Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-10

But they have lett an aching void
The world can never fill.
Return, o Holy Dove! Return,
Sweet messenger Of rest!
hate the sins that made thee mourn
That drove thee from my breast.
The dearest idol have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.
So shall my walk be close with God
Calm and serene my frame;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
To the Friends of Temperance and Bu,
manity generally.
By turning to the 18th chapter of Nun.
bers, you will find that the spies sen,M
Moses to search out the land Of CAM,
returned with an evil report, saying, "Ar.
there we saw the Giants, the sons of Anak
Of the Giants, and we were in our orn si1n
as grasshoppers, and so we were in hsi,
sight" Now look at the 14th chapter and
see what became of them, in consequence
of bringing the evil report. Begin a, the
35th verse, ~ the Lord have said, will
surely do it unto all this evil congregalo,
that are gathered together against me: il
this wilderness they shall be consumed. ana
there they shall die. And the men which
Moses sent TO search the land who returned
and made all the congregation TO murrnu
against him, by bringing up SANDER upc
the land, even those men that did bring u,
! the evil report upon the land, died BY the
plague before the Lord"
Is it not the case that in these days while
some men are spying out our own land that
they behold the Giant Intemperance, strong,
| " rooted in the habits of the people, vii:
his thousand heads and ten thousand horns
so that approach him which side you viii
you are pretty sure to get push. Do thev
not then feel themselves to be as grasshup
pers, and think they are so in the sight Of
the Giant? They return with an evil r.
port and cause many to murnur Now
tell you kind friends, if we shrink from
meeting this Giant, this foe to mankind
fearlessly and in the strength of the Lorl.
we shall die by the desolating plague he is
spreading throughout our land. But, SAYS
one, | am as good friend to The cause Q:
temperance as anybody, but don't believe in
going too fast. Neither do l. for you ca>o<>
go too fast, IN reality. But think some q
you temperance folks are going quite too
fast, for you take ground before YOU know
whether you can hold it, and ii you don't
look out there will be reaction. Well, SUP
pose there is. Which is the worst, 10 have
reaction or no-action? Why, suppose it
is necessary to have some action, but YOU
go TOO fast, and too far. There is NIB
who | think manages very prudently: he
don't believe in driving folks: he minds bJ,
own business, and lets other peoples alone
and if they want to drink and get drunk, Il
is their own "hunt," and not his. Th;
man no doubt goes ahead at about the same
rate as did Stephen Burroughs, when he
had mounted the wooden horse and said he
was " riding the Christian racew
feel it to be high time for US to awaks
and let each one soon say which he will
serve, the cause of humanity, and strive fox
the welfare of his fellow beings, or lend bis
influence in supporting that monster which
has ruined so many souls. Think we have
reason to take courage The recent trans
actions in this town caused the workmenu
f cry out "Our craft is in danger, also The
temple of our great Idol (Alcohol) whom
all Brandon and the whole land has wor
shipped will soon be despised," and they
] no doubt will say, great Is the modern Diam
: whom they have so long furnished VII
shrlnes. When Goliath defed the arm
of the living God, some were affrighted al:
: shrunk back, because he was Giant; b.
David, although youth, yet trusting
God, armed himself with staff, sling. AMI
stones, and went forth to meet him. The
Giant beholding him said, cam doc;
that thou contest to me with slaves! Acd
he cursed David, by his gods and sa'd0
him, Come to me, and will give thy flesh
i to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts q
the field. Then said David, thou contest
me with sword, and with spear. an,
y with shield. But come to thee in tn
= name Of the Lord of hosts, the God Of a'
! armies of Israel, whom thou hast dehed~
-, This day will the Lord deliver thee intor
- hand; And | will smie thee and take .
head from thee" This proved true. r
David soon slang stone which brought 'r
Giant to the ground. So might the GI7D,
. lntemperance soon be served, if ProteSS'
~ christians and temperance men would g'H'