The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-01-23

dren are Studying that boSk, diligently consid.
{ er his answer. Iquote from Wsyland's Nor
al Srience. page 213:
, "The Gospel was desiehed not for one race
or Tor one time. but for a races and for all
tines. Il looked rot to De abolition Of slave
ry for that age alone, but b its un yersal abo-
> lition. Hence the important object o. its au'
thor was to gain for Il loa! nent In every part
/ of the knnwn world, so dat by its universal
diffnsiOn am ng all classes OF society IL might
quietly and peacefully modify and subdue the
evil passion Of men. n this manner alone
: cculd ITS ohject--s uniysFsai moral revolution
} have been aecomplished F"r If it had Tor
hidden The evil, instead OF subverting he prin-
/ crple; it had proclaiined the uuiawiulness Of
' slavery and taught SLAVE 20 resist the oppres
sion OF their masters, it would instantly have
: airaye,i the two parties in deadly hosl ility
throughout she civilized world; its announce
. ment aould have been the signal OF servile war,
and the veiy name OF he Christian religion
world have been E,rgoi,sn amidst the agitation
, of u iyrr>al boedrhed
We pause not now TO oamment upon the ad.
milted fact that Jesus Christ and his Apostles
pursued curse entirely different from that
adopted iy the abolitionist, including the learn.
ed author hinsel, noI to inquire v hether the
teaching oil abpliionism ~ not at kelly to pro.
; ducc srriie and bloodshed in these days as in
the frst ages Of the church. What we now
call attention to, and protest against, is the I'm
putation here ca t upon Christ and hrs Apns-
ties. DO you believe the Saviour sought 10 in
, , sinuate his religion into the earth b, conceal
: ing its real design and preserving o profound
silence IN regard I" ore Of the very worst sinS
it came TO destroy? Dol on believe that when
he eaied the cen,urions servant, (whom ey-
cry honest commentator admits TO have been a
slave. and pronounced that precious eulogy up
on the master, II have not seen 20 great fairh
in lsrael"--do you believe that Jesus suffered
that man to live ON in sin he ause he drpre,
Gated he cols' quiz ces Of prea' hing al clifton
mn? When Paul siond upon Mars hill, sur
rout ded by ten thousand times as many slave
holders a. there We've idols in the city, do you
believe he kept back any part OF the require
ment> oi The Gospel, hecaue fe was raid Of
a tumult am"ng the people? We ask these ab
oil ion philosophers whether, as a matter Of act
doalr, and the vices connected with it were
not even mnIe intimately inierwoyrn with the
social and evil fe Of the Roman empire than
slavery was? Did he Apostles abstain from
prearhing against idola,r,? Nay, who does
not knew thai by denouncing this sin they
brought down upon themselves the whole pow
ndies OF the Christian martyrs with pitch and
lighted up the city with their burning bn. les,
just because they would not wi hhold or COM
prumise the truth in regard tn the worship OF
idols. In the ligh, OF that fierce persecution, it
is a proane TT fling for DR. Wayland or any
other man, 10 Tell US that Jesus or Paul held
back their honest opinions Of slavery for fear
q "a serve war, in which the very name OF the
Christian religion would have ieen iorgotteh;" )"
, nor are Gods great purposes Of redemption Ca
pable OF being declared b, an honest declara
'ion of His tuih evelAs here and at all times.
Aud Yet this phlaFEPNer, so dishennring 70
Christ and His apostles, is moulding he char
acter o' our young men and women. 1t comes
irt our schools and ningies with the very lie
III, OIL OF future genera ions 'he sentiment that
; Christ and His apostles held back the truth,
aud suffered sin 10 go uhr, huked ior lear of the
wra h OF man, Aud all lhs to maintain, at all
hazards, aud in the face OF the Saviaors exam .
pie to the contrary, The unsrrptural dogma . s'
slaveholdng is sin But / must he observed in
thus connection that the Apostles went much
Iur' her than TO abstain from preaching against
slaveholdipg. They admitted Shareholders to
the comnunion OF the church. In our text,
masters are acknowledged as brethren, ai,h-
tnl and believed, partakers OF the benefit" II
The New testament is TO he received as iaith
tul history, no man was ever rejected by the
apostolic church upon the ground that he own
cd slaves. II he abused his power as a MASTER
II he availed himself OF the authority conferred
; by the Roman law to commit adul cry or mllr-
der, or rIuelty, he was rejected Tor these crimes
just as he would be rejected now for similar
crires from any Christian chn,ch in our South
e,n States II parents ahu>ed or neglected
| n ~ oh I,rh
ing ch,liren, bur in not treating tlem proper
ly. Ard so with the stakeholder. 1t was nor
the owning of slaves, but The manner in " hich
he ufIled the duies OF his station, that made
him subject Tor chuch discipline. The mere
ect thar lie waSa stakeholder no more subject
ed hun to censure than the mere fact that he
was a ia her or husband 1t is upon the re
cognzed Law tulntsS of the relation that all the
pre- epts regulating The reciprocal duties cflhat
ella ion are based
These prrc~pts are scattered all through the in
sp red epstles. There is not one command or
eXUhrtation to emancipate the slave The A
postlc we'll knew, that Tor the present, emanci
patton would he no real blessing to him. But
tile master is exh0ited TO he kind and consid
craze, and the slave to be obedient, that 50 they
might preserve the unity OF that church in
which there Is no distinction between Greek
and Jew, male or female, bond or free Oh,
if mhistere OF the Gospel in this land. or age,
had bat followed Paul a. he followed ChriS,,
and, instead oil hurlng anathemaS and exciting
wrath az inst slavehnldcrs had sought Only to
bring both master and slave to the iountainof
Emanuels blood; il he agencies oil the blessed
Gospel had only been suffered to work their
way quietly. as the ligh and dew ofnorning,
into the sruc ure OF ,ocirty, both North and
South, how different would have been the posi-
ton OF our country this day before God! How
different would have been the privileges enjoy
ed BY The puor black mans soul. which, IN this
bitter contest, has been TOO much neglected and
despised. Then there would have been no need
to have converted our churches into military
barracks for collecting firearms to carr. on
war upon distant frontier. No need for
sovereign State to execute the fearful penalty
of the law upon the invader for doing no more
than honestly to carry out the teaching OF abol
ition preachers, who bind heavy burdens and
grisvous to be borne, and lay them on mems
shoulders, lille they touch them not with one
OF their fingers. No need for the widow anu
the orphan to weep in anguish Of heart over
those .,od graves. for whose dlshonor and desc
laion Col will hold the real authors RESPONSE
hle. No occasion or pretext for Slavshoding
STA O. tu pass such stringent laws tor the pun
ishmeut o the secret lncendiary and the pre-
We ion OF servile war
J shall np attempt TO show what will be the
conditmn o the African race in this untry
when he Gospel shall have brought all classes
under it's cumplse DOMINION. What civil aud
social rela' ivn, lnen will sustain in The times OF
milennal glory ! do not know. cordially