Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-11
August i, 1886.

has required them to preach. We condemn
this Society out Of its own mouth, averring
that il is guilty Of the very sin which it al
lodges against unfaithful ministers, while it
BELIEVES all wars to be wrong, and yet
shrinks from preaching this gospel truth
this fundamental part Of Christianity Tell
VI not that il hopes to do away war short Of
going to the linit-short Of preaching this
unacceptable truth. What right has it to
hope any such thing7 Where has God
promised it2 Where has he given them
licenee 10 withhold one pan Of his truthmore
than another7 What is the sin Of those
worldly-wise ministers who, living in cities
where wine-bibbing Is popular, refuse TO cry
against this habit which they acknowledge
TO be sinful7 Their sin is that they with
hold apart Of Gods truth. They see their
neighbors and friends indulging IN practices
pernicious to human society and souls and
refuse to warn them of theiv guilt, folly and
danger. Such ministers live in constant re-
bellion against God. Their sins are IA
grant enough, all will agree. What does it
avail for them to say they hope that by and
by the question Of the rightfulness or the
wrongfulness ofusing inebriating drinks will
be settled7 They have no good reason for
any such hope. No thanks to them if the
glorious consummation should ever be reali
zed. So far are they from contributing to
to such q result, they are now the greatest
hindrauces.
What warrant have we for expecting
that preaching against one sin will pro-
duce repentance for another and different
sin, which is in the mind Of the sinner no
sin While the man who has left Of
rum and brandy feels justified in the use
Of wine, how can he be shown the sin of
using wine by preaching to him the sim
tulhess Of using rum, carefully Drifting to
say any thing TO him about wine2 Here
is one Of the greatest and most prevalent
errors in the practice Of preachers in gen.
eral they preach in too general terms,
neglecting.o specify The sin 70 be peat,
ed Of Urge the duty Of calling on The IN
dividual, the community or the nation 70
repent Of the popular sins Of the times, and
you will be met with 90, preach the
gospd-preoch the gospel-repcntance
will follow Of COURSE" Very true, re-
pentauce will follow the preaching Of the
gospel But what is preaching III" Cos
pei that's the question. 10 return, we
cannot see why II would not be just as
reasonable for the American Temperance
Society to look for the suppression Of al
intemperanee from declaiming in general
terms against drunkenness, as for the
American Peace Society to Look for the
suppression Of legalized human butchery
from declaiming in general terms against
war. We conclude by joining our below.
Cd brother. the agent, in the hope that the
unsettled question will be settled; AMI that
it may be done the more speedily, we hope
that The American Peace Society will lead
in the use ofthe necessary measures.
e+We advertise to-day elder Downs
Vegetable Balsamic Elixir, trusting that i
may be found to be an exception to the thou
sand quack-Panaceas that have sometime.
been used almost instead Of food and bever
age. Elixirs, nostrums, and toncs in gen
eral Rnd no favor with US. We believe they
have done vastly more hurt than g0o!; bu
as the one now brought forward profe,ses t