Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-08


duty, be said uuto them, (which of you, hav.
ing servant, plowing or feeding cattle, will
say unto him, by aud by, when be is come
from the ieid 20 aud sit down to meat And
will not rather say unto him, make ready
wherewitb | may sup, and gird thysslf aad
serve me- till have eaten aud drunken and
rhhetwhrds thou shalt eat and drink. Doth he
thank that servant because he did the things
that were commanded him2 trow not So
likewise ye when ye shall have done oil those
things which are commanded YOU say, We
are profitable servants. f..f .r n.L
The doctrine here taught by Christ is, tbat
the master does not even owe 80 much as
thanks to his servant lor doing the things
that were commanded him, but that any ben
eft or reward that was bestowed upon him
was all OF the masters bounty, and not for
any merit of the servant And by this he il
lustIa ates the relation between God apd his
servants. That any blessings by benefits be.
slowed upon them BY their Master is all Of
his goodness, mercy and bounty, and not for
any merit in them,
The discip pies Understood this doctrine per
fectly, for they were addressed az having
servants or slaves of their own, showing The
wisdom Of Christ in selecting this subject 10
teach them heir duty. A certain centurion
applied TO Chrst to heal his servant or slave
Did he hesi,ate2 No. He said, II will
come aud heal him. although he had twice
before refused to go to the house of noble
man 20 heal his son. But the centurion
said, II am not worthy that you should come
under my roof am man in uu-
thorty. | say TO one, Go, and he goeih
and TO another, Come, and he ceme;h; speak
the word, and it shall be done" Did Christ
say unto him that Il was siplul to bold slaver,
and that be must liberaie them or he could
not enter into the kingdom Of ieaven2 He
did not What did be esay2 He said, II have
not found so great faith. no, not in Israel -
This man showed great humility and great
faith 10 Christ, and this was a fine opportu Bi-
ty lost, if the institution Of slavery is what
the abolition preachers aud party say il g.
Paley's Philosophy, which is taught to our
young men and young ladies, says that the
institution of slavery was 90 Firm y established
| in the Roman Empire when Christ was on
earth, that he dare hot say anything against
it, for fear he would not be able 10 iultl his
mission, which was to establish Christianity
Il not this libel on the character of Christ 2
Did he not denouncs every SIN in the most
emphatic maoner2 He told the chief priests,
Scrbes and Pharisees that they were like
whited sepulehres, which appeared fair unto
men, but within we're full of rottenness aud
dead mems bones. .. ... .. DID
The public mud aud the religious mind
has been ABUSED on this subj sct by the Abo-
iition clergy, lhsy are the 0rigiuai seees-
sionisis Of this country Elghteenor twenty
years ago, through their teaCu ing, the great
oody oil Northern Christians seeded from
the Church South, and made Us Two nations
in fact Christianity teaches that you
should DO good unto all men, and more es-
pecsly to the household Of faith. II sou
could not fellowship your Southern brethren
and live in communion with them, how did
you ex peet the people Of the world wou d re-
main tolether2 The only reason that eau be
assigned for their remaining together so much
longer tbau you did, is thar "ihe children az
this world are wiser in their generation than
the children of light" Like the Phsrisees
of old, who taught that you must have no,
dealings with MIN, for be is Samaritan, SO
you have taught that we mast have no deal,
ings with the South, for they are slayehold-
ers, ever since you have seeded from them.
What consistency is there in your preach.
ing now, that the last dollar must be spent,
and the last man sacrificed, TO bring them
back 2 always ressrving, no doubt, that your
dollar is the last to be spent, and you the last
man to be sacrificed. By what authority do
yon preach war and bloodshed from the pull
pit2 Not by your commission 10 preach the
gospel, 1 read that it entered into The hsArt
OF David, Christian and prophet, to build
a house 10 be dedicated tothe worship of God
But God sent his prophet to him to tell him
that be should not build his house, and gave
az reason, "that be had been man OF war,
and had shed blood; that he had shed much
blood on the face OF the earth in his sight "
Was this good reason 1t must have been,
| for it was God 8 reason The message TO be
promulgated from its sacred desk was. "Glory
| 10 God in the highest; peace on earth, good
will to man" Ii God would not permit a
uan TO build this house whose hands were
stained with human gore, how dare you preach
that doctrine from the sanetuary2
Paul said, Il determined not to know any
thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him
cruc6ed, which IS the sum aud substance oi
/ he Gospel When Cbrist was applied TO by
man 10 cause bis brother to divide the To-
heritauce with him. he replied, "Man, who
made me a Judge or divider over you 2
! This was not his business They had judges
appointed by the cisil authority TO attend tC
these things, and Christ would not interiors
with their pserOgsliye And what right have
you, as ministers Of the Gospel, TO be meddinl
with secular affairs, and preaching desolatior
and death for the abolition Of slavery : Paul:
instruction 10 rimolhy, young minister, OF
the subject is, Let os many servants as arr
un1er the yoke count their own masters wor
tby OF all honor These things teach and ex
hort " Why should he teach and exhort thus
The reason given ls, that the name Of Coz
and his doctrine be not blasphemed" Tier
we're abolhionisls in the apostles day The,
taught the doctrine thar, when bondservan
or slave became converted TO Christianity
be had the same rights as lhe Hebrew ser.
want, and was entitled 10 his freedom at th