July 23, 1831
THE LIBERATOR
Boston, Massachusetts, Volume 1 No. 30


'An << Address>> to << Christians>> of all << Denominations>> , on the inconsistency of admitting Slaveholders to Communion and Church Membership.'

This is a tract of 19 duodecimo pages, which obtained the premium of $50, offered some months ago by the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c. It is a well written analysis of the criminality of slavery, and of its incompatibility with the precepts of the gospel, but lacks that scriptural pungency and burning rebuke which the subject imperiously demands. The author of it is EVAN LEWIS, a highly reputable member of the Society of Friends, and editor of the Herald of Truth, printed in Philadelphia. We shall publish it entire, as soon as convenient. We intended to have competed for the prize, but numerous avocations defeated our purpose. One of the rejected essays is in our hands, and will be inserted in our columns.