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XV m J. NTo Ann-Slavcrj 1'reslijlcrians, Old and New School.Dzab linvTHNK*:—Yoa doubtless know Oml, under the influence lad tenrbing of lhaErr tent large church organisations, slavery Kura a* taken root in our country* and grown, Ale^ with tnch sucocwnve generation, until now A. C there i»rr three million* of huiunn beings. by Lew positive law and cuttom, equally effective, Nclir drpriTed of the privilege of learning to read Ww the turn'd omelet. They are thus reduced Jnelt to heathenism* in the very heart of this pro* CJeo. leasedly Christian country. They ran have J. C no permanent marriage. Parents have not A. h the control over their wn offspring, and rnn- AmIi not bring them tip In the nurture and mliiioni- M, V turn of the Lord. All the ends for which Mori nmn whs crested, mid endowed with ration- Ilian tiny, are nbolial ed, and even existence il*elf N. I* it umde a curse rnthrr than a blessing. Such Dick Inctt arc incontestable proof that the policy S. D of the great denominations of thi* country M.irr hat been wrong. In the tearhing and nrti»u . . of the churches, there it no tendency toobul- Jno. ish slavery, but raihrr to give it strength.— Sam The tart that it haa si ways gained ground, L. S from it« origin up to the present hour, M un- Nuts deniable proof ol lt;hm assertion, And after Jas. tho long eiperiincni has been made, and Orin three millions of immortal beings lire shutout M. * Iron, the hopes of both worlds, both the Old J M ana New l’renbyteriAii Churches have deter- Trui mined not to change their policy. Both have J determined to sustain slaveholders in their M. ? communion, and thus practically have de- O. * clared slfcvcltulding consistent with the Chris- J. C tian character and profession. What else Wit could so much reconcile it to the conscience Gill of men ? Wlint else could givu it so high a (J. reputation! What, besides this,so well cal- Ain culatrd to sustain sl.ivc lows and slave Con- Ada at Motions 7 Is it right to adhere to churches Jnn which, against all light anrl remonstrance, Pol persevere in sustaining such a system of op- Cm prenion? It cannot be. Hitherto, our way Ahi seemed to ho shut up, and we lingered in the Fro old bodies* hoping for reformation that has Pri never come, nor i» it likely ever to coine.— S. Now the Presbyterian Church is organized, J. pure in doctrine and order, and freo from eta- Jm very. Let all true-hearted Presbyterian* J. come out of those old bodies, so long and so Cli deeply polluted with the bloody sin of slave- l«a ry, and unite with this church, and present Joi to the world Prosbylarhtnism untrnmmeled Jnlt; by civil government, and free Iruin the pollu- lt;*r tions of slavery. Let the Presbyterian Church -Sc of America he the meeting place of brethren Mr long separated. Let them pul off the party M names of Old and Nuw .School, and meet on 01. this newly consecrated ground, embrace each Jm other and divide no more. Let them unite W for the propagation of Pretbyteriamain, pure Mu in doctrine, in government, and in practice. Jes Let them here concentrate their energies tu Wi redeem this nation from the curse of slavery, Ah and three millions of fellow beings from tho • C deepest degradation and ruin. Come, broth- Ja* ren, come, one and nil, unite with us. Though , C. few in number, we trust that the Lord is with l.m ii9, that right is on our side, and that we shall Kd he increased, and shall he enabled to plant J.i* Anti-Slavery churches in the slave States as i D. well aa in the free. And may we not hope Da that the day will come when the party names II. of Old and New School will he lost in tho j A. general namn of the Presbyterian Church of Jnlt; Am mica? If all Anti-Slavery Presbyterians trill but como out of those bodies, nothing Jn but polluted hulls will be loft, soon to go to dissolution. Every church that sustains slavery is a curse to tho world, and its dissolution is most devoutly to be desired.JoUM Kanjcik. j Pei SuiJ.A Si Du A.\Tinn ninlinnltun
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The Anti Slavery Bugle
Salem, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 03, 1847
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