Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-01
1914
From the Buffalo Spectator.


aye are NV friends, IL ye do whatsoever COM
mand ou."-John Nv: II.
Is il necessary in this enlightened DAY, 70
20 into an elaborate argument TO prove tnat
werannot be the disciples Of Jesus, while
we Act contrary to his commands 1t mat
ters not. whether we belong to his visible !
church by profession the mere fact of being
outwardly connected with this or that reli- !
0ious society, cannot avail. The text does
not declare that Eve are my friends if We"
ioin religious society! but, "IF YE DO WHAT
soEvER COMMAND YOU"
The American churches as body, al
most without distinction, by their conduct
proclaim to the world the most utter con-
tempt Of the plainest COMMANDS OF Christ
This is the truth, and they cannot deny 1t.
Ofwhat avail is it, to expend our hum
dreds of thousands in converting the hea-
then ofAsia7 Do we covet to make them
the same kind of christians that we are? Is
it not enough, that we, knowing the COM
MANps Of Christ, treat them with contempt
without enhghtening the poor heather
and getting them to aid US IN our practical
opposition TO the very spirit and letter Of the
religion we protest.
Perhaps the reader may, by this time, de-
sire me to make distinct allegation. re
Qret that | can with truth cOnCict the grea
BODY ofthe American churches Of the chargt
have made. But these are not the time
TO cry peGce-peace-it is no time for dis
stimulation; the truth had better be told il
plain terms; lay open the rottenness AM
corruption, and apply remedy. No NOR
embarrassing. The painted sepulchre
is now full; let the dead mems bones be ex
posed.
Well, then, be it known, that the profes
sed teachers Of the precepts Of Jesus Chris
with the appreciation Of the great body c
the churches, are doing that to their telloy
beings, which they would NOT they shout
do unto them. Would they be willing t
have their earnings one year taken froI
them2 Would they be willing to be dJire
into the field to labor for others for one mont
only7 Would they think themselves trea
ed like human beings, were the fountains
knowledge to be sealed up, and their mind
their immortal spirits be debased below Il
creeping things Of the earth2 Were the
bibles taken forcibly from them, and then
selves shut out from their religious asse0
blies, could they believe this would be
accordance with the commands Of Jesus
Suppose the Mahomedlns should sci
their teachers Of religion here to convert
to their faith, and we were told that in the
country these same Mahomedans advocate
law which punished with death any
tempt to teach one-ffth Of their own Peep
and this one fifth too, the most ignora
and debased, and therefore in the create
need Of instruction! What would we say
such religioRists7
How can we look with any satisfact
upon the efforts now making to convert e.
ry people ercept our olon people-and O
own, confessedly the most ignorant and
based, the most brutalized Of any on the ia
of the earth! These, who stand in t
greatest need, and Immediately under t
sound Of our voice, we not only neglect
teach, but pass laws, Furnishing Nth dec
any one who may attempt to teach them
Did the light Of heaven shine on such vii
edness2 I challenge the christian and h
then world to produce parallel for wick'
ness and irreligion. A PROFESSOR