Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-23

'everally adopted:
1. That the custom Of war has misrepre-
,ented the principles Of the Christian rell-
yiou. to all the evangelical portions of the
Earth, crippled its power in Christendom,
and DISTRACTED its spread and triumph thro'-
out the world.
9. That the guilt and the evils insepara-
Bile from war in every form, call aloud upon
the patriot. philanthropist and Christian, to
use their utmost efforts for its speedy and
entire abolition.
3. That the slumbers of the Christian
world, for so many ages, over the abomina-
tious Of war, must be highly offensive to
God. and cannot be continued without glar
ing inconsistency and deep guilt.
4 That it is high time for every professed
lover of the Prince Of Peace, to investigate
the subject of war in the light Of the Cos
pel. and bring his own views, feelings and
practice into strict accordance with its prin
ciples, as test of his Christian character.
5. That we ought, as matter of religious
DUTY. to suppress the cause Of war, as far as
possible, by applying the gospel TO those
guilty passions, those false notions Of hon
or, and those mistakes so prevalent in the
education of the young, which chiefly sus-
tain and perpetuate the war system in
Christendom.
6. That ministers are as truly bound to
preach, and Christians to practice the pa
cifc principles of the gospel, as they are
any Of its other. doctrines or precepts: that
the geperal neglect of this tor fifteen centu-
ries has opened the floodgate Of war upon
nations nominally Christian; and that this
CRYING sin, and shame, and curse CAT never
be banished from Christendom, so long as
this duty continues to be neglected.
7. That parents ought, with special care,
to guard the minds of their children against
the manifold, insidious, and widespread
decisions of war, especially by withholding
from them its toys, and songs, and pictures
and books, and other destinations peculiarly
calculated to beguile and faint their minds.
8. That teachers in all our seminaries Of
learning, from the highest to the lowest.
ought to inculcate the principles Of peace
upon the minds under their care, as a0 i'm
portant part o. their qualifications for use
fulness.
g. That we earnestly invite all ministers
and Christians-all teachers and parents in
this State, to aid the cause Of peace, by urg-
ing its principles and claims upon those
whom Providence has placed under Their
influence, or within the reach Of their efforts
10. That we request all ministers Of the
Gospel within the State, to preach on the
subject of Peace, on or near the 25th o.
December Of each wear; and all churches
of every name, to unite on that day In the
annual concert Of prayer for the genera
prevalence of peace through the world, anC
take up a collection after the sermon or tn,
concert, in aid Of the American Peace So
ciety.
II. That we respectfully invite the asso
Citations of ministers and churches, connect
ed with the several religious denomination
in this State, to take up this subject at th'
first convenient opportunity, and adopt sue
measures as they may think best for tn
furtherance of this common cause.
IL. That we request the friends Of peac
in this State, to use their efforts in extend
ing the circulation Of the Advocate of Peace
and other publications of the American
Peace Society.
13. That peace ought 10 be regarded nc
as a result Of the millennium, but as one {
its necessary harbingers, or constituent:
without which it cannot come, in ful6lmen
Of Gods oft repeated promises. :,
IA. That the papers in Vermont, friend
to the cause Of peace, be requested to put
. lish the proceedings Of this meeting.
H. F. Leavitt, B. F. Haskell, and job
, Thompson were appointed Committee
Nomination, and the following officers wei
elected for the ensuing year.
I For President,
e THOMAS A. MERRILL, Middleb,Ty.
For Vice Presidents,
BURTON CARPENTER, Addison,
4 JEDuTHUN LOOMS, Montpelier,
t TIMOTHY GooDALE, Jamaica,
e CHARLES WALKER, Brdttleboro',
: AsAHEL BINGHAM, Cornwall.
e For Corresponding Secretary.
+ JOAN HoUGH, Middleburv.
For Treasurer,
E. w. DRURY, Middtebury.
For Executive Committee,
J. A. ALLEN, Middlebury,
J. F. GooDHuE, Shoreham,
l. w. G. JOHNSON, Whiting,
JOHN FRAZER,
= B. F. HASKELL, CornvGN.
Adjourned without day.
WIN. SLADE, Chairman.
o. S. MURRAY, Secretary.
P. s. The Vice Presidents were appoin
e ed in their absence, on the presumptio
y from such evidence as was before the Co
b vention, that they were with the Conventic
e in sentiment.
d Letters Oritten for the Contention, a,
published under the sanction of the En-
Il ctttire Committee.
% Minor, Me-, July %, 1887.
Of TO DR.. J. A. ALLENl
II. Dear Sir Yours of the 10Th inst. w
d, duly received, and should have answe
: !. ed it sooner, had made up my mind {
u the question of my being present at 70,
" Pea ce Convention. After havinp dn