Then there is another gentleman here. His name is Herford. He says it
is not fair to apply the test of truth to the Bible--I don't think it
is myself. He says although Moses upheld slavery, that he improved it.
They were not quite so bad as they were before, and Heaven justified
slavery at that time. Do you believe that God ever turned the arms of
children into chains of slavery? Do you believe that God ever said to
a man: "You can't have your wife unless you will be a slave? You can
not have your children unless you will lose your liberty; and unless
you are willing to throw them from your heart forever, you can not be
free?" I want Mr. Herford to state whether he loves such a God. Be
honor bright about it. Don't begin to talk about civilization or what
the church has done or will do. Just walk right up to the rack and say
whether you love and worship a God that established slavery. Honest!
And love and worship a God that would allow a little babe to be torn
from the breast of its mother and sold into slavery. Now tell it fair,
Mr. Herford, I want you to tell the ladies in your congregation that
you believe in a God that allowed women to be given to the soldiers.
Tell them that, and then if you say it was not the God of Moses, then
don't praise Moses any more. Don't do it. Answer these questions.