Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-01

tiousness, or which screen licentious menI
from the public indignation, which con-
dennis the other eek, for the same trans
erosion, to exclusion from reputable So
ciety. For this purpose, he had projected
monthly Journal, partly on the plan of
the monthly temperance papers. Head
also other plans in view, directed tosthe
same end, to cut of'the floods of vice and
misery, bydrying up the fountain.
A few friends, to whom he thus laid
open his views, were satisfied thattheya
were both just and practical, scripturaE'
and philosophical, and the result of pro-
found thought and diIigent inquiry. And
they told him to 60 on, bidding him God
Deed. Of those individuals who took
pains to understand Nc Dovall atthe out
set, not one, so far as | know, 4ver aban-
doned him. A number of pious women,
also, became earl y convinced that he was
the servant of the Lord. and was doing
the work of the Lord, and that he would
be sustained. He has been sustained, he
has now been carried through, and those
faithful women have enjoyed the privi-
lege Of ministering to his dying necessi-
ties, and of weeping over his remains.
In January, 1888, he commenced the
| publication Of his Journal, to the support
of which he determined TO devote such
funds as the public had placed or should
place at his disposal. This is not the
place to enter into detailed account ofthe
unhappy controversy in which he was af-
forwards involved, concerning these funds.
[ will merel Y state, that knOw from ear
" and often-repeated conversations with
him, that he did from the beginning re-
gard the money sent to him for his use,
or to be at his disposal, or for the cause in
which he was engaged, as his money,
which he had q right to appropriate in the
turthcrance of his work as he hoU;g hl
best. He so considered it, before he UNI
dertook the Journal, and he so considered
it afterwards. And he relied on that mo
ney for funds to support and circu late tho
Journal. And in good faith and the hon
esty Of his heart, he so appropriated and
expended them. He always understood
that the support of the house in Clarkson
street, and the systematic effort for the res
cue of abandoned women, belonged to the
Female Benevolent Society, after its for
nation; while his own great object was
> prevention rather than cure. And as funds
increased, he enlarged his plans, relying
on these funds for their accomplishment
And when, in the summer Of 1888, com
mittee appointed at the May meeting o
his friends, assigned all the funds he hac
received to the F. B. S., the disappoint
ment he felt was severe indeed. | know
from conversations which had with him
that year, that he regarded the committee
as having both transcribed their powers
and made an unjust decision. But as the
payments for his Journal had increased sc
that he was able to refund, and as the mo-
ney would 60 to a branch ofthe same gen.
eral cause, and above all as he dreaded 9
controversy, he finally decided that it was
his duty to abide by the award. And
when he paid the money, he did it cheer.
fully, because he thong hit it was his duty,
and he always did his duty cheeriully.
AS his Journal continued, and extended
its circulation and its influence, the bold
ness of his disclosures and the severity OF
his rebukes awakened an extensive and
violent opposition, both among the licen
tious and the timid But it also awaken
ed an extensive spirit of inquiry and &C.
ton, especially in the country, and secured
the sympathy and the support of the bcs
minds IN the community, to a degree O
which we, here in NeW-Y ork, can hardly
realize. 1t has opened many eyes to look
at the extent of the evil. 1t has spread
oLroo1 q oonorol con,-;o+io,, +Lo. o+,ro
and teachers, and parents, have been Grim
, inaIly negligent in intoxicating and enforc-
ing the principles of the seventh command
ment, and that the usages ofsocietv, which
admit the aduterer and the seducer tc
,, honor, but consign to intamy his common
ly less guilty associate in sin, is very
wrong and very hurtful
A large number of minister's and pri.
vate Christians almost without number
have been aroused to duty. And aItho
: none Of them have vet exhibited Mellow
all's courage or McDowals self-denial
yet we believe a spirit is excited which
will never sleep again, and that this self
sacrificing philanthropist has laid the
foundation of Moral Reform, which will
extend and increase and produce a pro
; gressive purifying Of the world from Ii:
cenliousness, till the milIenlal day shall
cause vice to hide its head and flee from
the face of the earth.
In the summer Of the year 1884, he
was advised by his presbytcry, to diScon-
tinue his Journal. And at the close Of the
year, he yielded to what he thought was
his duty, and gave over his subscription
books to the New York Ladies' Moral
Reform Society. (5) He thought that the
(5) During the winter of 1834-5 a re-
port was circulated and believed that he