The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-07-10
ATOM pREBLE COUNTY, ONO THURSDAY, JULY TO- 1862

4 For this violation of the law, the
prophet denounced against them
The most terrible judgments. Inc
crime, however, did not consist III
holdinga Hebrew in hondage SIX
4 wears, or the stranger forever Ont
in holding the Hebrew more than
slx year,. The class OF servants t"
. which the crime was couiined, Is
! lexpliuillv stated il tno 9Th verse, as
7 follows, NiH: T. ,,.,, !
That every man SHOULD let hi'
man servant, and every man ms
maid servant, being an Hebrew or
an l[ebrewes4. go free; that none
should serve himself ar them, to-
: wit: of jew his brother.
In Abraham's time the power oi
the MISTER over the slave APPEARS
TO lave bcen absolute, nor was II
very materially noditied b! the law
of Mose'. ..
!. Among the regulations Vino"
/ Gnd prescribed through Moses,
. were the fhlnwIng, in he 2l't
chapter of Exodus, 2Oih and 2Ist
verses, viz:
: "And ifu man smite his servant
: or his maid with II rod ana lie die
under his hamu, he shall be surely
r punished. Np.with'tan linz, il he
continue day or two, he shall not
| he punished; tor he is his money.
II In the same chapter, verses ~
J.. and q. it is provided that if mas
!. ter slniir ont an eye or il tooth "t
;. servant, he shall let him 90 free.
Ii Under these lava, prescribed 10y
d God himself. tho Hebrew natiol
h commenced their career. In \ wa
| with the Mitiahites, mentioned il
the 3lst chapter OF Numbers, the!
|. put to death all their prisoners eX
,e cept $4,000 virgins who were re
A. duccd to Slaver".
II. HcnceIorNard, lnrirs the who'll
Il history of the Hebrew Nation, thci
I'd Kings, princes, aud r'ch men ac
of qnire and held slaves under th
authority of Gods law give
NJ through Moses. Even 'lari. @thel
h captivity in Bahylnn, many of tn
Il Jews held slaves; for, according. +
Jf Nehemiah, chapter 2, ve"5e 81
there were ~, 1897 men servants am
Ii maid servants in the comlaii.
of which returned to Jerusalem undej
as his charge.
The Christian Err found the in
III stilGtion of slavery pervading II"
- only Judea, but all the civilized
ID and barbarian world. Did Christ
=, in single instance, dcnounce it Al
sin? No, not Lncc. On the con
" trary, lie recognizes tire relation
c, and the duty of servants TO pro
re mote the Interests Of their masters
ie In the lmrahl: OF the five talents
in the 25th chapter of Matthew
le he tint received one talent is repre-
~ sented ns being punished for II"
of employing it tor the benefit OF hi
IL, master. ..
ld But the Christian view Of SLAYER
is more clearly de"eloped in I'll
II. teachings Of tho Apostles. Say
nr Paul in First Corinthians, vii, q
~ 21,22:
en- Let every man abide in til
N, same calling i: which he was ca|le'
ot Art thou called. being II servant
;" Care not for it; but it thou maye'
re be free use it rather, for he that
he called in the Lord, being Il serra \
q, is the Lords freeman; Iikewis
en- also he that is called, being free,
od ChriSt's servant"
~ In the 1st, 2i. 81, and 4th verse
Of the 9Th chapter of Ephesian
bt Paul inculcates the Christian du
cd ties of children and parents, an
u. then proceeds in the 9Th, 9th, I'll
.. 8th. aud 9Th, to teach servants an
q. thrirmlstrrS their Christian dutie'
Il The plain meaning Of this pa
us sage is, that it isthe Christian dat
il. of the servant to obey and sUrv
he his mas:er with tue same ii lelii
# and devotion that lie would serv
Q. God and Christ; or, rather, tina
Ife cheerful obedience and taithfr
sc service to his master, is a porto
ng of his duty to his God and Savion
50 And masters are instructed to trei
to their servants kin IT,, reciproea'in
all their goo will, AMI are a,lnnniSl
Vi; ell that in the sight of God all me
are equal, whatever may be the
earthly relations.
~ Similar ininnctionS are impose
en- on servants and masters in I'll
ls. third and fourth chapters OF Paul
he EpiStle to the Colossians.
M, In the 9th chapter of Paurs /
mt Epistle to Timothy, verses l all
2, the Apostle says:
he LET as many servants as al
is under the yoke count their ow
re. masters as worthy of all hone
nd that the name of God and his do