Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
jubilee--to the end Of The period Of forty
nfne yeara and no longer rif.sbnrs d
The teYn scrront occupies an important

nfne years, anu no longer f.t U1i n
The teym seruont occupies an important
part in this controversy. tH hH.i i.rr
The Hebrew word,. OJed), usually trans
lated servant, and sometimes bond servant,
and sometimes boDdmaD, is q generic term );
and embraces almost all kinds Of servitude.
For the hireling, a~peciic term IL used.-
His term ofseryico was usually limited, per-
haps to three years at most. lisa. l6. Ia.
within three years az the years OF hire
ling. :" lie was paid when his work was
done. lie was never incorporated into the
masters family, as the Died. OF this latter
only is the dispute. ra " % III
II Is worthy Of observation that there is
not word in the Hebrew language whose
appropriate meaning IL slave, or slavery -
Since God gave the Hebrews their language,
it isevident they had no such thing, by di-
-yinaAappoint yaent, sp,pse. tfxuis -sApdSince-
almost entirely the NeS Testament refer
ences are to things with which the Hebrews
were familiar, this will account for the fact
that the Greek term used to designate seryi-
tude answers to the Hebrew (Obed In
the Greek Testament we have the word
(douLos), but never (dRdapodoR) The for
lner means servant, the latter stfre. In Ho-
mer Heroditns and XeBophan we find an
ldrapodon betwixt thirty and forty times, al
ways referring to Slavery and about as often
we find 1oulos, but not inone instance refer
ring to slave The Persians were called
by the Medes douioi. Xerxes calls Pythias,
q Lydian prince. his doutos Artemisia, ad-
dressing Xerxes. calls Mardonius, the Per-
sian General, do,tlos.
1t is true we have once, in the translation
of the Old Testament, the word slave: Jer.
,, IA. But it is as true the word is not in
the original, nor the thing either. The very
opposite is there First: as every English
reader will see, the word slave is in Haiics
Second: the Hebrew is in these two words,
lid beth, the son of my housc-born in the
church, and of right, free; The sonis free.
/ We have once In the New Tesament d,4 the
word STARE. Rev. Is, 13. The Greek is
reference is to the wicked traffic of Babylon,
for which God will destroy her. We have
also, once derivative of dndropodon, which
occurs Tim. !, 10. Andrupodiaees, which
signifies man. denler, or moo,-thief, for
whom the death penalty of the Hebrew law
: was made. f. st7'-.
, That the term Obel) affords no argument
for slavery, may be seen from its various
uses.
]. 1t is applied to the Messiah, Isa. 40,
: 2, Behold my servant" OJed).
9. Saints are called servants. Their SER
vice is willing-free.
) 3. Angels are called servants; and they
! serve willingly. i.a
T. Rulers, subjects, military officers, high
er and lower, are all called servants. The
old men said to Rehoboam, "If thou wilt
; be a servant Obed) unto this pcople--then
+ they will be thy servants Obelia,) forever. "
Abigail said to Davids seldieu4. s Behold,
. 5let tifine hnndnfaid bsa sservanttr tr-wasir the
9 feet of the servants Obed) Of my lord. y
9 Sam. %, Al.
s. A common term of etiquette, used OF
9 courtiers; and so still Presidents, Cover
4 nors, and men Of rank sign Themselves,
3 Your humble serrant. v
Y ANY reference, in the Old Testament
: made to slavery, is always under the idea OF
e tcrime Joseph says, " Indeed was stolen
away out of the land of the Hebrews. y
: Here the slave trade is branded with theft
\ So of the legal prohibition of slavery The
i term Slave is not used, but the thing re
: ferred to in this form He that stealeth i
f man, &C., shall surely be put to death. "
y The term Buy is pressed into the argu
!; ment for American Slavery. tbs assumed
n that it means chattel purchase, including
stipulated price, and third person from
G whom purchase is made, If such is moi
IS the appropriate use of the term the argu
If ment falls harmless. 1t is used: . .
D |. In reference to the first birth of ou
" race. Eve says, II have gotten (bo,tght)
IS man from the Lord, She csVed his. nam
le Cain (borght). Is there either price o
1t seller here? Or even purchaser?
9. The Hebrews were required to redeem
Is or purchase with price their first borntror
le the obligation of the priesthood. To owhor
did they pay the price? And how muc
to does this favor Slavery?
ds 8. Bible saints bought their wives. Rut
ID was bought tor wife, Hosea paid for hi
6, wife fine round sum- $50 / bought h,
n to me for fifty pieces of silver, and for a
nd homer of barley, and an half homer
he barley Hos. 80. As late as the lot
.ly century the common record Of marriages
nd the Old German Chronicles was, "A bougl
T- b." And yet, young gentleman, with u
in pays something, in the form of license al
marriage fees, for his bride.
be a. Joseph bought the Egyptians--eve
ng one of themi A pretty large planter i
er, deed And for Slave, too, 50 recent
nd stolen out of the land of the Hebrew
al Wonder, if he did not buy his old mast
b" Potiphar? And old mistress, too?
md The connection settles the meaning of t
IS term. And Joseph sdiu untO bne pepp
iic behold, have bought you this day q
ter YOUR land for Pharaoh-andi in the increa'
be We shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh
- sand Joseph made this law over the la
ties of Egypt" This was civil regulation
and pretty heavy tax; but not Slavery;
In this transaction the whole process,
D Of buying men, is laid open as used in
SER Bible. First, the persons bought sold the
les, selves Second, the securing by contract
red the sefvices of persons is called buying tn
tual persons. Third, this buying secured to
cor purchaser only the ftih part Of the prod
|, as Of the soil. lsf7 +
the 5. The selling among the Hebrews exc
euer for debt or crime, was always voluntary,
lout man selling himself for consideration
the Ahab sold himself ito work evil in the si
of the Lord" Kings 2l, 20, 25
diff children of Israel ''sold themselves Ito
den evil in the sight of the Lord 2 Kings
tiles II. fg.y i,
Or In Lev. 20, At, the case OF the Israel
ion. who became the servant Of the stranger,
ised words are these, IF he sell hia.set u
Just the stranger. Tho same foim. of the "
The is found in the seth verse, and should
tiles rendered g sell himself" In Deut, 2S-
and the same word is rendered "be sold. "
.o,,Tl 4. 4. l.; tl,o b,tb,,eoI oation which is