Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-08
CHAPTER III.

business OF the double fists and the ris-
ing and setting Of the sun.
There were no newspapers In Boston,
but there was great deal OF conversa-
ton. and whatever was posted up on the
town pump, or at the town house hard
by, or above the whipping post, or on
the front Of the meeting hou9e, was rap
idly repeated from mouth to mouth So
was it that the week had not ended be-
fore the town knew perfectly we'll that
q ~Ginpy black" was offered for sale.
And in one and another conference, in
which Winthrop and Dudley and John
Cotton took the lead, as they came out
from the Thursday lecture, the matter
was discussed in all it's relations. When
John Cotton and John Williams went
into the meeting house Thursday morn
ing they did not know much about the
matter, and far less did they know what
they THOUGHT about 1t. But, after the
informal conversation with the other ell
ders. after the meeting was over, and
before they left the house, both Of them
knew very well. Winthrop knew what
they thought and Dudley knew; for, IN
q fashion, Winthrop and Dudley had had
their share in telling John Cotton what
it was as we'll that he should think. And
so, when people went to meeting on
Sunday, there was quite a general i'm
rrcss.on in the congregation that before
they came out they would know what
was to be done with the black man.
The meeting house was always as
full as it would hold. On this occasion
Wilson led the congregation in prayer;
then he "deaconed out" one OF the
psalms. as versifed for the congrega-
ton. Then Cotton led in prayer, and.
after the prayer. he announced the text
of his discourse. 1t was from the
tenth. eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth
verses of the eighteenth chapter OF
Revelations. Alas, alas, the great city
of Babylon, that mighty city, for in one
hour is thy iudgm ut come. And the
merchants of the earth shall weep ana
mourn over her; for no man buyeth
their merchandise any more; the mer-
chandlse of god and silver, and precious
stones. and pearl, and fine linen, and
purple. and silk, and scarlet, and all
thvine wood, and all manner vessels OF
ivory: and all manner vessels OF most
precious wood, and of brass, and iron,
and marble, and cinnamon, and odors,
and ointments, and frankincense, and
wine. and oil, and fine -four, and wheat,
and beasts, and sheep, and char-ots'
and slaves, and souls Of men.
The first head was description OF
Babylon in all its glory. The second
head showed that, although Boston was
but O small town nOw-nay, had Deeni
called Lost Town" in the sneers OF the
people around her-there was every
reason why, if Boston held firmly in her
LOYALTY to the living God, King OF kings,
and Lord of lords, FOstOn should have
more wealth and trade and rule and do
minion than any OF the principalities
and powers of the heathen. The third
head showed thai all this was impossl-
HE for Poston if she did not cleave to
the living God, and did not live by His
commands. The fourth head showed,
bv full reference 20 the books OF the
Old Testament, that Gods people made
no slaves excepting in war The NTH
head rointed out the denunciatlons OF
the prophets against the Syrians, be-
cause they bought and sold slaves from
tbe islands of the West. And the sixth
head brought all this to a close, in its
denunciatiOn of Babyl because she
traded in souls and slaves.
al have read to you, he said, from
the word of God, the names oil some OF
those things which perish with the
using, which this great Babylon bouSh'
and sold. I have read to you also the
names of treasures which do not perish
in the using, which this Babylon pre-
tended to sell and to buy. lt is all as
BOSTON can buy corn and fish and 1ur.
as Boston can buy beaver and otter ana
skin of mink and skin OF bear, as Bos-
ton can SEND out her sasafras 10 En-
gland and buy her cotton from the In
dies. so could Babylon buy and sell Gin
namon and frankincense. And then ne
read the whole verse. But woe 10
Rahvlon because she bought, or tried
to bTv. the souls of men! Babylon the
great is fallen, because she bought those
slaves which her merchants capuvated
far awav. And woe to this town, which
we thought the Lord founded, woe 10
His kingdom. which we thought was to
come even in the wilderness, in the day
when our shipmen and our merchants
shall carry away from us our furs ana
our snices. and shall bring back to us,
for o recompense, slaves and the sous
of men," Then, pausing for moment,
he went on to address the hlng OF kings
In nrayer. The whole congregation,
thrilled and excited, rose to their feet
and stood as he prayed, pouring out the
amer of his e,oQuence in eager words.
40 Lord God, save thy people, ano
save thv heritagel Let not the curse
and the dannation fall on this place
viii h fell upon those heathen. Let moi
thine own people, the sheep OF tllhe
own PASTURE and the flock OF tnlne Owl
hand. stray in the waste IN whlcn tnt
Gentiles strayed. Let them not tastt
the fruit that was forDlddeh, leu Inen
not drink Ct the waters OF Maran: oaVe
O Cod save in this thy time. Blot ou'
from the book of thy remembrance oul
fo,lies and sins in the days that are
INST Remember thine own infinite
ner,v and hold fast to thine own pur'
nose in tbe redemption OF this land, an(
show thy people, in the light an(
ma a-estv of thine own holy spirit, how I
undo fbe cha ms that they have oouho
S- 20 t,,rn hack from the paths OF thel
we. kness, and how TO proGialut I,To TonG
TO the captive. o, rule IN tnls ,iy y l"iio nd -
thou who art King OF kings anu 0ou y
gods. thou Lord OF hos's' hule ioI ~ ~
good and do not trample Us uiluel Vn
feet Of thy vengeance. save us sIse
wo hoeeech thee, 0 LOrdl Lift up NIL
that is oppressed break the bonds 0
him who is enslaved, and set the prison
or free Save us, Lord Jesus, VINO mas
been nieased in thine own flesh, 10 lea
captiYity captive, and thine shall oe IN IN
glory and the honor, the power ana III