To The Christian Readers Of The Signal: For The Signal Of Li...
ble of niy own guilt in neglecüng the monthly ncert of proyer for thc oppressed, I have been - il o suppose thai perbaps iny brethren also :eded a word to remind tliem oà their duty in s respect. In ihe mulst of all we read and hear r i ihc subject of shvery and iis aboliiion, our e es or ears are but seldom greeted with any '1 ing urging chnaiians not to forget to pray the n od of the oppressed that he would come with a n ighty arm for their delivernnee- that he would b ly the judgincnts that thrcaten us and come in , cretj. h is well known to most abolttionists that in e early days of the anti-slavery cause the last onday evening of each moiitii was designuted the friends of the sl.ive, to be. observed as a nson ofspecial prayer that the blessing oà v n niiglit rest upon their benevolent effims, nnd l' n the time might be has'ened when every b ke should be broken, and thc oppressed go ree. v And is there not reason to fcar that the doep C ;lng ofdependence on God lor success which irnp'e.l christians to nppoint a concert of n has somcwhat deeliiicd? I would it werc not vv i but if on examinntiou it shall be found to be w ie, ought not christians to be rtminded of the i. t. For not can be more certuin ihan that . :xess wil I ccase lo atiend the eflbrts Ãor (rÃe od pf the slave, wlien cfnislians cease lo labor ' d pr;iy, and ihe cause is left to be managed by tC : unprincipled and ihe irreligious. Let lis glance briefly nt a few oÃ' the d ns that should induce proÃessing chriatian sli onists to be faahfu! in the duty of pniycr, ce :inlly to romember the monthly contjert. uf Ist. We profess to belicve in the existence of m Supreme Being who ccntrols the dcstjnies of jjC ividuuls, coininunitics, and Ãiations. Jd. We profess to bo friends of the Redecmer. Ito believe that, though God is the sovereign he Universe, yet in thc bestowment of fav.,rs a n hiscreatures, he has regard to the prayers m( Ins childrcn. !)a. !. We belicve that tho causà of emancipation vo Ãinphatically the cause of God, thnt it is an riià ous developmcnt of that universal und nó liai benevolence required. . a riiere can ue no doubt that the real success of of cnue wi'l bc in proposition to the zeal of se who pray, nud those who prny must net in innnèr thnt is consisiont with their proyers. pWy for ihe sli.v? and then give n vote and â r influonce to niise. to t!ie highest office n j nation tin able end efficiënt advocate of g(H slavcry, is an idea, .too absurd and ridiculous 8[j,]t') be entertaineu by any one of sound scnse; but t) pray that tho righteoua muy bear rule, and the peopla thereby bo nwde to njoice, i porfectiy consistent with reason, roción and common sense. Not unfrequently are ve cautioned ogainat mingling rc-liyion with politics, but a relian that will not bear to be mingled with politics is no religión at all. A man wlio lÃas a religión that he must lay aaide whon he goes to the polis, had better lay it aside altogethor. A man wlio hns a relijÃious creed and a political creed that do not harmonize, inny be asstired that soinething is wrong. One article in' the icligioua creed ol evory Christiau requires him to do all he possibly can to omeliorate the condition of his fcllow men. Now let him keop tint in view when he f'orms his politicnl creed, and act accordingly and the result will be all we could ask. Ii Clnistinn abolitionists are so scattered ns not to be ablu to observe the Monthly Concert unitedly, leteach one determine that, "as for me ind my house." wc will ''remember those Ãn onda as bound with them."
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