3. JESUS CHRIST IS THE REDEEMER OF ALL.--Jesus is the second Adam, and sustains a relation to the human family co-extensive with the first Adam. He is the Mediator, High Priest and Elder Brother of every child of man. All have been purchased with a priceless offering; and hence the claims of Christ are paramount to all other claims, and no one can rightfully become the owner of a fellow-being, unless Christ as Creator and Redeemer first relinquish his claim. A system which should attempt forcibly, and without divine permission, to seize upon the Saviour's purchase, would be robbery--a robbery of God. But slavery does seize upon the purchase of a Saviour's blood without divine permission: therefore slavery is robbery--robbery of God. 4. THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF CHRISTIANITY.--The moral precepts of Christianity condemn slavery. Take for example the golden rule--"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them." Can any slaveholder obey this precept? If that wealthy planter who stands at the head of a large family, were a slave with all his household, what course would he have his owner pursue? Would he not wish him to grant a deed of immediate manumission to all his family and to himself? Would he not urge the matter as one of immense importance? Is it possible that he could desire to be deprived of liberty, education, permanent family connections, and of the proceeds of his toil? Could any sane man wish to have his sons and daughters grow up in the stupor, ignorance, and miseries of slavery? No, it is not possible. Every sound-minded man would regard the subjugation of himself and family to slavery as a dreadful calamity, and would consider the man who should _hold_ them in that condition as an unfeeling, inhuman tyrant.--Therefore no sound-minded man can hold a slave without violating the golden rule--without doing unto others as he would _not_ have others do to him.