Religious Organizations, and Slavery (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Religious Organizations, and Slavery We do not promise to entrance the mind by an array of new, beautiful and brilliant thoughts, and glowing description, for we have another work to accomplish, more serious and more rational. It is to state truths new and old, clearly and strongly, and to make them so bear upon a single point as that duty in that direction should be no longer doubtful, and the point referred to is one of no common interest. At this day, as it respects the church of our land, it is the question of questions. It is a well known fact that our principal ecclesiastical organizations, and leading religious institutions, are charged with being so connected with the sin of slavery'as to have become unworthy of our confidence, and it is affirmed that those who act from high Christian principle and enlightened views, can not consistently co-operate with them. These charges are brought, not by the enemies of religion alone, but by many of its truest friends, not only by enthusiasts and those who make this a mere pretext for stabbing the church, but by sober-minded, honest, reflecting, devoted Christians. Indeed, the conviction in the minds of thousands is every day becoming stronger and stronger, that these institutions ought not to be practically sustained while their present position on the subject of slavery is continued, and these too, are persons who have long looked upon these institutions with the spirit of veneration not to say idolatry. They have not been led by their prejudices to think and feel thus, but against their prejudices. Some have already.withdrawn such co-operation and many others doubtless will. Do they act wisely or not? This is surely an important question. If they have not good grounds for thinking, feeling and acting as they do, the fact ought to be known, and if they have it should be known also. The good of the world, the glory of God, requires that the truth should bespoken. If these Institutions are not guilty they have been greatly injured, if they are they are great injuries. In the present article we shall take the position that they are guilty, and that enlightened Christians ought not to cooperate with them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.