Excerpt from A Sermon of Slavery: Delivered Jan; 31, 1841, Repeated June 4, 1843, and Now Published by Request The men who move in this matter encounter oppo sitiou from two classes of men; from the moderate, who do not see the wisdom of their measures, and who fear that the slave if set free will be worse off than before, or who think that the welfare Of the masters is not sufficiently cared for. These moderate men think we had better not meddle with the matter at present, but by and by, at a convenient season, they will venture to look into it. N ow these moderate men it is not likely would ever think of doing the work until it is all done, yet deserve the gratitude of the public; of the more enthusiastic Abolitionists. A balance wheel is useful to a machine; though it renders more force necessary at first to start the machine, it gives it stability and power when once set a moving. In certain stages of vegetation a chilly day is a most auspicious event. Then too they encounter opposition from the selfish, who see, 'or think they see, that the' white masters will lose some thousands of millions of dollars, if slavery be abolished! 7who has forgotten the men that opposed the introduction of Christianity at Eph csus, - the craftsmen that made silver shrines for Diana! I know some men say, we have nothing to do with it. Slavery is the affair of the slave-owners and the slaves, not yours and mine. Let them abate it when they will. A most unchristian saying is this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.