Relieve the oppressed. ISAIAH l. II.
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Relieve the oppressed. ISAIAH /. IL.


If the duty of mutual admonition be duty
which eUeyy member Of rhe household of God
on earth is bound, on prouer occasions, to full
fil it must certainly he one " hlch presses with
peculiar Lht on those who are set as watch
men in Israel, under an especial commission
TO show the people OF the Lord their transgres-
sions. and the house of Jacob Their sins. 1t
must be at the peril of their own souls, that
persons invested with this high trust, ever
" suffer sin upon their neighbour unre huked,
even though the sin so passed over, should be
one merely of thoughtlessness, ignorance, or
inadveitence; and therefore differing widely
from the greater SINS Of wilfulness and pre-
sumption. The people ofthe Lord are to be
| holy people; holy In heart and holy in act
unblameable, and unreprovable lii his sight"
These weighty considerations, my bre hreD,
| if were influenced by any other, would of
themselves suffice to impel me to address you


at this time on this subject Of a duty TO which,


in one parhculas instance,-and an Instance


of the yeLy first importance we have most of
US been too long wholly nattentive. But there


is also another consideration, independent Of


those have now adv rted TO, which would


strongly incline me 10 offer the same subject


TO your serious attention ; and that is, the pos
sibihty, at least, that some service, however


slender, may thereby he rendered to the vic
TINS ofas grievous an oppression as this world
ofsn and suffering ever witnessed; an oppres-
sion too, which the inhabitants of this land,


whethe, they know it or not, are lending them


selves to uphold while, by little mo'e than


the simple declaration of their will, it might
certainly, and speedily, be removed for ever.
Il They who know this must be without excuse


before God, if they fail to do all that in them
lies, whether that ali br little or much TO as
sert the injured ights Of humanity and justice:
and they who know it moi, have need to be put


in immediate possession of The truth. both for


their ov n sakes, and or the sake Of the unhap-
py beings whom their better information may
r hen dispose them not merely to com misser


ate. bat, as far as they are able, TO succor and


relieve.


The two objects of inquiry, then, to which
would earnestly beg your attention. are these !:
Farsi. Is it demonstable fact that there
does exist under the sufferance, and the direct
encouragement, Of the people of this country,


any such fragrant case of oppression as tha$


which has now been referred to p And, Sc
i condly, If it appear to be an inconrovertible
e fact, that such a case Of oppression does exist,
then, what is the line OF conduc' which, under


present circumstances, ii becomes cur duty to
pursue