Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-28

every country; 1t is what l'
Shock the arsenal, and fulmn'd over Greece
To MacedOn aud Artaxerxes' throne.
1t is what constituted the superiority Of Q
the mighty OF ator of Athens over a COM i
promiser like Marcus TuIy. The one
an object Of awful respect after
That dishonest victory
AT ChGronea, fatal to liberty,
is chosen to make the funeral Grafton over
the bones of those who fell in consequence
of his policy; the other, with ill-disguised
contempt, is saluted with the title of I'm
perator at the Issus. 1t was in concen-
trated passion that the Greek excelled the
Roman. The Father of his country was
always playing falsetto. acting part, and
sometimes very mean one; he showed !
a.truckling spirit which,
Non homines, non Dr. non concessere columnG. |
1t is not hard to recognize similar
distinction between the temperaments and
writings and their results of the two other
lights of their own age, who were how
ever, contemporaries, and fourished, COM
paratively speaking, the other day What
q machine did the energetic mind of Lu-
Their set In moton A machine, so to
speak, before our eyes, even unto this
hour, and whose Ultimate consequences
are not even latent to the womb of time
The truths which had been outraged he
Tc-proclaimed In the spirit of outra ged
truth, at the behest af his conscience, and
in the service of the God who cannot lie.
He did his duty, come good, come evil,
and made no question which side the
preponderance would be. Talk not to
me-" he exclaimed, "of scandal and Of
fence. Need breaks through stone walls
and recks not Of scandal; it is my duty
to spare weak consciences as far as it may
be done without the hazard of my soul.
Where not, | must take counsel for nv
soul, though half of the whole world
should be scandalized thereby" Such
was the tone, by the adoption of which,
the German Son of Thunder moulded
not only his own, but future ages. And
what contrast does he present in this re-.
spect TO his immediate pioneer and con-
temporary, Erasmus, who might be styled
the morning star of the Reformation, was
an infinitely more elegant scholar than
the heroic Luther, and man of consum-
mate genius; but however regarded in
his. own time. by The polite and lettered
world, ne is at this day only known by
his writings to few, since he left neither
Impress on his age nor conservation to
Posterity. To what cause shall we attri-
butte thisl To his not daring to follow
out his ideas; to his stopping short, to his
temporizing, to his partaking more OF the
characteristics OF Atticus than of Cato
to his not being enough in earnest.
To come down even to the days of oul
Fathers: and here deprecating all unfsi
constructions, repudiating every motiv.
save what honor, honesty, and religion
supply, We must speak plainly out; here
Ia let aught that may SAVIOR of offens,
be imputed to our love. What was
then, we ask, that touched with the living
coal from Gods altar, the mould of Yves
ley2 What was it that denuded IN thos
days the churches and chapels OF tn,
Establishment, whilst the plains and tn,
sides of the hills were thronged, row
above row, with gaping tens of thousands
men, women. and children? What wa
1t that made the eloquence of that Metho
DIST irresistible over the multitude? Wha
was it that flashed like lig htning on tn
close and stagnant conscience of his au
dtory2 What was it that insinuate
itself into their hearts, until the mos
obdurate were moved to tears and peni
tence2 What was it that heaped Goals {
fire as it were, upon their heads, until III
ore Of the most stubborn did mel2 Moth
ing but single-hearted zeal. a straight
forward purpose, and an earnestnes
which were followed by the most beneficial
effect.
It was the deep convic ton of the awfu
responsibility attached to the Christia
ministralion, coupled with an unweariabl
energy, never relaxing charity and ths
yearning desire for the conversion of tn
meanest creature whom Christ persisted t
save, which amounted to faith in his SUI
cess; ii was all this that filled the mou,
ofJohn Wesley with the rerbiG a,dentio
that ran electrically from soul to soul, ii
the whole congregation of sinful huma
beings were lit up into one blaze of devt
tion
Wesley was truly energetic. He wa
Jealous, and went to work as giant re
Joiceing in his strength. He felt that hi
vocation was of the Holy Ghost and lool
ing to what he indeed accomplished to tn
wonderful conversions that by his fcrvi
appeals to the heart, he every wher
wrought, we must admit that the goo
which he affected was considerable. Fl
went forth to meet the enemy at the gat,
or rather like the Carthage MAN, he carrie
the war into his own territory. He mad
no league with sin and inidelity. FL
spake as from a throne, and stood II
against Satan and standing on the confine
oftwo worlds. he shook the one with III
thun1ers of the other