Page 300: “It is only the antagonistic fanaticism of a fragment of the South, which maintains the doctrine that slavery is, in itself, a good thing, and ought to be perpetuated. It cannot by possibility be perpetuated.” Page 301: “_The South, therefore, has to choose between emancipation, by the silent and holy influence of the gospel, securing the elevation of the slaves to the stature and character of freemen_, or to abide the issue of a long continued conflict against the laws of God.” Page 306: “And if a Christian master at the present time * * * should be troubled in his conscience in regard to his right to hold slaves, there is no part of the apostolic writings to which he could turn to allay his feelings or calm his scruples.” Page 311: “Now this undeniable fact, that the right of the master over the person and services of the slave, is never recognised at all in the New Testament.” Page 312: “Whatever distinction of complexion there may be, it is the doctrine of the Bible that all belong to one and the same great family, and that, in the most important matters pertaining to their existence, they are on a level.” Page 315: “Up to the time when its truths (the gospel’s) were made known, the great mass of mankind had no scruples about its propriety; they regarded one portion of the race as inferior to the other, and as born to be slaves. Christianity disclosed the great truth that all men were on a level; that all were equal.” Page 317: “If a man should in fact render to his slaves ‘that which is just and equal;’ would he not restore them to freedom? Would any thing short of this be _all_ that is just and equal?” Page 322: “No man has a right to _assume_ that when the word δοῦλος, _doulos_, occurs in the New Testament, it means a _slave_.” Page 331: “No argument in favour of slavery can be derived from the injunctions addressed by the apostles to the slaves themselves.” Page 340: “From the arguments thus far presented in regard to the relations of Christianity to slavery, it seems fair to draw the conclusion, that the Christian religion lends no _sanction_ to slavery.” Page 341: “The Saviour and his apostles inculcated such views of man as _amount_ to a prohibition of slavery.” Page 345: “He (Jesus Christ) was not a Jew, except by the accident of his birth, but he was a _man_; in his human form there was as distinct a relation to the African * * * as there was to the Caucasian.” We have understood that one popular clergyman at the North (an abolitionist) has gone so far as to say that Jesus Christ was a _negro_! To what folly and extravagance will not wickedness subject its slaves! Mr. Barnes says, page 375—“These considerations seem to me to be conclusive proof that Christianity was _not_ designed to extend and perpetuate slavery; but that the spirit of the Christian religion would remove it from the world, _because it is an evil, and displeasing to God_.”