Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-21


vent his selling men into slavery, robbing,
or numbering them, to get their money.
He might love his own reputation; he
might fear the penalty of human law; he
hight fear the destruction ofhis own soul,
so much as to restrain him from these acts
ofoutrage and violence But certainly it
could not be 1.-The principle of love to God
or man than would restrain him.
S. The individual who will enslave his
fellow men for his own selfish Objects
would enslave others, any or all, ifhis in
terest demanded, and, if he had the same
opportunity.
If man will appropriate the rights Of
one, he would appropriate the rights of
all men, if he could do it with impunity-
The individual who will deprive a black
man Of his liberty, and ensIave him,
would make no scruple to ensIave a white
man, if circumstances were equally favor
able. The man who contends that the
black laborer of the south ought to be held
in slavery, If he dared would contend to
have the white laborers of the north en-
shaved, and would urge the same kind of
arguments, that the peace and order Of So
Ciety requires it, and laborers are so much
better off when they have a master to take
care of them. The famous Bible argu-
ment too, is as good In favor of white
slaves as blacks, if you on y had the poto
er TO carry it out. The man who holds
his fellow man as property, would take
his fellow man as property, if he could
with impunitv. The princi pie isthe same
in all 1t is not prlncip Ic that keeps men
who hold slaves from kidnapping on the
coast Of Africa, or from making war to en-.
slave the free laborers of the north.
g. The man that will not practice self
denial in little things to promote religion.
would net endure persecution for the sake
of promoting religion
Those VINO will not deny their appc-
tie would not endure the scourgc and the
stake. Perhaps if persecution were to
arise, some might endure it for the sa Ike of
the applause it would bring, or to show
their spirit, and to face opposition. There
is a natural spirit Of obslinacv, which is
often reused by opposition, that would 60
10 the stake rather than yield point. But
it is easily seen, that it is not true love to
the cause which prompts a man to endure
seIfdenial in little things for the sake Of
the cause.
7. Little circumstances often discover
the state Of the heart.
The individual that we find delinquen
5 in small matters, we of course infer woult
lie much more so in larger affairs, if cir
7 cumstances were equally favorable.
= Where you find persons wearing littI
Z ornaments, from vanity, set them down a
r rotten at heart. lfthey could they would
S 60 all lengths in display, if they were no
: restrained by some other consideration
= than a regard to the authority Of God an
the honor ofrcligion. You may see tn
n every day in the strce,s. Men walking
: with their cloaks very carefully throw
e over their shoulders so as toshow the We
n vet, and women with their feathers tossin
in the ART is astonishing how man
e ways there are in whichthcse little thing
t show their pride and rottenness Of heart.
h You say these are little things. | kno'
r they are little things, and because they ar
II little things, | mention them, 1t is b.
n cause they are little things, that they she
the character so clearly If their pril
1. was not deeply rooted, they would n
y show it in little things. If a man had
n put in his power to live in palace, wi
in every thing corresponding, it would be I
y wonderifhe should give way to the tenn
be alton. But when his vanity shows itself
IS little things he gives full evidence that
~ has possession Of his soul.
r How important 1t is for you to see tn
cy and to keep watch over these little thing
III so as to see what You are, and to knc
yo9r characters, as they appear In
in sight Of God.
sin How important to cultivate the strict
integrity, such as will carry itself out
sin small things as well as in large The
in is something so beautiful, when you {
er- an individual acting in little things w
rs, the same careful and conscientious l
Is RICHNESS as in matters of the greatest n
rds ment. Until professors Of religion "
be cultivate this universal honesty, they "
always be reproach to religion.
an Oh, how much would be gained, if p
ose fessors Of religion would evince that
up tire purity and honesty on all occasi
ing and 70 all persons, and do what is
right, SO as to commend religion to
ent ungodly. How often do sinners fix tt
nan eye on some petty delinquencies Of F
hat fessors Of religion, and look with anna
up ment at such things in persons who J
hey TESS the fear of God. What an everl
'eer ing reproach to religion, that so man,
P of its professors are guilty of these Ii
mean, pafry knaveries. The VIC
ain, have cause enough to see, that such
}, to fessors cannot have any principle OF
Igh- esty, and that such religion as they eX
It to it is good for nothing, and is not w
sent having
pro- Ofwhat use is it for that woman to