The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-07-27
d Volumel3 Number Ill.

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teachings. Paul breathcs the spirit
OF christianity-thc spirit OF peace
and good willito menar The aboiitionf
diyines arc iDilamcdy the ispi,it
of war, blood, assh prescription and
persecution against all who arc not
tnhamed with The same fierce, and
proscriptivc sprint that enfires their
own heurts. 81 .uuibass slt Il 4l4gi
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sian ,abolitipnisls Falrcady quoted, IA !
snclta n lite-like portrait of Americanl
abolition preachers. that ono OF tlicirl
own number, Rev PreeyTa, RhdLcw-
is, in his reply TO RcY. III. w. Van.
.dikc's First Day sermon, saws, "Iti
must be confessed, that this is II yeryI
fair picture OF many modern ahoi
tlops.N The application Ivy st. Paul
to the Epes'an aboiitionists, OF the
figure, 'grievous wolves, not sparing
the ilock, may he applied with equal
Ipropricty TO the fierce and prosec,.
tive and blood thirsty abolition
preachers of this, country. : A rcele
brated English divine, Watson, in
his Biblical dictionary, says of the
wolf: at lives upon tntinc: Is violent,
bloody, cruel, toii.cious nid greedy |
= - - H Is ferce paAskf, o. as, 4
halls whhoUt remQrAe, and, by its in
discriminate slaughter, seems to grat.
ify its hiaiigndg, rather than its hun
ger. The wolriswc,tllcr thon ne lion
or the bear, and less coura aeous than
the leopard, but he scarcely yields.
to them in crUchy AMI rapaciousncs3
His ravenous temper prompts him to
destructive and sangiIinary dcpre,la
tiops. How perfectly does this crtI
el heast symbolic blood. thirsty abo.
lition clergy! A comment Of Mr..
Watson upon n Scripture passage, in
which certain princes aud judges OF
Israel are compared To wolves, is an
admirable Illustration of the charac
ter Of abolition divincs. Said he
Instead of protecting the innocent
and restraining the evil doer or pun.
ishinS him according TO the dcmerit
Of his crimes, they delight in vic.
lence and oppression, in blood and
rapine; and so Unsuitable is their Gu.
.pidity, that, like the evening wolf,
they destroy more than they are able
to possess Mr.. Watson says in his
concluding remarks 'T'he apostle
Paul, in his address TO the elders Of
Ephesus, gives the name of his insid.
ious and cruel animal TO the false
teachers, who disturbed the peace
and the faith of their people Il,
know this that after my departing,
shall grieyous wolves enter in among
you, not sparing the ilock,'l Acts xx,
~. These false teachers whose
coming was prophetically announced,
we have shown were abolitionists. =
Their character, AZ portrayed by
Paul. it has also heen shown, were
exactly that of the abolition divinos
of this century; forcing us to tile
conclusion that the prophecy had a
double MISUNDERSTANDING primari.
ly to the Ephesian pests--- aud sec
ondarily to tue American abolition
priests, who, like the wolves, are
scattering the flock or God, and de-
S.'Tl y. S "s so"'' 'o' "''o''' 'i'e ncuee"''
" N''"'
How many faithful men Of God, in
many parts oil the North, can. bear
TESTIMONY TO the absolutely 400 Gsh
character of men who claim to be
shepherds Of the fock OF Christ %
How many good men, whose only
offence was That they did not repu
diate the teachings OF ST. Paul, seven
the words OF the Lord Jesus" and
the doctrine or God, turn abolition
ISIS ana Jotii IN a woiiish howl for
p'osu' nave been prosfribed, insulted,
anu pe,secu'ea, anu expelled or
uriveh IRON the churches. How
many MINISTER'S OF Jesus Christ, with
oia,''I'oss ,'t,'''c'c's' nave pcenTcN'
'ci'eu Vi uitlch from the churches
ny pfoscilpt'oh and persecution
Simply because ll'ey were not car
REQ away ny lne abolition ianaticism
ahd herssies OF tie times, Not con,
tent zen, WIN WIN ,orclils the great religious
denominations INTO geographical di-
VISIONS they, Win woliish nalig
nlty, now rom the p'llpits, political
rostruns, ana street corners, against
nho'itho'hS members OF their COM
munities ana congregations, ~ "cop
perheaus' "rcpcis' and TRAITORS
10 their country ana their God. They
nov ohiy ciaihor Tor tile blood of
A N hn a..