¡¡The
Christianity
of
America
is
a
Christianity,
of
whose
votaries
it
may
be
as
truly
said,
as
it
was
of
the
ancient
scribes
and
Pharisees,
"They
bind
heavy
burdens,
and
grievous
to
be
borne,
and
lay
them
on
men's
shoulders,
but
they
themselves
will
not
move
them
with
one
of
their
fingers.
All
their
works
they
do
for
to
be
seen
of
men.—They
love
the
uppermost
rooms
at
feasts,
and
the
chief
seats
in
the
synagogues,
.
.
.
.
.
.
and
to
be
called
of
men,
Rabbi,
Rabbi.—But
woe
unto
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for
ye
shut
up
the
kingdom
of
heaven
against
men;
for
ye
neither
go
in
yourselves,
neither
suffer
ye
them
that
are
entering
to
go
in.
Ye
devour
widows'
houses,
and
for
a
pretence
make
long
prayers;
therefore
ye
shall
receive
the
greater
damnation.
Ye
compass
sea
and
land
to
make
one
proselyte,
and
when
he
is
made,
ye
make
him
twofold
more
the
child
of
hell
than
yourselves.—Woe
unto
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for
ye
pay
tithe
of
mint,
and
anise,
and
cumin,
and
have
omitted
the
weightier
matters
of
the
law,
judgment,
mercy,
and
faith;
these
ought
ye
to
have
done,
and
not
to
leave
the
other
undone.
Ye
blind
guides!
which
strain
at
a
gnat,
and
swallow
a
camel.
Woe
unto
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for
ye
make
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
platter;
but
within,
they
are
full
of
extortion
and
excess.—Woe
unto
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for
ye
are
like
unto
whited
sepulchres,
which
indeed
appear
beautiful
outward,
but
are
within
full
of
dead
men's
bones,
and
of
all
uncleanness.
Even
so
ye
also
outwardly
appear
righteous
unto
men,
but
within
ye
are
full
of
hypocrisy
and
iniquity."
Such is, very briefly, my view of the religion of this land; and to avoid any misunderstanding, growing out of the use of general terms, I mean by the religion of this land, that which is revealed in the words, deeds, and actions, of those bodies, north and south, calling themselves Christian churches, and yet in union with slaveholders. It is against religion, as presented by these bodies, that I have felt it my duty to testify.
He tied old Nanny to an oak,
We were not going to Baltimore; but, in going up the bay, we went toward Baltimore, and these protections were only intended to protect us while on the bay.
CHAPTER IX