Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-15

dieoruninates between true and false faith.
and urges obedience Of the heart. ont of
love . God The Antinomians wait for
0odto produce right feelings in them
The Legslists undertake To get right feel
ings by going to work. Il 10 true that
gong % work Is the way, when the church
ieel right 10 perpetuate and cherish right
teelIngs. But il is not the way to get
right eeling. In the first place, to dash
right into work, without any regard to
locomotives Of the heart. :. -
NV. Real Christians are stumblin0
block 10 both parties; 70 those who wait
Gods time and do nothing, and TO those
who hustle about with no Faith. The trus
Christian acts uuder such love IN Cod
and % mis- feilow men. end he labors to
pull sinners DOT ofthe Ere with such earn
estness that the whiting party cry out
20, ne = Rfting up an excitement; he
g gong 70 work 10 his own strength he
don't believe in the necessity OF divine in.
ficences /; we ought 70 feel our depen-
dence; sletus wait God s time, and not try
% GET upa revival without God" So
they SIT down and fold their hands. and
slng, We feel our dependence, we feel
our dependence; wait Gods time; we
don't trus, IN our own works" On the
other hand, the legalists when once they
ger reused to hustle about, will be Offend
cd with the same Christian, because he
does not make so much noise as them
selves, and perhaps even set him down as
an Antinomian, because he converses in
scclose and searching manner on reli-
glous experience and the necessity of the
Holy Ghost, and the Spirit of PRAYER.
You will rarely see revival, in which
thisdoes not show itself. II the BODY of
the church are awakened to duty, and
have the spirit of.prayer and zeal for the
conversion Of sinners; there will be some
who 81 still and complain that the church
are depending on their own strength, and
others very busy and noisy, but without
any feeling; while the third class are so
mll oflove and compassion to sinners that
they Gun hardly eat or sleep, and yet 90
humble and tender that You would imag-
Inc they felt ihemselses to be nothing
The legalist with bis dry zeal, makes a
great noise, deceives himself, perhaps, and
thinks he is acting lust like Christian.
Bot markl The true Christian is stirring
and active in the service of Christ, but
moves with the holy Ere that burns with
in his own bosom. The legalist depends
on some protracted meeting, orsome other
influence from without, to excite him to
dohis duty. ts>4s.' 2, .--.-''.
v. You see why the religion Of some
persons Is so steady and uniform, and that
Of others i so ftfuI and eyaneseent. You
viii find some individuals, who seem to
be always engaged in religion. Talk TO
them any time, on the subject, and their
souls viii kiudle. Others are awake only
now and then Once 10 awhile you may
find them full Of zeal. Theruth Is. when
one has the Amounting that abides, he has
something that is durable. But If his re-
igion i only that ofthe law, hewiH have
!, only Just so much Of il as be has OF. con-
vietion at the present moment, and HE re
lgion viii be htfll and evanescent, of
course. = = ~ 4
VI You see why some are 80 anxious
10 get to heaven, while others are so hap
py here. There are some, who have
such lore for. souls, and such a desire
to have Christ's kingdom built up on
earth. thatthey are perfectly happy here
and willing TO live and labor for God, as
long as he chooses TO have them, Nay, il
they were sent 10 hell and permitted to la
Dor there for souls. they would be happy
while others talk az if people were never
10 effect true enjoyment In this life, but
when they get 70 heaven, they expect to be
hsppy. One Class have no enjoyment but
in hope. The other has already the real.
ity, the very substance Of heaven begun in
the soul.
Now, beloved. have rs particularly as
SIcould in the time, pointed out to you the
distinction between the. religion Of the law
Fand the religion Of the gospel. And now
What religion have you2 True religion
IS always the same, and consists in disin.
feresled love 10 God and man. Have you
n That kinbof religion Or have you the
rskind that ca lsists, not in disinterested love
but in the pursuit of happiness as the grea
end. Which have youl The fruits o
the Spirit are love. Joy, peace. There II
no condemnaiion of such religion. Blu
ii any man have not the spirit Of Christ
be IS none Of bis. Now, don't make {
mistake here, and suffer yourselves to g
down 70 hell with lie in yoar right hand
because you have the religion Of the law
The Jews failed here, while the Gentile'
attained tfue holiness by the gospel. o
how many are eeceived, and are acting
pndrr legal considerations. while they
know nothing Of the real religion Of the
gospel II 80 -, 49,. =.
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