Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-02
THE TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2. 1897

TRUTH OFFENs1vE.-Af friend, return
ing parcel Of tracts which he had pro-
cured for distribution, says, The tract
entitled efficacy Of the Scriptures Is OBJ
fashionable to our Society, on account Of
the reference it has to baptism. 1t is to
he regretted that those who write such
interesting narratives should not be more
careful about expressing their sentiments
in such strong language" What strong
language, thought we and taking up the
me to do! The answer was reverberated,
Repent and be baptized Penitence she
felt; and having no guide but the Tesla
ment, she thought of no way to be baptiz-
ed, but 10 60 as her Lord did to John at
Jordan, 20 one who would bury her with
Christ in baptism" Now, can it be that
this guage-the language Of the Bible
-awakens fear and regret in the disci pies
of Jesus, and is regarded as too strong,
calculated to offend our fellow laborers,
and defeat the good object we have in
view2 And would it be right 10 smooth
down the asperities, and pair off the rough
corners Of truth for the sake Of making it
palatabIe to men2 We think not.-Truth
is eternal, immutable, indivsible 1T
should not be modified to suit men, but
men should bow TO its supremacy.
Weare brought by the above complaint
to the following conclusions -
|. We prize that tract now more high
ty than we did before.
2. Partnerships that require either the
expunging or modification of Divine
Truth are of very dubious character
Monthly Paper
Brother Allen has here furnished rs
text, from which we might give him dis
course, adapted to his own case, longer than
ne would probably have patience with
@" Partnerships that require either
The erpunging or modification of Dirine
Truth are O a rery dubious character"
True, true, brother Allen. "Out of thine
own mouth, " therefore, evil judge thee"
But first, let us inquire, what is "Divine
Truth" Is it any part of Divine Truth
that oppression is sin-that God "shall
Judge the poor Of the people, shall save the
children of the needy, and shall break in
pieces the oppressor "-and that God will
require the blood of the oppressor, at the
hands OF those who take it upon themselves
to be his ministers, if they neglect to cry
aloud, lift up" the "voice, and show" the
people their transgression ?"
We now wish to call brother Aliens at
'en'lon to certain resolutions adopted by the
Board of Managers of the Baptist Gener-
al Tract Society,"" [of which brother Allen
is General Agent, at special meeetine, -
neld TOR the purpose, October e. 1885, and
published in the society's organ, Of which
brother Allen is editor.1
Resolred, That it is the sense If ,b;s
Board that their Agents shall abstain froro
all interference with the agitatine question
of slavery 1"0S''on
fesoIred, That this Board require. of the
Agents now In their employ, pledce thai
'ney Will In no way intermeddle with that
question while in the commission If tbis
Society,"" ''''0" " 'nlS
Again, what would brother Allen have rs
mink OF his correspondence with the Geor-
gan slavery spirits, which was copied from
the Tract Magazine into the Teleor,nb
Vol. 8, No. 10?
In all this, is there no "partners5ip that
e1punges or modi6es Divine Tru,h?" Such
partnerships are protested against bv the or-
gan oil the Baptist General Tract Society
and yet that Society has entered into
league with the oppressors of this na,;on
who are lmbruting the bodies, crusb;ra tho
Spirits and numbering the souls Of tba;r
fellow beings, enjoining it upon the soc;e
tvs agents not to intermeddle, in ann ,,o,
with the subject touching the sin Of my
lean slavery! A more shameful ;n.on.:
tency, ii would be difficult to imagine
We forbear farther remarks at nrpson, l.,
we shall preserve the text.
" AN ANrI-SLAvERY LEcusp h., ,ho
Editor of the Telegraph, at the Arnold hi.
trict School House, next Lords dav con
mencing precisely at half past four p "
f% Reader, you will get paw for ,e.d;n,
over Garrison's speech the second fine