® slave’s friend. [148 great crimes—against the laws of God and man, Alfred, [s a slave-holder a thief or a robber ? Mr. S. Both, I think. He takes men, women, and children,- by stealth, and by force. In Exodus 21 : 16, it is said, “ And he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.” Manstealing, in those days, you see, was considered a very great crime, The apostle Paul, in 1 Tim. 1 : 10, says, The Law is made for men-stealers.” Stealers of men are all those who bring off slaves or freemen, and keep, sell, or buy them. Bishop Horsely said, “ We have reason to conclude, from the mention made of * slave-traders’ or ‘men- stealers’ by the apostle Paul, that if any of them should ever find their way to heaven, they must go thither in company with murderers and parricides.”* * A parricide is a murderer of a father.
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