Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-24


ty, liberty, or life. all is Wild confusion,
anarchy, and bloodshed. They all meet
together to see what can be done Tor relief.
Gabriel meets with them.-One proposes
to build prisons and shut the criminals up;
another to transport them: another TO
make slaves of them another to hang
them; another TO make weapons OF death
and keep a standing army to keep the
peace. They are all criminals alike, on
" some act out their wickedness more
than others. So they deliberate.
Finally Gabriel arises among them &
says4-.i have plan which will at once
end all your troubles What IS it, Just
return to your allegiance to God Your
rebellion against God is the source of all
your troubles and you can never save
yourselves from the effects whilethe cause
remains. To this proposition they will
not listen. They are determined one and
all, to go on in their sins. So-they devise
a system Of government. II is no object
of their government to lead them back to
God-to establish over them the domin-
ion Of God, of truth and holiness; but the
sole object. is protection. From what?
From the consequence OF Their sins. Why
not forsake their sins then2 Simply be-
cause they will not But they devise an
expedient 10 protect themselves from the
consciousness of sins in which they are de-
termined to indulge; they call this their
government. Could Gabriel, consistently
with his allegiance to God, help them de-
wise this plan and carry it into execution ?
Such 1 think are all the governments
of this world based on UiOlence-human
devices, not to establish Chrsts dominion
over the earth, but to establish the domin-
ion of man over man and to protect from
the consequences of sin IN which men are
determined to indulge AS if drunkardS
should devise plan to save themselves
from disease, palsy, dellrlum tremens and
death, while they continued to get drunk
Now all these governments being parts
ofthe system of human wickedness, must
pass away and the kingdom of Christ be
established in their stead, according TO the
prayer "thy kingdom come" How Is
this to be brought about!
Take again the United States with hel
fifteen millions Of inhabitants all under the
government Of the sword of their own
choice and making. Gabriel comes here
preaching the Kingdom of Christ. lr
this kingdom, Christ is legislator, Judge q
executioner Christ in his kingdom does
not legislate, judge, nor execute through
human instrumentalty Christ is all II
all. Now in establishing Christ's king
dom, Gabriel must OF necessity do away
the human government. How does ht
goto work? He brings Christs govern
ment and this human government int
contrast showing the justice, holiness, en-
ergy and security of the one, and TIT
wickedness, disorder, anarchy, and blood
shed of the other. ~ 49,.
One man . is converted, comes into
| Christ's kingdom, leaves all carnal weap
ons behind Has no more to do with the
human government but to submit to what
ever wrongs it inflicts on him without re
s;stance, Another is converted, and an
other and so on till ten millions are brough
BY the force oftruth and by the intiuenc,
: of Gods spirit, into Christ's kingdom
I While this process of conversion Is goint
D on, the human government party, tn
sword protected party, go on to Cover
/. themselves as usual imprisoning, WIFI
r ping, shooting, hanging and butcherln
each other according to their laws. In
divine government and God protected pa
II ty, are safe; cannot hurt each other, an
e God Twill not let the War party hurt then
IT Nov ten millions are converted, sha
e they vote the five millions down vo
l. that they shall govern themselves no lon!
% era No longer use prisons, sword
= dirks, guns, &c. to punish each other 4
No, for this is not the way Christ Won
ID have his people advance his kingdom al
to abolish the systems of human wlckednes
at Besides, if they did vote they have |
~ means to carry it into effect but truth al
love and the sword Of the spirit. Th'
so go on then preaching repentance al
IL showing the anti-christian nature OF h
!. man governments and the glorva and maJes
=, of Christs government till the last one
I'M converted. Then the government Of t
~ u. States is abolished, aRniAitated; a
= the kinguom of Christ established in
stead.
= This, sir, is the only way in which
" ever proposed.in writing, in lecturing,
3 in private conversation, to abolish hum
- governments. would hold up TO
int world the anti-christian nature and Il
ice dency of all governments based on
is, law Of violence and bloodshed, and p
pie shade men 10 abandon them and come
Die Christ and let him rule over their hea
slly and lives-showing them that they
he truly under the guidance and protect
ex- of Christ and have the same mind in tn
so- that was in Christ they will have no
- ing to do with the governments OF
sa world but to submit to them as did Oh