bc-
cause the lsx Of Moses allowed no Israel
ite tn be made slave for life without his
own ccnsent, the Jadaizing teachers. to al
lure slasrs 70 their party. taught that un.
der the gospel likewise involuntary slavery
IL unlawful. This doctrine the apostle con.
ldcmnei herr. az in his other epistles. BY
enieinina Christian slasts TO honor and
obey their masters. whether they were be-
oevcn or untelicvers. and by assuring
/, Timothy sha, II any person taught other
wise. he opposed the vholesomee precepti
Of Jesus Christ. aud the doctrine of ih.
gospel, which in all points !. conformabl'
TO ro,lliness or sound morality. and VA
ps1ed up with priir, without possessing
any true knouledsc either Of the Jewish Of
Christian revelation dur lcarne'l Scotcl
friend then sDes On to expeand th'
passage in the following psrsphrssc
which We eomnend to the prsyerfal at
tention Of oil whom il may concern;
Il Let whatever Christian slaves sre unael
the yoke Of unbelievers. par their own mas
sers ali respect and obedience. that sh'
chsrscser Of God whom we worship maj
! not BE- ealmmnissed, md the docsrine of IL