The Minutes of Christian Anti-Slavery Convention
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Excerpt from The Minutes of Christian Anti-Slavery Convention: Assembled Arpil 17th-20th, 1850 The undersigned, having been constituted a Committee for the purpose of calling a Convention of Christians, to consider upon the connection of the American Church with the sin of Slaveholding, do hereby invite our fellow-christians, of all denominations, to assemble in convention at Cincinnati, on the Third Wednesday in April next, to deliberate upon this important subject, and to adopt such measures as the Convention may, in its wisdom devise, for freeing the American Israel from this sin. Among the many reasons which, in the opinion of the undersigned, render such a Convention desirable, we would mention the following: - 1. The guilt of a wrong action is proportioned to the light and knowledge against which it is committed; and God, having, by His Providene fully revealed, through experience and discussions, the sinfulness of Slaveholding, the Church has no longer a cloak or excuse for continuing therein. These are not the days of ignorance, in which the sin can be winked at, but all men, everywhere, are called upon to repent and forsake it. 2. The injurious influence of a sin in the Church, becomes greater when it particularly attracts the attention of the world. Slaveholding has now drawn upon itself the observation of all men, and so universal has been the condemnation of the practice, that even the semi-barbarian refuses to tolerate what a portion of the American Church cherishes as apart of the Christian system, and thus the Gospel is evil spoken of, and its progress hindered at home and abroad. 3. We believe the influence of the Church to be so great, that no earthly power can destroy this sin, while, as now, it finds countenance and protection among the professed people of God; and that nothing can save it from speedy ruin so soon as the Church shall withdraw her support. 4. It has become a question of grave import, with a large number of Christians, wheather each member of an organized body is not held responsible by God for the sin of the organization of which he voluntarily forms a ∂ and it is believed that a public and free interchange of opinions upon this point, would produce a salutary effect upon the minds of hundreds of inquiring Christians. 5. A large body of American professors, influential from their numbers, wealth, and social rank, have deliberately chosen and publicly declared their position: They enshrine slaveholding in the church, and cherish and defend it as a practice agreeable to the spirit of the Gospel. To a body of Christians, large already, and daily increasing, it is a very solemn question, wheher silence and inaction on the part of other portions of the church, do not give consent to these pro-slavery principles, and whether this consent does not make the sin ours, by adoption, and involve us in the consequences. We, therefore, earnestly request our Fellow-Christians, of all Denominations, to whom this Circular is sent, to obtain for it, as soon as may be, the names of such brethren as are friendly to the object, and return them to the Chairman of the Committee, at Cincinnati, on or before the first day of March next. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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