Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-07-14

Dor, to my friends, parish, country, color
The man who losses up his nose at Gods |
image, though covered with wounds, tho
held in chains, though crushed with bur-
dens must pronounce the hater of his
brother and the despiser of his Maker
And he who refuses to see and honor the !
hinge of God through the sable skin of
his children, | am bound to declare has no !
fair claim to the Christian character.
2. dare not sacrifice humanitv to pi- !
ety. How the thought of laying human
sacrifices on the altar of religion makes US
shudder The thing has been often done.
Men have been slain and burnt in profess
sed obedience to the religious principle in
human nature. Do we dream that such
facts are peculiar to the history of pagans'
We need not What numbers of human
victims have been offered in sacrifices to
God On what principle does persecution
in all its forms proceed? There were
while our Lord was visibly on the earth,
religious teachers who dared to encourage
children to sacrifice their parents in honor
of the treasury Of the Lord. But cen he
be pleased with the smoke Of human blood
poured out upon his altar. | dare not as
would escape his froVn, overlook uuder
the pretence of pjetu, two millions of my
own brethren and sisters held in chains at
my feet. What, too much engaged in
soul-saving, to plead for the widow, the
fatherless, and him who has no helper?-
Leave my own brothers to pine neglected
in iron bondage, that | may attend pro-
tract,d meetings and promote btnevol ent
institutions So much concerned for the
honor Of COP that Icannot come up to the
| bel p Of 81 fcr:ng man! The Bible Joins
with nature in teaching US that God has
, reserved his hottest toIs for such hvvoc-
riSy See the 5Oth Psalm. See the 5Sth
, of Isaiah. See the 9TH ofJcrcmah. See
the 18th oi Matthew. See-see the whole
Of the Bible! No time or strength for the
ensIaved' This lea always comes from
a, these W he waste in comparatively frivolous
, pursuits, who can say how many hours
AMI days? Time to dcEnd the measures
olson favoritc preacher! Time 10 dwell
; on party politics. Time to read secular
p news! Time 10 study phreno!ogy, even,
+ Time for any thing and every thing, ex-
e ceIt only the suffering slave!
l 3. dare not encourage my fellow men
TO expect salvation, while they hide them
y selves from their own flesh, and with out
= stuck-!iTs scorn any whom the Bible com
i mandS them TO honor. Salvation for those
whose stu: bern prc:udiccS scorn to regard
their brethren as ,'bone of their bone and
flesh oftkcir frsh!" Nho deSrisc them for
: their color or condition ! Salvation for
those who can see the marriage bonds
: trodden under foot-the shrinking flesh OF
: woman, helpless in her innocence, cut WIKI
n whips, and children sold by the pound!-
e Salvation to those WHO take the side OF the
4 opPres>or against the oppressed, end ca
|, gvrlv assert and h2t1v defend the sanctity
r and usefulness Of institutions which are
o constructed Of broken hearts. and which
are disfcured tv more symbols OF obscen-
e ity and s:3in> of blood than the t, mpIc O.
!. J05cernaut Salvation for those who
J. would sacrifice the church to state policy
,, and cruelty Jesus Christ in his suffer-
II ing memters cut Of regard TO exrediencv
n the tendencies Of things-generaI con-
d sequences! If salvation be bestowed on
( these, from whom can il be withheId?-
e Surel y neither from Cain, or Cairhas or
e Judas!
V 4. / dare not as q Christian tcacIe,
d exclude the <lortS from their share of TIE
S blessings 'chich my commission binds M
: to offer to al my tc|l"tc men, know it
is unpopular, perhaps dangerous, to vim,
d dicate their rights, csIouSc their Cause
# toll for their deiverance. But what then!
it May refuse, and look over those who lie
If trodden In The mire at my feet, for the salte
s of saving China? "Compass sea and land
h for the sake Of making a. foreign "prcS.
e el yte,' and leave heather, made such in
a my own country, unpitied2 Such mis-
d sionary spirit as this, my brother AS
u this, did l say? Nay, missionary spri
6 which stands by and sees human souls bic
n of at auction, and puts, without hesitation
OF remorSe. the "price of blood; into the
/ treasury otthe Lord! This was a th;n2
7 which the murdsrers ofJesusChrist could
i not persuade themselves to do! My broth
i e., must throw down nv commission. OF
l., plead and pray for the slave
/ ;. Idu/e not, aScn rrro<t0r Of The e.
j. lie, pass IN slime orer the M03s0nds O
8 textS schicA erPosr and condemn tie sin O.
II o}press.on. Let the oppressed so free
e "And he that steaeth man and sel,e,E
Y han, or if he be found in his hand, he
10 Shall surely Be PIT TO DEATH "Rcnem-
l. Der ,hIn who are in tonIs o. bound with
d them "IuaSmuch as We have done il
d, unto one Of the leas; of these nv brethren
II We have done it unto me" If explain
h Shall apply and enforce' or shall I say
ID too delicate q subject brethren, pray vos
20 have me excused
V You have my hints my BROTHER Mert
lr hints you may regard them. Enough