Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-08

ing improper gus OUT vi the L)Tu treas
ury. is at all diminished. AS have al
ready sug gesled, the employment of this
method would p.obably supcrteIe that OF
any other At any rate, no other need BE-
resorteI TO, until this has been tried, aud
has failed.
The pamphlet proceeds to say; "per-
! haps there are few men in any dtpIrlneu,
OF business. whose property has not been
| 10 some extent and in Some IN amer III
creased by some wrong course Of pro-
ceed:nT, ii her known or Unknown 10
themselves This is said t. prove that a
religious society may us we'll set money
from shareholders rs otAer meI | al mt
the truth of VIII 1t tn pamphlet here says,
abhorren. as is the purpose tor which 1t is
sIi1. But it certainly does not follow
this admission, that the property Of other
men is as clearly AMI generally the fruit
of rob Jerv, as is that Of shareholders, Il
IS certainly not a large portion of the
no ders Of property in the state of New
York who are robbers: but it certainly
is a large potion of ,he holders OF prop
erlv in the safe of A'abaml who are. II,
however, your Board think that the prop
trty Of the state Of New York is very
generally obtained by robbery, then, in
stead Of making this reason for not DEAL
ing faithfully with their Alabama patrons,
let them, besides telling these pa'rons, that
God hates robbery for sacrifice, tell the
same truth to their New York patrons
also.
Your board woul PERHAPS be reluctant
TO deprive itself Of the patronage of slave
holders. as i, surely would do were it to
take the B BILE for its guide, and to Tell them
that God hates robbery for sacrifice. And
Amaziah said to the man OF God, but
" hat shall we do for the hundred talents,
which have given to the army OF Israel?
And the man of G ID nswered-the Lord
is abe t. give thee more than this. III
Chron. rs, o. If your Board apprthend
that their funds will suffer loss by their
faithful dealing with s!aveho ding contri-
buttons, Ietthen BE- consoed with the refec-
ton, that the Lord can much more than
supply the loss He can raise up for your
Board better frien'S than s!avthoIdels are
He can H3mssli be its better frend-beter
than He has ever Le"n, and better than
He will consent 10 be, whilst the Board
continues lis fellowship WIKI Shareholders.
But a rupture between your Board and
the shareholders would not be dreaded by
he Board alone. 1t would be dreaded bv
the Shareholders also. If the friendly re-
ation which now sub>Ists between the
Board and the Shareholder gives the Board
access TO his pocket, it is productive of no
less advantage 10 him. The keepers of
the Lords treasury released the Jew for
given sum, from all obligations TO subsst
his parents. But the treasury was notthe
only gamer by this arrangement. The
terms of the Communication were doubtless
verv favorable to the wretch who cast off
his helpless parents. The sum was fixed
on by the keepers of the treasury, as the
price of the triumph of avarice over fIia
pietv, was, no doubt, temptingIy small So
also the sums which the STAKEHOLDER pays
to benevolent and religious institutions,
and the payment Of which, answers the
claims of the Christian public upon him,
and authorizes him TO continue 10 rob the
poor, because his robbery accrues to tn"
benefit of these in.titutions. are very small,
}compared with the whole of his robbery.
His eontrbutqns 10 these institutions are IA
ch"ap way for the STAKEHOLDER TO maintain
his hold on the public respect. He there
bv gets these institutions 10 endorse his
character, md TO give him place no: on
" amongst the friends of humanity, but
amongst the disciples Of the Savior. Lei
.heSe institutions but withdraw their favor
from him, and, it may be, that he Can de-
wise no method for holding up his head i'll
the world less costly than Of putting away
his giant iniquty.
need say no more to explain my views
of the dnv of your Board in the matter
under discussion. | believe the Holy
= Scriptures justify the following PROPOSE
/ tons:
Isl. The Lords treasury is notthe plc &C
for money which is frauluIenty obtained
ID. Such money is not to be kept out o.
his treasury by an inquistoriaI examina-
ton of the character OF the gifts which are
offered 10 it. and by the adoption and en-
forcenent of rules for the absolute exciu
sion Of portion of them Ord. 1t is TO
b. kept out by faithful and scri plural ap,
peaIs to the corrupt contributions to it; BY
throwing them back upon their own con,
s:ieAces; and by rebukIng them cftne sin
and convincing them OF the unacceptable
ness of their offerings. 1t may de asked
what authority | have for assigning to the
= keepers of the Lords treasury the duty
described in the Sd proposition? do no
assign it to them exclusively: though il
must be obvious, tina: there are specia
reasons, why they should perform it. |.
r it said that they were prophets, who min
2 istered these reproofs for wrong giving, t.
= which | have referred? Grant it. But il
7 it not altogether probable, that those re
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