The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-05
ARIELISM.

We have a white league friend,
Baptist in religion, who has been
reading Ariel's pamphlet, and believes
the negro is not human butsimply beast.
En- PEASANT, we would like to know, to
what order of animals those belong who
are part Caucasian and part negro; for
we have a great many of that mixed
class here, and many of the white sons
of God will have to answer at the last
day for defiling the image of the Lord
by miscegenation with the black
"beast." -..sT-
Ariel's pamphlet is said to be very
ingenious, and that if you admit his
premises you are bound to conclude that
the negro is a " beast" 1t relies prin-
I cipally, we believe, on S~eriptural quo
t%ations, fordrgumentS, not for plain state
ments of facts. Now the Bible, and es-
pecially the New Testiment, isthe creed
Of those who believe in Christianity.
According TO Biblical lore, the name of
Ham, one Of the son of Noah, means
" hot heat" -" brown" and Ethiopia
means heat" g." blackness." An Eth
Opian now means black man., and con
%sequently a negro. Now we will quote
a passage of Scripture, which goes
againstour white league Baptist friends
Arielism and in favor OF his Baptism.
1t begins at the goth verse of the 8th
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles,
| and reads thus: .'" '.. 4'.''
And the angel Of the Lord, spoke unto
Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the
South, unto the way that gOeth down
from Jerusalem unto GAIA, which is des-
ert. And he arose and went: and be-
hold, q man of Ethiopia, Il eunuch Of
great authority under Candace queen of
the Philippians, who had the charge of
all her treasure, and had come to Jerusa-
lem for to worship, was returning; and
sitting in his chariot; read Esaias the
prophet. Then said the Spirit unto.
Philip, Go lear and Join thyself to this
chariot, And Philip a thither to him,
and heard him read the prophet Esaias,
and said, understandest thou what thou
readest? And he said. How can, !,
cept some man should guide me- And
he desired Philip that he would come
mp, and sit with him. The place of the
Scripture which he read was. this, He
was led as q sheep to the slaughter; and
like a lamb dumb before his sllearer, SO
opened he not his mouth +: In his hui
initiation his Judgment was taken away
and who shall declare his generation z?
for hi. life Is taken from the earth. An
the eunueh answered Philip, and said,
| pray thee, OF. whom speaketh the pro-
nhat fhis 2 Of bin1Sn1f ~, pf Coma nfha,
man. Then Philip, opened his mouth,
and began at the same Scripture, and
preached unto him Jesus. And as they
went on their way, they come unto q
certain water: and the eunuch Nsaid,
See, here is water; what doth .hinderllm me
to- be baptized 2" And Philip said IF
thou believest with all thy heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and said, L
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God. And he commanded the chariot
to stand still: and they went down both
into the water, both Philip and the Gu
much and he baptized him. ,.r - ... g.
The Bible, Jesus Christ, and Philip
one of the original Twelve Apostles, are
all higher authority than Ariel and its
author and could an Ethiopian FbeastSn
be converted to Christianity, a dweuld
the Holy Ghost prompt the Apostle to
baptize an animal that was not a human
beings The word nation means peo-
pie. and all people are human beings.
There are different nations. of negroes
in Africa, as there are of whites in
Europe. In the 18th verse of the 18th
chapter of Matthew, Christ says to his
disciples: .os ~"
Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
baptiZing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
And the 10Th verse of the 10th chapter
OF Luke says:
Hesthat believeth and isbaptized shall
be saved but he that believeth not, shall
be damned. - Fl ~.
The apostle Philip who dWelt on earth
with Christ, and received his instructions
direct from his divine Masters lips, bap-
dzed a believing negro esnIinlch and
if there is any truth in the Bible or
Christianity, that negro is now among
the saints of Heaven, whether any Of
our modern white sons of God ever get
there or not, If there is no trnth in the
Bible or Christianity, there is none in
Ariel, for from the former the latter is
pretended to be drawn. re- t3s55
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