Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Jones John Richter
Title : Slavery sanctioned by the Bible The first part of a general treatise on the slavery question
Year : 1861

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Dedicatory preface. To the clergy of New England, this attemp of a layman to "search the scriptures" on the slavery question is respectfully dedicated. Thus far, my clerical friends, you have been more like the men of Thessalonica than those of Bersea. With no other scriptural warrant than your mere assumption of the meaning of the word of God, you have preached a political and moral crusade against slavery. With facts from novels and campaign documents, and with principles furnished by infidel sophists, you have misled yourselves and the flocks intrusted to your charge. If you had searched the Scriptures, you could not have been misled, and would not now have the responsibility of this terrible national crisis. ...