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JAY TO THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 483
the beginning of the present century. These associations comprehend persons of every class ; and their
exemplary zeal and philanthropy continue to incite
feelings and meditations well calculated to prepare us
all for the great work before mentioned. We have
also lived to see some of the obstructions to it removed, and some of its difficulties mitigated.
Throughout many generations there have been
professing Christians, who, under the countenance
and authority of their respective governments, treated
the heathen inhabitants of certain countries in Africa
as articles of commerce; taking and transporting
multitudes of them, like beasts of burden, to distant
regions; to be sold, and to toil and die in slavery.
During the continuance of such a traffic, with what
consistence, grace, or prospect of success, could such
Christians send missionaries to present the Bible, or
preach the Christian doctrines of brotherly kindness
and charity to the people of those countries ?
So far as respects Great Britain and the United
States, that obstacle has been removed; and other
Christian nations have partially followed their example. Although similar circumstances expose some of
them to an opposition like that which Great Britain
experienced, it is to be hoped that an overruling
Providence will render it equally unsuccessful. I
allude to the territorial and personal concerns which
prompted the opposition with which the advocates
for the act of abolition had to contend. It will be
recollected that many influential individuals deeply
interested in the slave-trade, together with others
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000510 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 483 the beginning of the present century. These associations comprehend persons of every class ; and their exemplary zeal and philanthropy continue to incite feelings and meditations well calculated to prepare us all for the great work before mentioned. We have also lived to see some of the obstructions to it removed, and some of its difficulties mitigated. Throughout many generations there have been professing Christians, who, under the countenance and authority of their respective governments, treated the heathen inhabitants of certain countries in Africa as articles of commerce; taking and transporting multitudes of them, like beasts of burden, to distant regions; to be sold, and to toil and die in slavery. During the continuance of such a traffic, with what consistence, grace, or prospect of success, could such Christians send missionaries to present the Bible, or preach the Christian doctrines of brotherly kindness and charity to the people of those countries ? So far as respects Great Britain and the United States, that obstacle has been removed; and other Christian nations have partially followed their example. Although similar circumstances expose some of them to an opposition like that which Great Britain experienced, it is to be hoped that an overruling Providence will render it equally unsuccessful. I allude to the territorial and personal concerns which prompted the opposition with which the advocates for the act of abolition had to contend. It will be recollected that many influential individuals deeply interested in the slave-trade, together with others |
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