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

faith ofhe Gospel. They believe they
have God on their side, and so despjse
not the day of small things They know
that the object is vast indeed and that it
cannot be attained by human might or
skill, but by the Spirit Of the Lord
Therefore, they would say to all who love
the interests of Christ's kingdom, and
would promote them, give this cause your
prayers, and your hearty cooperation"
REMARKS
Let there be union, so far as there can
be without a sacrifice ofprinciple' And
why can there not be perfect union with
| out sacrifice of principle2 Only because
ChrlStlIns are imperfect If all Chris
tians were perfect, they would all have
the TRUTH and truth has no disagreement
with itself. Why is there no disagree
ment in the church triumphant? Simp-
| " lecause there is 10 error there, All
see alike there-all have the truth there
of course there is perfect union of feel
| ing and action.
How near the church militant will vet
arrive at this state, remains to be dscoy-
cred. Without controversy it is the duty
of all to inquire candidly and prayerfuliy
alter truth Let no stake be set in the
dark, and then an agreement undertaken
that the Baptists must sacrifice this thing
the Congregatonaljsts that-the Meth
odists the other, and so on This will not
90. All might be in darkness-all in
error in this way. None will engage in
such an undertaking, only those who lack
| decision Of character; or have too low an
estimation of truth; or ere too ndolent to
| examine after it; or too selEwilled TO sac
ritce an erroneous opinion, unless others
will sacrifice and leone halfway" as
they term it, There must be no indul-
gence in stubbornness There can be no
common ground laid out We must strive
together for the truth as it is in Jesus -
and as last as truth is found, it must be en-
braced by all, to the sacrifice of selfish
ness, pride of opinion, love of ease, and
every other present hindrance.
Some hold and preach that The present
division Of the Christian church, into d.
vers denominations and contendinc sec.s,
is promotivo ofthe advancement of Christ's
kingdom on earth. They say that these
divisions create and keep up a "godIv
Jealousy" which serves to purify, because
each now exposes the errors Of the other.
1t Is said that the opposing parties "pro-
woke = each other " unto good works. -
For one, we believe that, IN general, the
works provoked by hostile sects are any
other than good-thatt the jealousy is more
frequently ungodly-that the tendency is
to biting and devouring one another
This laborlng to expose the faults Of 9TH
ers altogether, TO the neglect ofse1f-exam-
nation, will never do the work. God
has appointed no such means for purify
ing his church and building up his cause
They arc the inventions of men-or of
satan, the father Of lies and discord.-
What! has truth need Of error as a CO.
worker2 Does God need any OF saton's
help? 1t must be so, ifthe doctrine now
under examination be sound. For where
there is division, contention, strife, diamet-
ricai opposition, there mus be error-it
must be that satan has hand in the mat
Ter. God is not divided against himself
his truth is not divided against ITSELF
Christ himself taught the doctrine that a
kingdom divided against itself canno,