Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-11
No. 46.....VoL. VIll..

translated into three or four other Eurone.~
languages. 1t is supposed to have bsd
principal agency in producing the peace g.
ciet'es that were formed simultaneously j.,
this country and in England soon after j..
appearance. Several societies that hs,.
been formed have gone down, other interest.
having absorbed public attention; the car,.
in general, however, is now coming Tn.
Although the subject of peace has scenic,
bearings, the speaker wished at presep, =,
call our attention to ii as Christians, view.
ing it apart of our religion-pre -emipen,
ly evangelical. He did not ask Christian.
to goa crusade Of peace over the world s,,
elusive of other doctrines Of Christianity. lie
only asked that it be allowed to keep nec,
with the march Of Christianity, as Dart e.
it. He complained that thus far ,biz haA
been too much neglected. Of all the roll.
glons in the world, ours is emphatlcal]v
religion OF peace. The Bible is the statute
book ofpeace. The Savior's last command
enjoined the preaching of the gospel to eve,
! ry creature. And what was that eospel7-
Did it tolerate or sanction a custom that
wades in blood, involving every species Of
vice and crime2
The speaker would not undertake dis
cussion Of the question whether defen.iv.
war is justi6able He hoped however, tia.
this question would BY and by be settled.
He rehearsed several Of the commands Of
the decalogue, showing at the same time
that war involves violation Of them all,
together with numerous New-Testamept
injunctions, such as, "Do good to all men,
"Recompense to no man evil for evil"--
Christ's sermon on the Mount abolishes al
war He mentioned the sweeping fact that
as general thing, previous to the corup-
ton of the church by Constantine, TIE fol.
lowers Of Christ utterly refused to bear arms
that rather than enter the army not few
Of them suffered martyrdom. A.e we then
at liberty to pluck out and tear away from
the gospel system the principle Of peace7-
How dare ministers Of the gospel taxa the
responsibility Of such an omissiou7 They
are just as much at liberty to omit At their
own discretion the preaching Of faith and ~
pentance. 1twould be an easy matter ia
show that the gospel requires Of % our in-
| huence and exertions TO extermirate such "A
enemy Of the gospel-sucb al snenI a
man as war.
How are the Mohamnedona and pASa1s
to know that Christianity does not justly
| WARP The modern Jews declare that the
! true Messiah has not come. Their s,rcos>
est argument in support Of this declaration
| is drawn from the fact that the follower Il
Jesus are the supporters Of war, whereas tAe
prophecies authorize them to expect that Ii Z
reign Of the true Messiah vii! be a reign Of
peace. When Wolf, the missionary at PsL>
estine, preached the Christian religion 70
Mussulman, he was told in contemptuous
retort that the followers Of the Prophet hsd
frequently to interfere, within sight Of ca!
vary, 10 prevent the followers Of Christ frcta
imbruing their hands in each Others blood
The treatment which the Japanese hayr
form erly experienced from protested CHRIS
tians RomanistS made such an irnpressiea
on their minds that at one time they made lie
part Of their religious duty to tramp!e tA'
cross under their feet periodically, once
year or oftener. Why have our fathers sue
! ceeded so lily in their attempts to Chri.siA.
lie the natives OF this continens7 Why.
but that the influence Of all that is good and
holy in evangelical religion has been neU-
tralized by the belligerent, ferocious conduct
Of its professors? Judson's dificulties hs4v
principally arisen from the wars which
protested Christian nation have waged Q,
gaiust the pagans among whom he has hee-
laboring.
The facts presented by the speaker show.
ing the waste which war has made Of trea%-
ure and Of human life, were truly assouisa
ing. They are omitted here, with the hope
that ere long we shall have an opportunity
of laying them before our readers in much
more amplifed form than would be possible
at this time.
We do not feel at liberty to close this ne
tice without calling the attention Of the
friends Of peace to single point touched
and left by the agent. He would not enter
upon the discussion of the question whether
defensive war is justifable or not. He
would leave that question hoping that il
would be settled by and by. For such an
omission we will not hold the agent resPon-
sible more than the Society for which he
acts. The truth is, about every efficient