So, then, the Golden Rule is the whole Bible; yea, Christ says it is-"the law and the prophets;" yea, it is the Old Testament and the New condensed; and with ever-increasing glory of Providence in one sublime aphorism, which can be understood and obeyed only by those who know what the Bible, or Providence, reveals as to man's varied conditions and his obligations therein.
I think, sir, I have refuted your interpretation of the Golden Rule, and have given its true meaning.
The slave-holder, then, may have a good conscience under this commandment. Let him so exercise himself as to have a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men.
Yours, &c. F.A. Ross.
Conclusion.
I intended to, and may yet, in a subsequent edition, write two more letters to A. Barnes. The one, to show how infidelity has been passing off from the South to the North,--especially since the Christian death of Jackson; the other, to meet Mr. Barnes's argument founded on the spirit of the age.
The End.