Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12

honor, that the name OF God and his doc
trine be not blasphemed. And they that
have believeing masters, let them not de-
spise them because they are brethren, but
rather do them service because they are
faithful and beloved, partakers of the benc-
6t, These things teach and exhort. II
any man teach otherwise, and consent not
TO whoIeSome sooris, euen The ,CordS OF o'tr
Lord Jesus Christ, and TO the doctrine
Which as according 10 godtinees, he IS proud,
hno,oing nothing, bm dottng about ques-
tioSs and strife Of 'cortis, whereef conaeth
eavy, strife, ratings, evil s,0na'Sings, per-
ve,Se dispmiags Of men Of corrupt minds
and d"Stitute Of the truth, Supposiag that
gain is goodness. From such withdraw
thyself. But godlinoss with contontmont
is great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out And having food and
raiment, let us be thcrewitb content"
Il Tim. 6 l-s)
Lastly, ST. Paul, in his Epistle to Phle.
mon, informs him that he had sent back
his fugitive slave, whom the apostle had
converted to the Christian faith during his
Imprisonment, asking the master to for
give and receive his pcDitcnt disciple. Il
beseech thee for my son Onasimus," saith
he, "whom I have begottan in my bonds,
which in time past was to thee unpro6ta.
BILE, but now profitable to thee and to me,
whom have sent again thou therefore
receive him that is mine own bowels whom
| would have retained with me, that in
thy stead he might have minstered unto
me in the bonds Of the gospel. But with
out thy mind would l do nothing, that thy
benefit should not be as it were of neces-
sity, but willingly. For perhaps he there.
fore departed for season, that thou
shouldst receive him forever, not now as a
servant, but above servant, brother
beloved, specially to me, but how much
more to thee, both in the flesh and in the
Lord. If thou countest me therefore a
partner, receive him as myself If he hath
wronged thee or oweth thee aught, put
that on mine account. Paul have writ>
ten it with mine own hand. l will repay
il; albeit | do not say to thee how thou
owest unto me thine own soul bcsides.-
(Ep. to Philemon 5: 10, 19.)
The evidence of the New Testament is
thus complete, plainly proving that the in
sttution Of slavery was not abolished by
the Gospel Compare now the course Of
the ultra abolitionist with that of Christ
and his inspired apostle. The divine Re-
deemcr openly rebukes the sanctimonious
: Pharisees, "who made void the law Of
God by their traditions" He spares moi
the wealthy, infdcl Sadducees. He de.
nounces the hypocritical Scribes, who
'lovcd the uppermost rooms at feasts and
to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi " HI
calls the royal Horod "that fox" entirely
regardless of the kings displeasure.- =
He censures severely the Jewish practice
of divorcing their wives for The slightes
cause, and vindicates the original sanctt,
of marriage. He tells the deluded crowt
of his enemies that they are ''the childrel
of the devil, and that the lusts of their ia
tlcrs they would do He makes a scourg
of small cords, and drives the buyers enc
sellers out of the temple. And whilc hi
thus rebukes the sins of all around him
and speaks with divine authority, he pro
claims himself the special friend and pa
tron of the poor--preaches TO them hi
blessed doctrine, on the mountain, by tn
seaside, or in the public streets, under tn
open canopy of heaven--heals their dis
eases, partakcs of their humble fare, and
passing by the rich and the great, choose
his apostles from the ranks of the publ
cans and the fisherman Of Galilee. Yc
| ilt llfCu Ill Jut iHlhoJ VI sldNO'y,
ed over the old heather races, in accol
dance with the Mosaic law, and u.tere
not one word against it What proof ca
be stronger than this, that he did not re
gard it as a sin or a moral evil An
: what contrast can be more manifest tha
this example of Christ on the one hant
and the loud and bitter denunciations {
our anti'slavery preachers and politicians
caIliug themselves Christians, on the otf
er -? For they not only set themsolvc
against the Word of God in this matte
cOndemning slavery ms the "monster sin, ,
tho "sum of all villainies," but-strang
. to say--they do it in the very name {
that Saviour whose whole line of condu'
was the very opposite of their own
Look next at the contrast afforded b