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ArYOR.NET AND COVSSEE,LOR AT LAW,
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Courts in A'ottrer and ].'Kean Counties. -All
beainzge entrusted in his care will receive
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. site the Court lloitse. • .
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_ate adjoining. Counties,
AIiUWE. G. OLMSTED,
ATTORNEY A COL:NSELILOR &T LAW.
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ISAAC BENSON
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ATTOP,NZY AT LAW, Wellibore, Toga Co.,
Ps., will attend tke Courts in Potter art.!
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A. P. CONI,
ATTORNEY AT Tioga Co .
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Pet..er County. - 9:13
It. W., BENTON,
F.7SVEYOR P.ay-
Mood P. Q., (A).l.Ciany Ti,)Potter Co., Pa.,
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ANCER, Smethpurt., Nt'Keatt 'Co., Ps., will
attend to business for neit-recident land
litdders, upon, reasonable terms.. Reteren
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P of the County made to oiler.
0. T., ELLISON;
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respectfully infOrnis the citizens 'of the vil
lage-and vicinity that he trill
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pois%l to all calls for professional gervices.
(Wm on Main at.; in building formerly oc
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JQNES, MANN.. 8; JONES, .
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Co iiderpart;
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S3IITII -JONES,
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AMES anti Mußi.l, N. W. coriser - of Main
sad Mint sta., Coutleraport, Pa.:' • 'loil
11ABAINGT(W
PEWELLEP...,.Cauderspoil i Pa„ baring engag
„ed a:window 'in Schoornalicr "Jaek..ott's
*"are. will e
tusineta there.: • A. line rt+sortnient' of-Jew
comitantly on lased.. 'Watches and
Jewelry carefully repaired. in the beet.style,
on the chortest notice--all wvrk warranted.
II;;:Satl• 01. 4 3 . 1'TE I) •
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:IMALER. IN STON;ES, TI C & SHEET 'IRON
WXRE, M4iir st.!;:t!egyij , 9pligsite the- Court
CctitlehipOrt; Pp.• Tin Run 'She&
Iron I%l're trtad;i tv order, in pail'
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• couDEßspurr HOTEL,
pliAsSMIttE, rroprfelor, Cornei. 'of
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"YO :NA ME."
The honey bees• i are hunispinglt
. Among the clofer syseet, ,
It trembles in the sonthern,7lnd ,
That ripples o"er the wheat,
It Steali to rue throtigh ricaisidsongs,
It conies' . wiih bridal bells,t , ' .•••
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= 'SI 50
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Id silver letters on •the sky,''
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Away shore . 'the sea,
The clouds so 4usy all the daY, '
.Sre braiding r it for me. ,• 1 • •
I. see it in. eaeliklrop of dew . 1
That.llke 4 4142rierd shies j;
The iris writs through l th
In ;prosy colcrred hoes.
: •
It is the spell thiat makes the hours
Min goldenln the spring . ;
It'sjn the hote* I lble so well
• To liter the sr,ildb i irds. sing.. --
In starlight and. in Ammer flowers, •
Ifs all the. saine,, the same.; , - •
The iunsie that my heart beitis to, • •:-.
h that euelraited name - ..; , '
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BIBLE, &:LBLIVEin,
A DISCoURSE .;
Delivered ite lirNlO ' Ti . CI Syhythia,
Pa:, Sunday, A1p:702; 1857. by Rix.
Jota. JEW 5.14 Mais i l Pat.
Ezxx. 22 : Fi :. 30, . "ITer princes in the
midst thereof_ are like Wolves: ravening the
prey. to shea blood, and to destroy 4oitls, to
gut dishonest gain: !And her prophets have
daubed them with untempered mortar,.see
lug vanity, and divining lies uata them, Toy
ing: Thus saith the Lord God, . ;when the
Lord hath not spoken. The people inf the
land have used oppression, and exercised rob
bery. and bare vexed the poor - and, needy :
yea; they have oppreskd the stranger:Wrong
fully. Arid I caught for a man among them,
that should make up the heclge and stied in
the gap before are fo the land, that . I shal
not destroy it: but 111purid none."
. .
Now, altbongh our, govenrmeut hitleaf .
to the wail of thousands who are groan-I
ing under oppressisns :manifold greater!
than these, this pions Governor declares, I
"I' was angry when I heard their sty; I
rebuked the nobles, and the !rulers.
said unto them, we, after our ability have
redeemed our brethren the jetas . , which I
. vere sold-s.into tlati heathen; and will ye
even sell 'your brethren ? ' ,It gtiod I
that ye do: might! Ye net ! to Walk in the!
fear of our Cod ?! P.EF;TORE. Then, said
they, We will restore. , Then I!callod the
priests, and took. 411' 1 04 of them, that!
the'y should do accprdiug to this promise.,
Also.l shook my and
shake out every mph froin, his e, and
from his labor, that 'performeth Mot this
promiseievou Thus be he shaken out and
emptied. And all the cOngregation said,
Amen, and praised the flereis
Heaven approved abolition; and that!of,
the - mildest .type of servitude, SOile.ll
only last
omy last few years: Can anytnan say
:kat I am an enthusiast; a traitor, to my
country, _a preacher of pOlitie, because I
demand, in, the name *Of Almighty God
and &lin .troddeuluirianity,. this
I professedly; !christiad •iiation shall adopt
the same course in Matlon to Oiir afflicted
!colored brethren!? May. I:not .expect
Ith:it will • say ;
Amen • "' 1
a. ♦. JOS a.d
r. II ZATTIPS EIERVANT:3 init "40T
CTIATTEL BLANES. '.llere.',itir the
"Both :thy bond-men, and! bona-maids;.
(male and 'fel:nide servants of mil work,):
whie,h thou shaltliave,' shall be of the
heathen that are round about - You ;of theth
shall ye bay bond-mcn and bond-maids.
Moreover; of the -children ;of:the Strait-
gors that do sojourn among. you,-Oftthetn
shall ye buy,' and of theiCfauiillei that
are with ydu,"'Whit,Artin i lihegat in!foni
land; ,and_ they
_shall,be scinr.tosse4sion.
And ye shalt takt Ahem as aXiiplietitA99
for your children - after - yetti- ta_
them for a ,pok.session. . They, j shall'fie
your liond,mett.forever.! r
We haveiseen that the word 4 ,‘,bond'_' . is
not in the original statute: and that "buy'
had greatoi j iattitude than•with They
honght s;xyitifa; rj 4st as. yth. 4el - (1 1
hands, and:dairy women
, 1 You notice that these hathen.Ber.vaPts'
wererroeured.:of,thernseiveli.; ara, , ,vhen
minerii, "of tietrfamillos' AHe w:
11.4 J
. . - •
ot ,kr!(.l tioniqr,ficp,,,4ll4 Pi,ssiii)i)ifttioq of Til'oi•olii‘ti,
MI
[Cuitcluded.)
COU JERSPORT, POTTER ; COUNTY, PA:; . THURSDAY, ooTO4p,
co4l&iiii . `p3Ore'llird , o'r purchase a,'..s - t9.11-
Or of a third.parti:Oirednee io in..
volniitary .sprvitude, think:yoli can do, tt
iu Pennsylrania ; ., 90f them shall ye buy.:'
!'Of the children (oi•descendants; so many
f4,;re willing 'to enter: into' eantract,).'of
them shall se buy."
FUrther -.notice :these - serval*, as :n,
matter of course, were to. be. f‘a. possess
ion and adinheritance7 ,foi.their children,
even 'Unto:the end
.'of , the contract; in cats•
tlie - ninstei'shaiild: die:
:..Nottee :once more.: their 'engagement
WaS to:serve "forever," or i nntil the. jubi
lee. -'_The stipulation. in this respect, dif
fdred not from the 2greeinqit'witli Re-
brew scivautici‘the Jong covVoant, which
should last frOin seven to foity-pine yeti.a
This would—generally 11e - forever. or for
Nti , lia . rgain,'ivhetherlor land
could possibly biudbey j oinl:trie:
"Ye 'shall - hallow 'the' fiftieth - Year; , and
,
proelAnn liberty throughout tile land unto
all flit.' inhabitants - theleof; it'shall be - a
jubilee unto you; and return ev:
erfTAU' unto his pdslessio'n:and ye 41311
return ei*lman unto - hil faraily."
_There
A - child:l)e'n' P eUer.4lentanei nut=
. • .
:era ti
releace: The only exe_eptiOn was
. . .
in the caae`o Property deVoted to: Clie
retie serVioe. ; ,
"'That the' servitude of'foreigners'was
not earee'd 22 . 1'd Involuntary, is further
evident frotn the'following considerations.
1. it was a , "/istem 01 proselytism and
napfralizatiem.
MalinouideS, the' ,TeWisli Rabbi says„'
•"Th l e master' is to seek to overl
~1
by instrnetiOn, and by love' nd k.indnessi."
• Dr. • Royr author of the IlebrewLeii 7
eon, says, "there is no word in the - Bible,
fix slave. For the law of the Sanhedrim
forbids slaverY.' The contr;tot v,•as td be
nautuitl arid voluntary. It was condi- I
tional that the servant should, within one
year, become. a proselyte to the Jewish
;'ifreligion not, he ivas.to.be discharged.'.'
These sertants received 'Moral ;tut' relig
ions instruetion; both ; in the, family and
at all the stated. Meetings, equallY with i
the native born inhabitants. .
2: They had the same cii it and relig
ityhtS,
~"Ye Lavc,:one . Planner of law as
well for:the stranger aFt for : one of your
own country: for I: am the Lord your
God. Shall the stranger be
before the And it shall come to
pass..that Ye shall divide : this land by, tot of pizid labor,
.i,n,544,( . 1
,of
. slppery:. .. II
for' an inheritance • unto you, .and to. the . "Thou, shalt inot defraud, thy. neighbor;l
strangers that sojourn: among , you, which neither i rob'idm ;..t,hp..-tragep.of, him. tha*l
shall beget: children - among yen': ;`toil see- is hired shall not abide with thee ail sightd
they, were_ all,' , re4uired - .: to, he - Yree Soil= until the morning. . Thou . shalt. ii ot ,ep 7 l
ers;) and they shall he unto, yon - as horn press , au,bired..servant that . .ispopr
. andll
in-the country :among the Children of Is- needy,,whether he .ho of thy brethren, or, l
ml ; they shall have inheritance with Yon of
.thy . strangers that Are in thy, land witli-1 1
among the tribes of lir:el.: And it shall is thy gates, at hia.day jor titre agreed
cpiiie to pass, ' that -What tribe the strati : . upon) thou shalt, give -him his Itire,,ne 1
ger spjourneth, there.,shall ye, iii , e.hiin ther, shall the sun god Own upon it ;.lirl
his inheritance, Saith the j,ord :God.7'l-7 he : is poor and setteth his : heart, upon it'iyf
Thus they citizenized all foreigners. This •lest.beery.,npinst i thee .unto, the; I.;ord
is the . , gospel, plan, also ; infamous - bred. and it. be sin unto thee. ' Wo unto - lum
i
Scott deciSiOns to the 'Contrary 'netwith- that buildeth - his , honse- by nnrighteous
standing., i .".Ne,tv therefore, ye are-`no I ness, and =his; chambers brivreng ; that]
more strangers and foreigners; but fellow tlieth'his' :neighbors -serviee'WitheutW4l
citizens-With, the laints,4ind.Of the house-! ges - , And gireth him not for his:Worli.P-1-. 1 1 -1
hold of "Gad. ' FOrythere is 7 ito differente I Paid' and 'Slave..labor cannot 'thrive - told
between_ the Jew and
-the Greek ; (TAY ?)Igetherli-yOn'iee; which God •reciitities. - and '
for the.,eame Lord over all .is rich iintO all. *hick 'be.'forbids.. - ''.l - *ill conse , nearte l
that call. upon. him:'' ~: •.. -, '. .. .
_..,,,, :, yeti in.. - judguient - ; and I:Will 'he Al:eviift,.l
. - ~ il
3. Hebrav lc* fm. dlizge :n,
alloppression,. ‘CittiOiAga inst' theSerCerere; and against
..'"Thou . sTa'it . neitber:Ve% a stranger nor the adultereiS,Arnrigaitiktrthe faise'sWear-i!
. : - that' oppress-ih i t
oppress : him : for ye
. yrereStrangers in the ? ..ers, •nnd those- then
land of Egypt." How infinitely '*iefe hirelingin hie iiageS; : the'srideiv and'iliLl:
- -•I il
from. the - truth .-,are. the assertions Of all, fatheile* and that turn aside :the itian 7)
those.whoinsiSithat_theirens. - m ‘ ight elm . - ger from his right; and fear tiotine, , kaith 1
pel..involuntary ~.houdage,llese i'Pharatili ;1 the J.ford of hoits. , ' Behold;' thn , hire: of
and .that we may treat the Xfirean Stinn ..:. 1 tho`fahOreis - who hate - tea pa . de - nit ',ititir
ger ittthe,saine : way, and
,plunder him Of ~fields, which is of yonlieptßicitA):'fr.tud,
alrright IO:liim 's'olo : ; .- fiteti, *not', the'. POOrierietki htici .thtl ' eries:QfiLtlitu..Witig4. : ;lliiit,
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becatisp4itis , pnor ;-,_ neithei., „oppress the reaped nre , oniered , uitao - ther.. ease of the
t
atiiietcdi.q : thc,gate; . for; - the ..I:Ord Will Lori of Sal aatlii" !! 'o.l'. -, .i,;:7.r , ':'.. ';;;'''. '''
plead.. their .emisc,. ziticl i3poil the soul of!, ...5 : . - .7,74; 1 .!1,k1i:/ 4 4 : . - 4 111 : 4 ' 6 4 -61 '0 1, 9 11 : ] of
those that *Toiled ,them ' Aud . if a stray- ifygitives .to their masters... 7.: 7 , ~..„. • _
ger,:sojoyitn :with_ thee, in. your ; lnod,,,ye :..; 4 stray, : beast, might - - ; be . hunted : front
shall f .not ~vex -hint , But the stranger that. Data' to Barsheba.:7 - 77Rvery -- ..mati! was lo
dw.elletN r svith 7 yolaie)9ll, : be unte,ypn, 4 usehis . ',
be - ;;initions . , to, re sto re, it' to its
one, born. mong:you aud : thon shalt loco eineilie4iiielt iV,lts. pro Petty.
- - .. - ki.il - le ,
him as .thyself; for ye were strangers in servant:.* l as - ,:cka . .Foperty,.nene could re,-
. theland.of-,pAyit ; I MIL t!,i , d 1. 4 . 0 rd 3:,ur.vicn,lanogit - ,ait:werei bound to befriend;
,C--oil.. i 4 1nd I charged your ju,chie.s.a(that I : hiapl '','; -•i': - .:''::':; _-- f'. ::
.-=!: ,:= 'I .t 1 ;i: , .
ti me ,. s apog,_ , ,,th9us,l44tyeen':" . 27Ou'i . 7l4:it r oi c 'diiitir'"USte;hii'iriM-!
..''....' - !...,,,,:., „...., . „....-.„.„.. i .... ~„... .., •
your !bre4ren,' 4 . 4. ji14..1„i!,540.y .1 bg-licr:lt/t..i . :viej:o?4:F.74.:ifk.4o,:fg ~A, ; i. r !!.,,W
tWeettlnieir nianlitid ,hiOn'ottierllo4,4l.tem,v4rioA9...l - 4144,4welliwAtit-thp,9,
stranger tbstle-vith"-htn;'"'Yoll i dallmht!*.crit - ;aXecer4 cy4,311.1 a Akit illceltiii*.hti
EIN
respect pen - lona inj it - dguient." : . .1 . 44 no
flee, lifethren, that the thhtided Of Od's
la.w'do not turn aside 'fOr' tho'n - eeOi4nit;:
dada 'of:slave-hold.in'g iiidies 9 i - thi e Fui'
ted States st4ieme coiirt."' 'God says to
the judges;' ,toThou shalt
,not perv'er4 - the
judgment of the Stimnger. ' - .Erow long,
Will :We hnjtisq,' - and,: a'eeel)t i the
persiiis
_of the'wlello ? Defend the poor
and fa therless - ; ;do jUgtii::e•tO'the , atibted
an &needy. ' Deliver the'Poiirl• rid iladi!,il
rid 'tent out of the latid'cif the' wieted. I.
Cursed .he.,l2e-,, that perverutth the l ludg- ,
Ment,of the stranger, fatherless,. and tid
ow : and' all ..the people % shall. titt.y, Amr.?'
II
Yes; all the people, without distinction of
party lilies, shall say,,Atuen. , Thetshall,
exclaim; -- : ~ _ .. • ~.-_ ~ -i ',, ,
" Juifoi4 who rile the world by laws,
Will 5-e cle4pise : the rightect,cii.3 . conic
Then rile o*csaion wiastea 'the land V
Dare ye condemn the ri o hteouspe9r,
AMU let rich s"Vr3:ineis 'senpe'secuie,'
Whilo gold and greatneaslirili c q yeixtr'lm
"Have ye•fotot, never")cneir -
Ttia6 'the judges tat)?
, ;1316 in; the beaveiis Lid justice=reikititi
Yeti you invade the . rights:of:Alo4; - ,•
Aod.serid . your : lold decrees abroad,
To bind-the conscience iu your chains.'
-Do you !ay we bave; no busin'eslj
n, ddlc . tvith suclr 04gs;
,tflo,4lbelan,
politicians ? We -have business withihe
truth : . 6f the Bible.. ,And which. shall
stand;- ~ the . council of. God, or political
platforms and bogus laws? "S.hall the
throne of hihoity have fellowship l With
Thee, which frameth mischief by a ?
They gather themselves i together agai,nst
the soul, of . .the .righteous, and, condeinn
the innocent bloOd."...Take care friends
lest you -condemiit,ihe Lord Jesus in the
person of the poor negro. lie deplaries,
"Inasmuch as ye have. done it unto one
of the least of these ray brethren,. ye have
dope it unto me.'!' The Jaws of the Eternal
are all . arrayed against oppression.
unt o them that decree Intighteaull &crop,
and that write grie7z,ousness which th:ey
have prescribed; to. turn mile tht, needy
frontjudgment. and to takeaway the right
fie s na the poor of ply people, that widow.s
may be tbeir-prey, and thattbey,ulay fob ,
die fatherless I And .wbat will ye do in ,
the day of visitation, and in the ; tlesola 7
tion which ishall ; .eowe.from far?. To ;
whom will ye Bee help,? And where ,
will you,leaveyonr glory...
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shall -'choose °he'd:thy - gates-Where it 1
liketh him b9st;,.thoo shalt not oppreSS - ,
hiM.7 NeTundergro - und Bail.llead Wasl
necessary. :• was,,u..broad -track ofl
light aboie ; ground, , deeply= imbeded in
the plain'statitie of Heaven. ; - ..tvery fu- j
gitice slavp Opp.sitionl6 .. this- is
null and, veld being rendefed uneousti-i
tutienal :by the -"nigher yourl
servant'or laboer leaves you, can any pow:
eron earth, force-lihn back.? :'No. •• Why;
not he; like the. Jewish
rant, is not IzOni,oluntaryslavl; Slaye-i
ri lives by might, and not by right. ''.'Bol
I returned, and considered. all theeppres
sionathaf'are"„done- under the- sun f and'
behold'the tears of such as Were oppiesi
ed,.and they ~had, no : comforter ; and on
the Bide of thceppressors , there was pow
er; but they hed no ecimfOrter." .Take
counsel, execute judgment ; Make 'thy
shadeW is the Inight in the midst of the
noon day; hide'; the 'outcasts ; bewray. not
bin thattwanderetly. Let mine onteas.ts
dwell vrith thee!;.be, then a covert tothem,
from the' faca'or the spoiler.' The' gee
p;el enjOihs,,''B„.l. not forgetfurte entertain
strangers." - commends the. widow,
"If. she have lodged;, strangers." Now,
how, long would - slavery exist in this
eirentry," without: an enactment to return
fugitives?'
13 17: le, law condemned an,a;n-stealing,
man-selling, and ,man-holding. -
"If a man be found stealing any of
his breihren , of-the aidren of Isrcel, and
maketh mei:Ohandize him or' (elleth
him; then that thief shall die ; and thou
shalt put evil away :.from.. among_ you."
Do you 'say that although we may not
Make inercliainlfieof our : brethren,
may ; of ethers Why,Undar_ the gospel 1
we are all brethren. tut, . forever to I
!silence such pro-slav=ery pleading,: Clod
I has. iapeated this law ;: and given' it Uni
versal application.' "J": 1 - thA ateafeth a
maik - (any man) and . selleth him, or if he
be . fonnd'in his hand, he shall surely be
pat to death.' This section of the law,
not only decla'rei 'the slave trade piracy ;
jbut, that' that parson whoshall steal a
man away from 'himself, 'or • sell a an
away from hirita4 or-hold a man away
from hluaself,in 'either cas' e he is worthy
of death.' •
Jarchi, a: celebrated Jewish -ccimmen:
taier,:sais,' "To use a - 'man :against' his'
will, tli;.'Mgh -he 'Use his services ever so
little, the Person compelling , ' him - . shall
ic'ss'a thief.'' .' A stolen man • cannot
e" sold . Sold . uhtil the .title become:' good.
Your 'claim to a sheep - that- has been sto
len," is 'not diminished 'though it. rev'
pass through a thousand han&. "flow
much then is alnan better than a sheep?'
What right of property in Christ ;did'
Judas convey to,'the :priests for thirty
pieces :of Silver 37 ' None. - "hie - same
right,has the slave trader to the .ittesh
and blood he ;brin ,, s. from the African
coast. The,
,same . right, and fig-more,
have all the holders of, stolen huManitY
in.this union. .
~ ,
The Lord says, All' souls (Or persoris)
are. pine.:' He gives infants I during
thEiir minority, to parents for education,
saving, "Take these children and train
them. Up - for me." • Government also
owes
„them , instruction and protection.
Besides, Personal liberty belonb to every
man as the
r gift of Gad. 'lt is the birth
riglit, inheritance,
,inalienable
• 'except - for
timn:Herod,piezes I
one hundred thousand of these
innocents every,year_ ? Omni - away!
from Ci:od; nway On in their Parents; °Way I
from - the
. protecting arms GoVernMent,
- thee) . el ia"- - a 'them
away iorri s s r an ooras
to hopeless- bondage : Then;
born monster demands.that. we, like -so
many blood-herords;shall'.etigage in per- i
petuating and - -eitending. the enormous
crime ' • .aml attempts_to.. bmud us -,with
`'treason" against. the union and I)einoc.:'
racy; ill we refuse.tO steep.:our souls{: in
the orirtson'dye. .• , - . •
•': - Thirs have ire - aeon that, tlie...old. -Tea
!,
tatnent no where :".austains but
everywhere,. and - •erery: possible ._way
denounces it a a most gigantic. sin. It
teaches property in, , ..mnri is an at, :
- :
'The iteterZeskrinent.llivoisfrese=
After the "
t U •-•.;
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ANN I s.
iSliseri 't ' ' it 'l4iiiihi eiseie Uil l ircaceiii
that Chitstan a, the.opoltiee„ sli,oulitAi:
anokher tvoid':iipbn the,. subjecii;yit:iliv:,:,
lilivenot"failea te51013, i,. ~. i l . ,i •:. .
'Our JAl:gil iti- .1 : 1 ! 'e;Roftig? ` ",.. l o,. o.if -.
31Ora1 la and - Gia . iil.ituf.z; ai. l iii "all till
other teachir.gs, has most ..eleary , 8 Wrt
L- 1 opposition - • , •, .---'''' 1. . ••t5...•i1 , ., : i' , ;10
the Oteluqp.tithiity, to lj slaxcetz.,
i ire 4ens . l3is - divine COriCMissi c till44 - 4W
commission of all his micastetl, II bl.,saT,,
, inc . ".The Spirit o the I rills ,u on
mo l
, - .-., ~,,, r.;erz,,c
, ` , tree: use he bath aunomted..me to, 1 1: ep.cft
i .. ., ~..,...,.... ~,,, ~,,, ...... 1 .4,,,... , , s
the gospel " to tne , ,poor, ne
, na9„acnt . irtz t
,
Ito Peal thelitotenlieartoi t tO ii:4..a . 4.7,4e z ,,
1
li4C'gUec - ' tti', tliii,'YCaiiti,i:ei,: . a,lo. l i:eyov .- 7 ;
erineefifigit tti the' bliVii,- to' s e l lilt; li :,
i er'6 ,
,`thein that are bruisreA, - .'tO irreae . li'tliW
accei,tahle ‘yei . ."of,ther4#l',l.;'' - ' ..l #,ifiii; ,
world's jubilee,: , Ciirist f . uttere44lot,t4i.
first word :of ,eneouragemont. 4- ,tilet;:
::•;-.12,...-.1. , :-.:.,3 p.i.:,1: 7. , .. 1. ~.t..., . ....,:ii2,.
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upon liao" of tiLe.:Teit.
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doomed, institution The •parableof ther
servant that owed hie lard 10;66a - tildiiiii".
and ' itUptisoiled his•
hostile 'to . all modertt.;ideas:of,'sl;yery.,
Sto!also is the parable. of the,i3ervint- A wluit
refused to occUpYe.the talent;
The gospel " 3lastere i . psi unto
• -
your „servants that is.. jusV . artO t .
equai.." , :Who does - not, know. that 7 j.neL.:,,
tice and equality Would; antribilare•-nlat
rY? To the servant; 'Who is -41;64_ COIXV6
meneing a ehriatian life, it , gays to l
thou called being a servant -care .u.St fo;,.
it;" , (be ;not .oVer • anxioue..jeopeernik4l--
it,) but if thou - ihayast• be. made fiee,--usa
it 'rather." - That is, if it is..in'Yottr."pow ,l
ler, to become free,yourieliiii4; the',
privilege 'by all theane.' - ..; - " - Fer.he; thiti4
is .called in the;lerd, being,a,,servattf,.l4:
Hie-Lords freema'n•; also ho.that
is'ealled, being free, is Christ's - - servatit.;•
Ye are boughf with a price . ;
, be
the servants men.". The' geaper
_of;
universal freedom ; declaree..
tuildc; of one blood all nations "ofnien'. * fer,
I to' dwell on all the face -'of :the
One is yOttr Nester, even
all ye are brethren:-, ': . There is', neither;
roek nor;Jew,",circuncisionlnor
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cuincision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond. nort
free ; but' Christ•is in • For
ye ere all the Chilaren!A God by- faithiiP
Christ Jean . - 1!or as. tnany
haVe been baptized. lute .Christ, have pat.
on Christ. • There• is -neither : Jew nog,
Greek, there is -neither :b4enti nor ifreei,
there is neither Male nor .- -fonsale•;.' .for, ye
are v all:_ono in Christ Jeette." '. There
no distinetion 'Of nation, or'eaate'oieolafi
F or sexi for all are emancipated in cliriat.;
Tam.asked why_ it is that .many... Coi
n tnentators' and learned Men supptide•tbp
Bible authorizes:slaveit, - _,
did the 'Eptuan Jesnits imprison
more than;2oo years ago'for
as it Was eallea, of holding the eat-,was:
a ball revolving round - the 'sun ?
did Dr`: Emriions,` and !carried' lien 'ale*
years sinee, denounee as, infidel;
that, the work of'crea' tion, wan alleetedLin.:
longer • periods - than six. literal 'days.
Priends -the Bible does. not; : •changei= lout!
knoWledge isiacreisinz ''. "• .•
/0\ . ~' 7_
Pai : e Chastviniq gist — fiAr
centuries, de.streyeil the slsiery of:itope„,,
and well.nigh of the World, - Felse..enris - -
tianity, during the last: four eefitu'Oes
done' its ntni(A ti) rigida intrciducef. : 64i.
extend' it. 'The itevelAior i alty4,tilti
tie !ab,.1.10 would
",slaves (gr. sernatou: Wiles) :attA , -, t)10.,
souls' of men:" - Tine' to'.
cription given of/patiehrist,,l
Popes; issued their liiills `' or decrees' ° oi'
dip entilav# l ,g man irl#*
V.., in .1430;
Niehols'.An.; , in 1454 ;
1408; and SestuslV4 in 1484:'
ieVeiefgip of Portngat,`pletttu
PPF l 444 O 4ff-to tO9-aV of ttie : C{uiuoaDe,
or other negroes, by force or _.)?erteF.;
to reduce theirlpersens4cterpetnalslave.i.
ortCi'deitriiy 'theta from,she'6l l ll.l6to
atimiriatte:'-the
l ideafens of. all ial4949iti*#,l=4 : lk44r
ca, or wheresoever ,fotia„.7, :Ova „No
the \origin - niodern. thr!erf
all preaceded
ing hased on , 00170;•.'':1A.10e'tigh : flie:ilisg 7
ution has mat;:`' AbFr4l43-te fielier;"
:claim 9r vprtpii4:Atis)
methet efluclet-stlh.td:a .osidinaL,tx!
treiiitoeqhe sSsteiii!=on=ourcotiltAkat,..ttie.
td; t t‘ weal' ? :f an else iittow
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