Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-25

AIOAdA anu OAtISAioA AuoAASoAAouS ICYul- {
site to becoming participation of the
Lords Supper. But now in this enlight-
ened and pious age, we hear more about
the quality of the a0ine to be used at that
sacred feast, than we do about the quail
ties of those who are to be the guests. If
here is not discoverable the ''mint, annis
and cummin," know not where the re-
buke Of our Lord can fall. think | do
not exaggerate when l affirm, that for fif-
teen or twenty years past, | have scarcely
heard one word from the pulpit either be-
tore, at, or subsequently to the celebration
ofthe communion as to what is requisite in
character to a worthy participating of the
same Instead of this, all at once, the
spell is dissolved, and We are astounded
with the truly important information that
the wine which has been in use is not
wine, but something else imposed on US
under that name, and the churches vastly
kind) are advertised where they can OBJ
tain the pure blood Of the grape. A i'm
ports it. B and G. receive it of him, and It
passes through all the letters ofthe a pha
bet, till at last the churches receive the
"genuine article.' All, sir, if here Is not
something that smells OF 1.-The root Of all
evil my olfactory nerves have become
diseased, and l can no longer trust to the
decision ofmy own senses. Several sorts
Of wine were common among the Jews.
Which of these did our Savior elect .
Was it mixed wine, or pure2 fermcnted,
or unfermented2 And the bread the
Lord brake to his disciples, was it coarse
or fine! of wheat or of some other grain ?
Can you tell2
We have in all our principal towns and
villages men Of sedentary lives, sinecures,
whose greatest mental effort seems to be
how they shall Tighten the burden of time,
which hangs heavily upon their hands
These tenants Of the shade tell the noble
spirited, intelligent, independent yeoman-
ry, the lords of creation, what they may
drink and what they may not drink, OF the
fruit of their own hands, when they come
from their labor in the field! Let these
downy recumbents learn from actual expe-
rience what the labor Of the operative
classes is, before they further dictate to
them what their fare shall he. Ny soul
has become sick Of hearing these ,heori-
ous abstract men, calling on the effective
classes Of society, to be and 10 do what
they themselves can neither do nor be, for
sheer love of ease. It savors too much of
the spirit of slavery and aristocracy. l
cannot away with it.
am friend to dscussion-to op~n,
free, full discussion. My regret has been,
and still must be, that subject so intense
~ interesting and significant as that of the
) Christian passover, should have been de-
graded to the level OF ordinary, secular
. subjects, in being admitted for discussion,
; by secular men. into the secular, ordinary,
half-penny ephemerals of the day.
! Isubscribe myselfnot "Radi1," as it
was printed under nay former commtanica-
ton, but RADICUS
REMARKS.
The necessity of placing the above in
the hands of the compassion previ.
f ously to reviewing it, has rendered !,
announcement to append these remarks in
the form Of notes, which will consequent.
; Iy be less particular and less extended than
they otherwise would have been. But the
occasion is so abundant that we cannot re.
irain from saying few things.
, AS to the origin of the word tee-total
It was given in late number of the Tele-
graph. AS to the meaning of it, we be-
Ileve that "Radicus' was the first among
our correspondents to introduce it into the
:, Telegraph applying it to Society which
, proposed to abstain from all intoxicating
drinks With the definition that would
be drawn as matter Of course from such
use Of the word, we are entirely salts
} fed. Thus our correspondent, is left his
own exposition, Of which he ought not to
complain, for if he has used word with
out any definite meaning III his own mind.
he will doubtless candidly fault himself
and not others In what "other things
besides strong drink our brother finds
IAN alcoholic principle" is above or be-
yond our knowledge Touching the
things that may be considered "into1icat-
ing, demoralizing, soul-debasing," there
would probably be very little disagree
ment between US.
We agree with Radicus that there is
nothing like the Bible" to take hold of
the conscience. And he will agree with
us that it is one thing to talk about the
Bible and another thing to talk Bible
There is large class Of men in this ma
tion IN tha do;l,- oroct;oo of, c;-