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and blood which have been shed, and which 
are still being poured out in Africa, are cry- 
ing to God with a voice louder than thunder. 
And think you, reader, that this catalogue 
of crimes, so fearful and blaelc, will go un- 
punished ? " Will not the Judge of all the 
earth do right ? " Guilty one, rest not easy 
" Because sentence against an evil work is 
not executed speedily," and do not "have 
your heart fully set in you to do evil. 55 
•'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,, saith the 
Lord." If you have, either directly or indi- 
rectly, — by your influence, or by your vote s 
encouraged the holding of slaves or the 
traffic in them in any shape whatever, are 
you clear of the blood of all men ? Are 
you not an accomplice in the crime which 
must bring down upon you the indignation 
of God? 
Second— Much has been done to degrade 
the people by the use of ardent spirits 
among them. Go where you will in heathen 
countries, and you may fipd the white man's 
ram, and tobacco, and indeed every vice, 
and m^-producer of enlightened countries. 
Let those who try to screen themselves 
