Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-07-21
What Is a Sin?
The larger Presbyterian churches OF
America have always agreed in declaring,
with the snlemniiv Of authority, that

with the solemni,v Of authority, that
ave consider the voluntary enslaving of
one part of The human race by another. as u
sros, rioiffion If the mast preciov, and sacred
riyht, Of hrIDian nature as utterly mconsisf-
enf rcitE The i1,c Of God. which requires US to
love our neiehbnr as ourselves; and as
fofaAy irrsconeiiabie pifh Tie spirit and princi'
pies Of he G0spd If Christ"
Iu the face OF all ,his, Br. I, OF the
Argus, tries to produce the impression that
the General Assembly does not brand
Slavery as sinful, lie would require the
words, "This is horse" to be written
under the most perfect dasuerreotype of
the best, most exquisitely formed horse in
the world, or he would say it was not
horse, and write q column to prove that it
was jucL'uss or an elephant. Such a
twis,ifying character is better fitted for a
Jesui, than Protestsnt-a quibbliDg law
yer rather than a preacher of the Gospel.
A man who would argue that a system,
characterized as above qloted, is not to be
considered sinful, is trifiing with his own
conscience. And when the Presbyterian
Assembly say they earnestly and sincerely
desire "ihc complete abolition Of Siavery
throughout the wsrld," they may safely
pass for AJ0litionists
The "pcrverse blindness that Won't
see "siD," in the foregoing picture of
Slavery, can not be excused in the case Of
+ himself. lie hopes, however, to blind
honest people against seeing the truth,
doubtless supposiug that his readers are
mostly of that singular family whose
perusal Of a village newspaper is thus
described. The old gentleman puts Oh
his specs, and begins:
"FAr,L AccIprxr-Dsm of S..JGnes, Esq"
Oh Lady OnIerrupune) Esquire Jones!
wonder # he was much hurt
old Gent-ill read on aud see. "Abont
noon, yesterday, terrible affair occurred al
Faciorylown, by which that place has lost one
OF ITS most valuable citizens. II seems that
the deceased was engaged about the engine,
when his clolhIng caught in strap. which
drew him IN through narrow space, smash
ing his bones, and
Oldest GrL-Poor man how il must have
hur, Il wonder If he'll die.
old Gent. GeadS on)-"-lfe was at once
extinct IN the shapelees mass"
Oiiesf Boy.-Do tell ifthe old fellow is dead.
oa Gsnf. (takes cf his Snow you
all lusl wait until | have done, and then we
will know. (Resumes.) "Man thar is born
of woman is few days and full of trouble.
Esq. Jones is no more. The places that knew
him once, shall know him no more for ever.
He has left for that bourne from whence no
ever returns. The sodS OF the val
ley are above him, and the summer winds
sigh a sad requium o'er his early, honored
grave"
ola Lady-There-hav you got through,
OH Gent-Yes, that is all.
OH LadY-Well, now l want to know
the man is really dead or not I
Old GENT. Cooking at the paper again and
reading II all over) "Wal, rally, this ere
paper don't say"
And so Br. + can't find Sin in the
" gross violation of the most precious
rights of human nature,' and in that
which is "totslly inconsistent with the
law of God" and irrcconciatle with the
spirit aud principles of the Gospel Of
Christi" What religion he must have!
Poor mortal! "None are so blind as
those who do not wish to see." Let him
alone