Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-14
BRANDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE Id, 1887

sphere Of this Society's labors to foreign
lands. He must be permitted to say, that
he did sympathize with the fears Of those
brethren, lest the wide scope which some
proposed ard which they advocated, should
be given to the projected Society, might
by possibility, lead to an attempt to make
an amended version of the Holy Scrip
lures.
For his own part, he could not believe
for moment, that those brethren who ad
vocated the wide platform on which it was
proposed to base this Society, entertained
a project like this. They were men Of
too much good scnse-men of too much
lntegrity-men who had labored too much
and toIed too long in building this fabric
to Law rash or ruthless hand on it.
Did he for moment suspect there was
lurking intention, in placing the Society
on this wide platform, remotcly to intro
duce Baptist version, he would instantly
sever the tie which now bound him So
closely to those brethren. He maintain.
ed, that this amendment would meet the
objections entertained by them respecting
the wide platform Gu which it was pro-
posed to Lase the Institution. He could
not but honor and admire the frank uvow
al Of their sentiments on the subject.
lie loved his denomination-he gloried
in the distinctive badge he wore He had
made sacrifices at the brink of the ban-
tismal front, when the road TO wealth, and
affluence, and ease was before him. But
he could not sacrifice the conviction of
judgment and truth for worldly honors
and gain, therefore, he turned his back on
them all at the feet of Jesus And for the
truth as it is in Jesus,' he stood before
them an humble member Of this revered
denomination. No man who was ac-
quainted with his early history would, for
moment, suspect him Of suffering any
dereliction Of affection, or Of duty towards
the denomination to which he belonged.
He would repeat, then, that his brethren
did themselves honor in the frank and can
did arowal they make Of their sentiments
on this important bjcct.
He should vote for the amendment be-
cause it would have the effect of counter
acting the impression which had gone
abroad that this denomination was about
to put forth Baptist Bible. The stigma
had again and again been thrown upon
him, and again and again had he repealed
the assertion as unfounded And, unless
this amendment should pass, or a distinct
resolution disclaiming all connexion with
Baptist version Of the Bible, then the
BaptIsts, as a denomination, would stand
before the Christian community with the
foul sti gina upon them of getting up
Baptist version.
Having given these two substantial
reasons in regard to this very serious
charge, he would mere y express his sin
cere hope that the amendment might be
passed. He was for transIatng the Word
of God faithfully in the Indian tongues.
He was for distinct Bible organization,
and he was DESTROYS Of placing it on the
broad platform he proposed: but he was
against an amended version of the Eng
Iish Scriptures. And, he doubted not the
majority Of the Convention would go with
him.
One remark and then he had done.
1t was mysterious to him, he confessed,
how men, natives of this country, could
stand up and advocate a restrictive.sphere
of labor for this institution. Were he an
American (and he was an American in
heart as he was an Englishman by birth,
he would have G Ioried in giving that wide
scope to the operations of the Society,
which many of his brethren advocated -
And, rather than pass that resolution,
without this amendment were he an Amer
lean BY birth he would have turned from
his country, and exclaimed in the language
of noble poet
At once from thy arms will sever.
III fly to the uttermost ends of the earth,
And quit thee for ever and ever;
And thinking of thee IN my long after-years,
Shall but klnd!e my bushes s. waken my teals
Mr. Cone made some explanatory re-
marks in reference to the resolution which
he had yesterday offered. He said that
his object IN presenting it was to test the
sense of the Convention. He wished to
understand the feelings and views not on
Iy of the brethren present, but of all the
brethren-both far and near, with whose
Views they were acquainted, as he consid-
cred the amendment pending as one of
immense importance He argued that if
they did not organize Society under the
name OF the American and Foreign Bible
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