d, I believe, uncontradicted to this hour:

"He (Mr. Dickey,) believed there were many, and great evils
in the Presbyterian Church; but the doctrine of slaveholding,
he was fully persuaded, was the worst heresy now found in the
Church."

"MR. STEWART--I hope this Assembly are prepared to come out
fully, and declare their sentiments, that slaveholding is a
most flagrant and heinous SIN. Let us not pass it by in this
indirect way, while so many thousands and thousands of our
fellow-creatures are writhing under the lash, often inflicted
too by MINISTERS AND ELDERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH."

* * * * *

"IN THIS CHURCH, a man may take a free born child, force it
away from its parents, to whom God gave it in charge, saying,
'Bring it up for me,' and sell it as a beast, or hold it in
perpetual bondage, and not only escape corporal punishment,
but really be esteemed an excellent Christian. NAY, EVEN
MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL, AND DOCTORS OF DIVINITY, may engage
in this unholy traffic, and yet sustain their high and holy
calling."

* * * * *

"ELDERS, MINISTERS, AND DOCTORS OF DIVINITY, ARE WITH BOTH
HANDS ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE. * * * * * * A Slave-holder who
is making gains by the trade, may have as good a character
for honesty as any other man."

* * * * *

"No language can paint the injustice and abominations of
slavery, But in these United States, this vast amount of
moral turpitude is (as I believe) justly chargeable to the
Church. I do not mean to say those church members who
actually engage in this diabolical practice, but I mean to
say THE CHURCH. Yes, Sir, all the infidelity that is the
result of this unjust conduct of the professed followers of
CHRIST; all the unholy amalgamation; all the tears and
groans; all the eyes that have been literally plucked from
their sockets; all the pains and violent deaths from the
lash, and the various engines of torture, and all the souls
that are, or will be eternally damned, as a consequence of
slavery in these United States, ARE ALL JUSTLY CHARGEABLE TO
THE CHURCH; AND HOW MUCH FALLS TO THE SHARE OF THIS
PARTICULAR CHURCH YOU CAN ESTIMATE AS WELL AS I."

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"The judgments of God are star