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Show 114 THE MONTHLY OFFERING. of Amencan Slavery, shoul. d t IJ at ~ven t nevde r thtaakt e Spllaavcee.- Ab~IJtionists, at the outse~ tf-~k t e n~:~~~ that any man, holdinO' was a sm of so s oc .Jng a ersisted in Jt, had who, after expostul_ation ~ngha:~~~~;~~a~acter by the w?rld no claim to recogmtJOn/ d d Abolitionists saw plamly around. Tim~ procee e ' an their rmciples still more that it was the1r duty to curry out .t l not the christian strictly. If the slave-holder '!le",:ho strengthened his name, could it be ac~orded to lm~ Reason and conscience d d "d d h1s consc1ence · . . · han san gu1 e C th verdict of AbohtiOnJsts go, said, No-and thus, so _mas e d church of .Massachusetts a large portion. of the mllllS~7v:r:e of their profession. But occupy a positiOn the ver~ t and fearless enough to take the number ~f thosellconsl~te~heir influence comparatively this ground, ISh s~a 'ta~heir number larger, when in our weak. But w Y " no t to enumerate Abolitionists Periodicals we have been wdon "][suffice for the why. One h d 7 A few wor s WI S by t ousan s . k and that word would be ectar-word might furms~ ~ e~, btin 17 confidence in the truth ism. Stro~g _m t eu un ou litio"nists, at first, boldly re• of their pnnc1ples, the Abo nd church members, buked their p~o-slavery ~le~~~it~e~;:ld produce its lcgiti· nothing doubtmg that : : lower motive, the pressure ~f roate result, or, jlerha{ • h to abandon their sinful pos1· public opinion might orce·~r:mdisappointed. Avarice, in· tion. Both these hope~ " "th 0 preS'ion but above and dolence, actual sympat Y WI 1 dp the cle;gv and church beyond a 11 , sec t an's m. prevenI" ei ous parties f' rom becomm· g members of the dommant rc Igb me so 2 Such a course Abolitionists. How cou~ ~hfe~itl~~; sectio~ of the Presbyte· could hardly be expecte . and patronage was almost rian church ,for s_outhern ~nflu:l':th~ve been to either of the as essenti~l to ellh~r as ~~ c~ld the Methodists or Rapl!sts two pohucal parl!es. ho d h If the North 1 But the afford to lose all the Soul an h ld' to independence of Congregationalists-the . den h o \:g the slave-holding in· the churches, what (te bill S I ef t aS any thing that terest 7 It is as trulyd the! l?vet'~alsb~dies exhibit. This is the more consolidate ecc estas t SECTAR!AN!Hl. 115 the only difference; among the Congregationalists it takes the guise, more subtle, but not less dangerous, of zeal for doctrine, and adherence to purity of faith. To stop the progress of the A. S. cause, the cry is raised that it will not do to work with heretics; instead of asking what a man thinks about slavery, the query is" what are his views of the Trinity !" One cannot labor heartily to promulgate the idea that immediate emancipation is safe, because somebody is trying to help him who doubts the existence of a visible church. Another would make a very indignant outcry against the enormity of working men six days without wages, only his neighbor who stands ready to second his out· cry holds heresies concerning the first day of the week.Far be it for me to say that many of these persons are >1ot conscientious, meaning by this that they verily think they are doing God service. Those who refuse to work with members of all sects and parties for the Abolition of Slave· ry, may be divided into two classes. The first comprises those who aN aware that the majority of their churches will not respond to the duties that Abolitionists claim at their hands. These men are sufficiently intelligent to be aware that the most conscientious members of their de· nominations, when the true character of Slavery is brought before them, will not hesitate, left to the promptings of their own hearts, to aid any organization for its overthrow founded on right principles, no matter who compose that organization. Now these conscientious members must be stop· ped in their Anti-Sinvery progress, or the peace of the church will be destroyed, or still more, if the church remain pro -slavery, and these few members continue faithful to duty, that church will be cast out as salt that has lost its savor. But how shall this progress be stopped-not by meeting these troublesome members on the mere merits of the question at issue, by artful appeals to sectarian feeling, and reasoning sufficiently sophistical to blind those who in spiritual matters have rarely dared to do their own thinking. Some pro-slavery church member begs his abolition brother to consider what he is about befo~ he attempts to _build |