I insist that it was of universal application to slaves of all kinds.' "'Find the passage, if you please (in Deut.

xxiii.),' said the Colossian speaker.
"The passage was found by the pastor, and was read, as already quoted: 'Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant that is escaped from his master unto thee.

He shall dwell with thee even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best; thou shalt not oppress him.' Deut.xxiii.10, 15.
"'Now,' said Theodotus, 'it is absurd to say that God proclaimed to all the servants throughout Israel, If any of you are dissatisfied, for any cause, and wish to run away, you may do so; and wherever you wish to live, the people-of that place shall provide a residence for you.

After being there for ever so short a time, if you do not like it, you may flee again; and so keep moving all your lifetime, the people everywhere being obliged to allow you a place of abode.

Did the Most High mean to encourage such vagabondism?
"'No; He merely provided that a fugitive from a heathen master should not be sent away from the worship of Jehovah into heathenism.' "'That is undoubtedly the true meaning,' said the pastor, 'if Theodotus will allow me to put in a word.