Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-05


and Aank--to the greatest possible advan-
tage
1.-the doctrine nov under consideration
be true, let the motto, "Union is
Strength" be changed to, Union is weak,
ness-discord is strength But what
shall be done with these and parallel pas
sages Of Scripture2 behold how good
and how pleasant for brethren to dwell to-
gether in unity!'' A three-fold cord
is not quickly broken" This doctrine
would untwist the cord, and set brother
against brother What doctrine vas ev-
er more unsound-what more unscrip-
tural2 It is false in all its parts The
principle is ruinoas IN all its bearin rs
1t holds up family TO scoru anlcon:cn7t
Il destroys good neighborhood. 1t CON
Vulses communities. 1t shakes nations
3. 1t is the bane Of human society 1t is
hell on earth Anl does Cod employ
such an agent, CT instrument If YOU pleas,
ia building up the Christian church 3
lis monstrous absurli!y! IT'S contrary
TO His Word-contrary 10 reason sal
sense
All this while We make no plea for
compromise 1t none surren Ter hat
they view to be truth LIE, each one be
: convinced that he has graspcd else than
! truth, before he lets 90 1t is tot neccs-
; sary or right 10 admit that We a!e in er
! ror before we are convinced. a dtcid-
ed, honest man will never Dc it. Yet this
much can be done by all: We can labor
to divest ourselves Of preposessions, OF
prejudice and pride Of opinlon,-we can
practice selt-denial and come 20 the Ugh.
DEMONSTRATION.
We learn from The Christian Watch
man that the annual meeting Of the Rhode
Island Baptist State Convention was hello
at Providence on Wednesday, 18th ult.-
The whole number Of churches is about
rs, and they are generally prosperous
The ADLER are assisting the fccbler, ir
building and repairing meeting-houscs
and in sustaining the ministry In lhlE
way Sll0O have been expended during
the year There is a determination &c
increase these efforts the present year.
J, C. WEIGH is President, VIM. Phil
| lips Secretary, and -B Bates, Treasu
rer, for the ensuing year.
|Those brethren who feel grieved a
certain statements that have been made If
other papers, are informed--of which the,
are probably already aWare-that those
statements have not appeared in the Teie.
graph. II they bad, we should feel un
der obligation to admit the urte,.cr. As i
is, for US to NEEDLE with the matter, would
be little like taking a dog ~ the ears
Very few OF the papers. mentioned, in
which the article IS said to have appeared
fall into the hands Of our readers. When
| good reasons can be offered showing it to
Re our duty to publish the article forward
ed U.s. we shall do SO cheernuMy. At pres
ent we must decline.
The Baptist Board for Forci2n MIS-
sions assembled at Hartford, (Ct) on the
9th ut., Daniel Sharp in the chair
! The operations Of the Boarl have been
extended during the wear. Numbcr of
missions, 23-Srations, 34-Preachers,
55-Printers, Missionaries, 1872
! Churches, 2l- Schools, 29--Prcsses, )
Baptisms. 22l.
According 10 the Treasures Report.
the amount received during he year has
been about S5O,0OO-cxpeuded about
S1O,O0O-balance in hand, Sl62, OF
There was intense feeling on the "Bi-
bic Question: 1t is probable that offer
ed donations from the American Bible
! Society will be refused, on the conditions
prescribed in the late decision ofthe Board
of that Society
That most excel!en: paper, the Juvenile
Reformer is aboutto change its name, and
is to be called in future the Journal Of Re
form. The following is the PROSPECTUS,
The object Of the JOURNAL OF Reform
is to oppose INN oraiitv and vice in what