State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-07-12
pOPUIARITY.--A DIALOGUE.
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Enter n Presbyterlu

sent, iNlf, ulltllutu JOul iItGllIlHs YES
terday, and was highly gratitied with your
new preacher, admire the warm and
powerful style your clergymen are Of late
adopting. 1t is certainly well calculated to
awaken the thougliless. If you settle Mr.
NJ. in your society, you may consider me
MS a subscriber. 1t is true ! am not attach
ed to any body of christians, but believe
the great buwark of our national liberties
must be the diffusion of knowledge and
have always observed your people to be
foremost il patronisng and sustaining our
seminares and institutions of learning
BY the by, this reminds me that our cleo
ton is at hand--l hope Mr. p, we have the
pleasure of numbering you among our
friends, in the approaching contest
Presbyterian. will think of it, Sir.
Ertl
Enter Baptist.
Laicue,. Good morning, Mr. b. | am
glad you have called. Well, went down
TO the river, yesterday noon, to witness the
imersion; and | must say that it is beau
tiful ordinances and it seems to me, that
your mode of administering it is the most
simple and primitive. To see little group
stand upon the banks of the flowing stream
Unite their voices in that beautiful hymn,
%, how blest are they,'-while the candi-
date goes down into the water, and comes
out of the water, brings forcibly to ones
mind the scenes of Jordan and Judea.--
Besides your clergyman, Elder X. is very
interesting man. Your church government
have always admired-it is so republican.
1t was Elder L., of your order, believe,
who carried the great Cheshire cheese TO
jefferson. He has been a faithful old pat
riot. All, this puts me in mind that the
Jeflersonian principles are again to be con-
tested this fall, and hope we shall find
you, Mr. b., as firm patriot as Elder l..
has been.
Enter Episcopalian.
Ln,oyer. Your most obedient servant,
Mr. f. happy to sec you, Sir. Well, |
was in New York, last week, and | walked
four miles in the morning, to hear Bishop
II. He is truly polished and eloquent man;
and there is something in your mode Of
worship so systematic and so much in
accordance with decency and order, and so
much the opposite of that wild and ranting
kind of worship, that have fallen in love
with it. You sec here, have purchased
me Common Prayer Book. The organ
and choir in Bishop II. IS church are supo-
rior to any ! have ever heard. | called on
the Bishop the next morning, and obtaiued
an introduction to him. He does not, of
course, take any open part in politics yet he
gave me to understand in the course of our
conversation, that his feelings were on the
right side.
Era.]
Enter Methodist
Lauyer. How do you do, brother NJ.
call you brother, because my parents were
Methodists, and when l was a child, the
preachers used to visit our house, and
used to call them all 'brother,' from hearing
my father and mother call them so. 1t is
singular how strong the impressions of
childhood are. Though | do not profess
religion, yet / always feel more at home in
Methodist meeting, than in any other. And
vet do not know whether this arises so
much from the force Of my early impress
sions, as from that simplicity peculiar to
your worship, and which is so congenial
10 my taste. was riding through G. the
other day, and as ] came opposite piece
of woods heard the sound of singing.
Immediately discovered there was q camp
meeting in the vicinity, and notwithstand-
ing my business was very urgent, | could
not resist my inclination to attend. SO |
tied my beast to a tree, and after walkir & a
mile came to the camp ground. The first
object that met my eye was the presiding
Elder, Brother g., appealing in a most
evangelical manner to the people, who
were seated beneath the shady branches of
the surrounding forest. How forcibly it
brought to my mind the mount of Olives. ,
I am considerably acquainted with Mr. G.
and though he takes no part in the political
contest of the day, yet in feelings he and
have always conceded.
Erit.l |
Enter Universalist
Lavyer. How DIDO, Esq. Well, / at
tended your meeting in the school-house ,
The other evening, and was well edited |
with the sermon. Your preachers wheth- |
er right or wrong are certainly men of
talent. Mr. 5. used most splendid imagery |
in his sermon, and his arguments, admitting
the premises, were certainly irresistible |
should have been pleased to have invited !
him home with me, but my wife was rather !
out of health that evening. ! cannot see,
for my part, why people should be so preju- |,
diced against your sentiments. They are !
certainly very much misrepresented.- There |
is one thing people say about your doc |,
trine, however, which is true and that is |
that III is extremely captivating:' and as for /,
its influence, can say that many of our
best citizens are Universalistr. Let me see,
| believe, Esq. that you have always been !
warm politician and on the right side.--
We'll, the approaching contest requires our
unanimous cXertion5.
Ert,]
Enter Quaker.
Lawyer. Well, Thomas. how is thy
health. am glad thee has taken the trou.
bic to call.
Quaker. do not trouble gentlemen of
thy profession very often but have called
this afternoon to pay over some money to
thee.-As we friends do not believe in