Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-14


can do better than this, say no more abou,
"muddy heads"
NATIVE ELooUENcE-CoLoRED MEN HAVE
soULs-VALUABLE TEsTIMoNY.-The follow
ing"is an extract from the editorial corrcs-
pondence of the New-York Baptist Regis
ter, giving an account Of a meeting Of the
New-York Baptist Association held in IL
city Of Newly rk on the 31st of Nav an.
the Ist of June. After brother Beebee hs,
thus publicly testified that this coleredbrotl.
er has more mdtire eloquence than any
white brother in that large Association, how
long before he will make the Register to
speak out, and call on his "dear white
brethren al the South" Immediately TO
g. loose their bands Of wickedness," and
send forth thousands to bless the church and
the world with kindred native eloouence
"They [the letters from the churches,)
were of an interesting character, and an
nounced several instances of the gracious
vsitatons of the Holy Spirit. Some were
sienally powerful, as in New Brunswick
which have already named, where -
have been baptized, and in Patterson (N
! j. where IS were added by baptism 10 the
! church to which Br. Grenall oficiates.-
In the Abyssinian church in the city o.
! New ork, 26 have also been added, and
to another cooreG church in the civ
called Zion's church, under the poS0ru
care of J. T. Rcymon, brother ofmcr3
native eIoquence than any white brother
in the Association. The North Beria1
church, where Br. Dunbar ministers, have
enjoyed the refreshing accession Of 80
converts; the sixteenth, to which Br. D
Bernard ministers, Is; the church in
Mount Salem, N J., to which b.
White breaches, 80. To several Others
additions have been made, which we have
not room to mention, making the aggre
gate of baptisms 433: showing the pas
to have been "year Of the right hand Of
the Lord" with this body. Under JOY.
full Sense of Gods goodness, the brethren
united in singing the animot;ng hymn
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun. -
The summary of statistics, as gathered
from the letters, is as follows: 81 church.
es, 33 pastors 433 baptized, l6S receiyel
by letter, and the whole number 1884
"SAPPy REL1e1oN.-The following Da
pable hit, is from the Southern Watch.
man, and will answer we'll for other l0:.
, tudes. Let professors look 10 IT, ca
Secretary.
Brother Manly Il heard queer no.
ton the other day about religion and gool
feeling. 1t is so odd it makes me laugh
A man told me he thought the spring Of
> the year and summer, the best times for
: the revival Of religion; he said "reiqion
is like sap;" in the winter in runs down
the tree, and the top dies; but when spring
comes, it runs up again, and the who's
tree is lively. Quite sappy notion broth.
er Manly, and quite sappy religion
think But fear there are too many in
our parts of the country whose religion
: is all sap. They lose all appearance Q:
l life, joy, and good works, until big
meeting time" when they cry, laugh
shout, and by the time autumn comes
their "religion" has decreased, and in ths
I winter they are as torpid as a toad. Wha
do the world think Of this religion? They
must think like this professor that it is al
sap, and agree with him. Let sun
brethren be ashomed-let them care mor:
: about God than they do about cotton, ne
groes: goods, &C., and they will find " r.
cembcr rs 7leasant as MAY" Let thr1
y serve God when they are busy, as wei. IA
when the 'crop is laid bv," or "bu5iaes
is dull" and they will have stream /.
JOY to enIIven their hearts, instead Of nt7
sap No TREE
,, We give the above, not on account Of us
"palpable hit," as the Christian Sccre'or
hath lt-nor yet to join with the Sou1crD
Waterman in its "laugh." Our objcclu
copying it is, to show with what pcrec
i. sang fro1d professedly religious paper Il
: aslaveholdlng State takes the beings whco
\ God created but little lower than the an
gels and crowned with glory and honor, al:
thrusts them down below four footed bea:>
and creeping things, ranking them VII
mere inanimate matter, "cotton, goods
&c.-and this too while tits giving out o.
f exhortatlon to the constant exercise Of pure
I and holy religion: and then how carp,esa!y
1t is copied into religious journal in New.
England! 1t is less surprising tina, the ed
2 ltor OF the Southern Waterman, who is in
t the habit of looking upon and treating
: large portion of his brethren in the cburc:
around him as mere merchandise, shot:
;, print such an article, than that the ed:
OF the Christian Secretary, published /"
! Hartford and circulated in the State d
a Connecticut, should copy it without rcbuk'