these, present his proof. But, lest none should be forthcoming, let us see how near an approximation may be made toward establishing these propositions in this negative form. Should any person affirm, that between the hours of six A.M. and six P.M. on the 19th of September, 1843, the present speaker had kidnapped a slave off a steamer lying at the quay in Cincinnati, I could prove a negative by proving an alibi — by proving my continual presence, during that period of time, in this or the adjoining village. Let us look into the New Testament for abolitionism, and see how far an alibi can be supported.
1, My first subordinate proposition here, is, that the Greek word, doulos, usually translated servant, properly and commonly means a person held to service for life — a slave.
This word occurs, according to Schmidius, about one hundred and twenty-five times in the New Testament. Of these, omitting the parallel places in the last three Gospels, the following is a general classification, viz: —
1. It is applied to servants of God and of Christ, - 34
2. To servants of men, such as the householder and the owner of the vineyard, 34
3. To the king who made the supper, and to him who took account of his servants, 10
4. To servants of sin and Satan, - - 6 5. To the servant of the centurion, Matt. viii. 5, 1 6. To Christians, as servants to each other, Matt. xx. 27, 1
