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THE BIBLE AGAINST
SLAVERY
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THE spirit of slavery
never seeks refuge in the Bible of its own accord.
The horns of the altar are its last resort - seized only
in desperation, as it rushes from the terror of the
avenger's arm. Like other unclean spirits, it "hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest its deeds
should be reproved." Goaded to frenzy, in its
conflicts with conscience and common sense, denied all
quarter, and hunted from every covert, it vaults over
the sacred inclosure, and courses up and down the Bible,
"seeking rest and finding none." THE LAW OF LOVE,
glowing on every page, flashes around it an omnipresent
anguish and despair. It shrinks from the hated
light, and howls under the consuming torch, as demons
quailed before the Son of God, and shrieked, "Torment us
not." At last it slinks away under the types of
the Mosaic system, and seeks to burrow out of sight
among their shadows. Vain hope! Its asylum
is its sepulchre; its city of refuge, the city of
destruction. It flies from light into the sun,
from heat into devouring fire; and from the voice of God
into the thickness of His thunders. - Weld.
"He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." -
Ex. xxi. 16; 1 Tim. i. 9, 10.
"Woe unto him that buildeth his house by
unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth
his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him
not for his work." - Jer. xxii. 13; James v. 1-5.
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the
law and the prophets." - Jesus Christ.
God "hath sent me to bind
up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives." - Jesus Christ.
Leeds Anti-slavery
Series. No. 55.
Sold by W. and F. G. CASH, 5,
Bishopsgate Street, London; and by JANE JOWETT, Friends'
Meeting Yard, Leeds, at 1s. 2. per 100.
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