Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-12

reduced TO Qu:etness-entorclng his adlno-
nitions with an expression of countenance
plainly indicating his complacency in the
event predicted by him .
Was it no abuse of Christian minis
ters,' when the Rev. LaRoy Sunderland,
Of New York, was assailed IN the Ian
guage and with the threats of lynch law,
by the Rev. ]. c.. Postell, a minister of
the same UNCONVENTIONAL connection, in
the slaveholding South? And when no
note of rebuke for the offender, or of SYM
pathy for the intended victim, could be
found in the official religious journal of
the same sect, published in New York!
Was il no abuse Of Christian minis
ters,' when the Rev. DIR. Bangs publicly
threatened the Methodist ministers and
churches, that they would be liable to &C.
clesiastical censure, if they received into
their pulpits, the Rev: Orange Scott, a
minister in good standing, and in no wise
inferior, in his official station, to Dr.
Bangs, nor subject in any manner to his
supervision or Jurisdiction
Was it no abuse of Christian minis
ters,' when the New York Methodist Con
ference, in 1886, excluded candidates from
ordination, unless they would pledge them
selves 70 disobey God, and refuse to open
their mouths tor the dumb, and plead the
cause of the poor and needy2
Was it no '-abuse of Christian minis
ters,' when the same Conference, in 1888,
suspended two of their members from the
! gospel ministry, and sub ected others 10
ecclesiastical censure, for attending a
Methodist anti-slavery convention. for
counlenanclng and wiring for Zion's
Watchman, Methodist anti-slavery pa.
per, conducted by a regular minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal church?
But the time would fail US, to enumer.
ate tenth part Of the cases of this nature
that might be named. One or two illus
tratlons more, must suffice.
Is it no 'abuse of Christian ministers,
when the single fault of their abolition
ism excludes them from the common cour
tesies of ministerial intercourse, when
for this sole cause, they are not invited tc
preach, or pray, or take part in the ex
I ercises on public occasions in which they
were wont TO participates while, at the
same time, the fact that minister is ar
advocate of slavery, or a Shareholder
does not detract aught from the cordially
and respect with which he is welcomed
on these occasions2
Was it no abuse Of Christian minis
ters, when the colonization orators at Al
ton, brought their artillery 10 bear upor
tho f,iFhE,l
that his testimony against slaveholdine
was, soon after, sealed with his own blood
Was it no abuse of Christian ministers,
when his ashes have been disturbed. anC
his memory asperSed, by the Breckinridg
es and the Winslows of anti-aboIitior
warfare, who have charged the guilt o
his murder upon his head, patliated hC
crime of his murderers, elaborated a Sys
tematic defence of lynch law, upon pre-
tended Christian principle, and scarcel,
suppressed the triumphant graduation
that future Lovejoys must expect meritet
infamy, in addition to the horrors of {
similar fate?
In the review of these facts, which arr
interviewer in the history of this nation
for the last five or six years, we inquire
whether such Instances Of abusing Christ
ian ministers have elected any remon
strances or reprCofs from the men who
are so forward to complain that abolition
asts abuse Christian miaisters,' qchenere;
the authors of this systematic and bLooda
persecution of Christian ministers har
IN some measure been HELD IN CHECK By
faithful EXPOSURE and REBUKE?
The nineteenth century has no: wit
messed so Uiruteat and systematic q per
Secwt5On Of Christian ministers as ha.
been carried on by the anti-abolition min
listers and church members of this coun
try, for the last five or six years. And
forsooth, every attempt to brand the gull
ty authors of it with merited disgrace, anc
thus save a faithful Christian ministry
from threatened determination is artfully
characterized as an attack opon the Chris
tlan ministry and Christian institutions J.
Friend of Man.
/ BE HAPPY
Yet not in studies above their years. OF
ia irksome tasks, should children be EN-.
ployed. The joyous freshness of their
young natures should be preserved, while
they learn the duties that fit them for this
life, and the next. Wipe away their tears
Remember how hurtfuI are heavy rains
to the tender blossom just opening on the
day. Cherish their smiles. Let them
learn TO draw happiness from all surround.
ing objects; since there may be some mix.
ture of happiness, in every thing but sin,
1t was once said of a beautiful woman,
that from her childhood, she had ever
spoke smiling, as if the heart poured ioy
upon the lips, and they turned it into beau
ty. ..
May | be forgiven, for so repeatedly
pressing on mothers, to wear the Inca
nnenfS Of chnnrG,l.no. {,