Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-21
Established in 1913.

else excusing ole another" Rom. 2 14-l5 The
l'sympa,hes and feelings o I our common nature,
hes,hen and Christian, condemn the s'eaIins'
scInng ana uaa,ne ~ our nI.ow.mon. nin nna
lsSst~ dosms ~ leon,eJ y, i"v and md
de- violence 10 both reason and conscience.
We cease to marvel that the plain, first
principles issued by the 'FfesJyterian Board
of Publication should be denounced as
infdel. lE wv 'h"-a'it Ni ''
view SIXTH: ''Cursed be Canaan, a ser
panf of servants shall he be to his brethren. y
We arc told that Ham furnished the ''oc.
custom for this prediction; shut the actual
fulfllmcnt was reserved for his postcrity,
| and that, ''the Almighty, forcseeing this
total degradation Of the race, ordained
them to servitude, or Slavery under the des.
cendants of Shem and Japheth, doubtless
because He judged it to be their fittest con.
| dition." rNvlft''+
This gives us a model specimen of all the
argument in this letter, and in the sermon
of Van Dyke, from first to last: Assun,p.
ton, and only assumption, of ercry point in
debate. 471 i-r l't fD>um
|. That serrant of servants, means Slave.
ry. The absurdity of this assumption we
have already seen. 80 1siaiH so'irsa y
| 2. That the servitude contemplated was
incliritluat chatte Slavery. This is false.
The nature Of the prediction, and especially
its literal fulfllment in the subjugation Of
the Canaananitish territories by the Hebrews
when, under Joshua and his successors,
they took possession of the promised land,
and made the Canaanites their tributaries.
The Hebrews were servants, from the land
of Egypt and from the house of bondage.
And when the descendants of Canaan be-
came their servants, in the letter and spirit
of the prophecy, they became 'tserraats o,
SERVANTS No other history on earth re-
cords the fulfllmeut of this prediction but
this very one
The "au history of the Bishop, which
he says proves the accurate accomplishment
of the prediction, is a mere historical fig.
ment Of his own brain, and is expressly con
tradicted by the infallible history Of the
Bible, and by the very terms of the predic-
ton itself. The curse fell upon the posterity
of Canaan. vel ~
3. That the prediction of crime justifes
and sanctifes it. How perfectly does this
justify tho proud tyrants, the Pharaohs, in
enslaving the Hebrews God predicted to
Abraham, "Thy seed shall be III bondage,
and Mey shall a6lict them -four hundred
yedrs.n Aud then, what a saint was Judas
iscariot, and all the dear saints of whom il
was predicted they should, 'by ,cicleed hands,
cruelty the Lord of glory--what piou:
brethren they were! 9i ~ ~
4. That the Africans are the descendants
of Canaan, in the face of the record, Gen
| 10, 1919, describing the boundaries of the
Canaanitish territory. a'faH". -
5, That every Shareholder is descendant
-of pure blood-of Shem or Japhcth
And that he has received from his Maker!
endorsement the curse upon Canaan as hi.
bill of sale for every slave he holds Ant
has not this pretended bill of sale from Tho
Creator been held valid in all ages, by al
shareholders of all tribes, and of'all races
and all countries, without exception? Goot
| in the hand of the Saracen, the Algerine il
holding the American Christian, good in th'
hand Of the wandering Arab in holding
Captain James Riley, late a member Of tht
Ohio Legislature--good in the hand of thu
Ishmaelite and Egyptian slave trader-goot
in the hand Of the Spanish or American
Kidnapper or man-thief-good in the hanC
of the Southern planter, or any other tyran
who may have power and opportunity t
steal, sell or trade in souls and bodies o
men. In whose hands under heaven is i
not valid? sl II y.
Il Inc tOrturlng NSSWHlpttOIS OF Unc DiSilOl
are SO summary, so bold, SO absurd, and 81
false ts prophecy, history aud facts as also
SO immoral in the principles involved, the,
admit Of more than passing thought.
/. The predictions Of future events, whicl
have nations and communities for ther OBJ
iect, have an example in the curse of Noah
THUS in the case Of Ishmael God said t
Hogar, 'tHe will be wild man; his han,
will be against every man, and every man
hand against him. % In this every historian
and Biblical scholar reads the history of tn
wandering Arabs-their national character
SO of Jacob, Esau, Moab, Midian, Amalek
what was predicted Of them was fulfilled il
their posterity, and upon the national char
acter. The rule Of Interpretation which TO
himself has given for prophecy settles tn!
matter-"No prophecy OF the Scripture
of a,,y rrtrate interpretation. The nation
of Canaan were the objects OF Noah's pro
phecy. See Bishop Ne,oton on Prophecy,
, as followed by subsequent. commentators;
2. God promised to Abraham-yiz n
posterity-the land OF Canaan. But tn
ful6llment was delayed till future generation
As prediction, twas not OF private lnte
probation. but in the fourth generatlo
they shall come hlther again: Jor me n'tqa
!. y Of the An'orites Is not YET lnM %, I'll
I. posterity of Abraham went down TO Egyp
!. waiting the appointed time for the synchr
| af nrqdtctIOnS. and The