Thus, we suppose, slavery gained its existence.
"True, its very nature partakes of our fallen condition; it is not a paradisiacal institution; it is not good in itself; it is an accompaniment of the loss which we have incurred by sin.

In that light it is proper to speak of the Most High as adapting his legislation to the depraved condition of man; but that is no more true of slavery than of redemption; everything in the treatment of us by the Almighty is an exponent of our departure from our first estate." "Now," said Mrs.North, "all this is a relief to me; for I have always been sorely tried by remarks seemingly impugning the divine wisdom and goodness, whenever slavery in the Bible has been under discussion." "Please give us an outline," said Mr.North, "of the Hebrew legislation on this subject." He handed me a Bible.
"I will try and not be tedious," said I, "and will repeat to you in few words the principal points of the Hebrew Code, with regard to involuntary servitude.
* * * * * "Slavery is the first thing named in the law given at Sinai, after the moral law and a few simple directions as to altars.

This is noticeable.
In the twenty-first chapter of Exodus, and in the twenty-fifth chapter of Leviticus, we find the Hebrew slave-code.

The following is a summary of it:-- "1.

Hebrews themselves might be bought and sold by Hebrews; but for six years only, at farthest.