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

that they may desire, notwithstanding their |
delinquency, 10 know what is going on in |
the world, but why they should care to
know how things go in the church, cannot
conjecture. What do those who do not
give anything for value received, want to
know about revivals, missions, &c. There
are persons who would starve editors, pub
fishers, printers and paper-makers-the
whole concern into-a premature grave
who say, "Send me your paper" implying
Of course that they will send the money in
return, vet never send it; vet they want 10
know all about the progress that is making
in converting souls to God, and what is do
ing among the heather. Is not this strange,
that having never learned as yet to prac-
| tce the first and easiest lessons Of honesty,
| they should wish to read all about goodness
and vital piety? So concluded to head
the article "Do you pay for a religious
paper?"
Do you reader? Ifyou do, continue to
take and read, and pay for it; and be slow to
withdraw your subscription. Give up ma
ny things before you give up your religious
newspaper lfany one that ought to take
such paper does not, hope that some one
to whom this circumstance is known, will
volunteer the loan Of this to him, directing
his attention particularly to this article
Who is he? A professor of religion! 1t can
not be: professor OF religion and not TAX
ing religious newspaper? A member of
the visible church, and voluntarily without
the means of information as to what is 60
ing on in that church A follower of Christ,
PRAYING daily, as taught by his master
''Thv kingdom come" and yet not knowing,
nor caring to know; what progress that
| - Of
to whom Christ said, GO teach ali ma
tions;" he bears part of the responsibility
of the worlds conversion, and vet so far
from doing anything himself, he does not
even know what others are doing in pro-
noting this great enterprise. Ask him a
bout missionary stations and operations and
he can tell YOU nothing. He does not read
about them. am afraid this professor Of
religion does not Glove the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings Of Jacob. -
: An! he forgets thee, O Jerusalem.
But must not fail to ask if this person
takes secular news ,,aper. O, certainly he
does He must know what is going on il
: the world, and how else is he to know it 2
= 1t is pretty clear then that he takes deeper
2 interest in the world than he does in the
S church; and this being the case it is not sc
difficult to say where his heart is. He pay:
: perhaps eight or ten dollars for secular pa
per, a paper that tells him about the world
but for one that records Zion's conflicts anc
: victories, he is unwilling to pay two O.
= three. How can professor of religion an
d swer for this discrimination IN favor OF tn
e world How defend himself against thu
charge it involves He cannot do it, am
he had better not try, but 60 or write imme
dately and subscribe for some good reli
gious paper; and to be certalns0f paying 70
o it, let him pay in advance. There is a sat
- isfaction when one is reading an interesting
+ paper, to reflect that it is paid for. But pei
apps you take paper and are in arrears fo
n it. Now suppose you were publisher, an
N the publisher was one ofyour subscribers
=. and he was in arrears to you, what woul
you think he ought to do in that case?
= just ask the question. | do not care abor
. an answer-Nerins' Practical Thought