Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-04

with such plety. IL makes any creature,
who Is deceived by its lofty pretensions,
two fold more the child Of he'll" than it
found him. l have heard Of some young
converts" who would not join church
that treated men as men, according to
their moral worth Ifprtjudice, the most
insane ana cruel, could not he hvmored,
and fictitious distinctions maintained if
they must take their place at the commun-
ion table, by the side oftheir poor BIO her,
Of another complexion, their offended Dig
nifty would turn away, and stand 2loof
from the Savior's little onesl" have
heard of a church, which sui,cd its ar
engagements to such views AMI feelings,
and bowed before the giant pre-; udices Of
lis young converts and g.oried in its
shame, by baptizing its anti-c tristan ex
pedients by the name Of e6orts TO SAGE
souls! Out say, upon such notions of
salvation. Romance for reality! Ami
NAL feeling for christian principle False
philosophy, for Jesus Christ and Him
cruci6ed."
Are YOU the man, my brother, to talk
of saving those, whose hearts are too hard
ments of humanity Alas, this -piety,
both un-human and inhuman, what mis-
chief has it not done wherever it has been
countenanced in the church Of God -
What Is God, our Savior, 10 be honor
ed with human sacrifices! Human ma
ture to be placed bleeding victim on the
altar Of Piety Men, women, and chill
dren to be offered by thousands to Moloch
in the midst Of the monuments OF Chris
tianity, without adnonition 0. rebuke -
Nay, ministers, and elders, al deaconS,
"binling the sacrifice with cor Is unto the
horns OF the altar ~ And we, preachers
of the Gospel, in the midst a. these abom-
nations, must close eyes, e,rs, and hips,
and keep to our proper business Of saving
souls, AIe we thus 10 coH":ncc gainsay-
est AMI extend the t.. hs Of the
Cross! And bring the who.e fnily Of
Alan into one dear Brotherhood!
Let me entrelt you to study year BIZ
bic. Mlrk the courss whicA ophets
an apostles, with the Savior at tnejr head
pursued. Did they throw the mantle OF
religion over the Chain Of -.I'i'uI1 and
the scourge of oppression! When p
Where? How7 That thing they new
or did Ia language, the most pointed
and emphatic, they exposed the hypocri-
sy Of those pretrndt:s, who tSi.d to unite
lhe love of God with hatred Of man. They
applied the edge Of tn most cutting irony
to the fat hearts OF slch religionis,s They
levslled thair drea HUI blows at the kiuo
on his throne and the priest at the altar
Wealth, renown, refinement, furnished
10 shield for the guilty. And were they
not intent on the salvation Of souls Yes
indeed they were; ant they cR1ptoye IT.
Only GpprOpri1te means Hho, now, is
10 occupy the places which their asccn
10 heaven has left vacant? If the Minis
tiers of the gospel refuse TO catch thei'
mlntle, on whose shoulders shall it fall
If the pulpit may not be employed in ex
posing and rebuking popular inlluity
what Is it good fora Shall We le',e TIL
guilty 10 work out their own reformation
while we, x keep ourselves 10 tie bU21
N:ssof saeihg souls
Look again, my brother, to those models
to which every christian minister IS boun
to conform him self Did they take the sid
ofthe oppres3or against the oppre ssed z
Did they court the rich and despise tn
port Did they look on unmoved while tn
strong cru she'd the weak. Never. OF tn
victims OF popular prejudice and violeac
they were the friends and advocates; an
this at the hazard OF reputation and OF life
When did they refuse "to consider the poor!
toraiSe up the doyn-trodden Were the
not "eyes TO the blind and feet were they N
to the lame p" The cause which the
1T Eoy, ord IN
ouyh 10 search ont Did not our Saw n
propriate the Gospel especially to the poo'-
10 the poor, TO whom His heart and His arm
were ever open7 And must we see I'll
poor, driven from the Cross, robbed Of Il
Bible plundered-not Of their ''ewe lambs
but Of their wives and children, insulte
polluted, murdered with impunity, and ke'
our hearts and cur tongues still! Must
see churches, built up by fraud and fill
with adultery, without uttering syila
And religious teachers claiming for Ame
can slavery the stability aud the. sanctitv
christian institution! and quoting teI
from the Old Testament aud the New
justify mln-steahng aud splitting their VI
IN in the faces Of the friends OF human I'm
Iom!- Must we see oil this and much mo
lad keep as cold aud silent as the grave
And why For the sake OF saving sou
Then let Us take the priest on MS way
.ercho, for our m odel. He was, Propah
intent on making proselVtes Full OF n
jonary zeal how could he pause 10 pity 9
help the poor sufferer, whom the thieves
'.ft"half dead r. He could not come do
ON the work OF saving souls to rslie'
4sounded, bleeding body HIS piety s4
'dted his humanity and along he sta
on the other side" Say, my brother,
re 10 tread in his footsteps7 Certainly
ere, If our priestly obligations are moons
of with considering the pootw
MY brother, have you tasted the '6les'
ness" of"considering the poor" Do