Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-19
V OIL X 1. No. 13,

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Association-row d;E.led into Fsir6eH -
Onion RiveT-Provi3ence so order.a
allowed il to be, thai was present. bo,h
the meeting of the Association in WIKI, -
division was proposed, aud he Conver.;,.
in which IT was coasUmnlaied. An6Is,
not recollect to have heard whisra- ;.
meeting or out OF meeting, in Conver;io,-,
our of Convention, thar wba, The Tec,,
states TO have been the cause had any IL.
10 do with the division. For au1iit RI
discover: the utmost harmony and bro;be,-- F
love abounded. But they were sc,,,g,.,
over an EXTENDED territory, and il was !ac,.a
that The body was becoming uawieldy Ia
therefore divided for st,feccomn,r,la,:.
and convenience. This is as IuaGersr,-;
the matter. lfany OF the members Of ib..,
Associations under5:cod i: differently. ,br-
will DO me ard the public a favor 10 me-.
the correction. through the TEE graph.
Thus far, positively, an directly, or Ia,
point. Now, circGmstangiaily. The ci..ur.
stances, in regard 10 beth divisions, are a;,,.
getber against brother Alea's siatems,,
In the division o. the Vermont Associa:;o,
the County line. between Addison and Ran.
land Counties, was originally made % Be-
the boundary,-whereas, if tie causc G
division had been only, or mainly, that wb;,b
brother Allen has stated il TO be, The diyi.
ion line ought 10 have run here and there
and everywhere. among the churches. SO
In regard TO the Fairfield Association. IL.
boundary line is the Onion River. Ano,bs,
important circumstance, coming in agaius
brother Aliens. statement is, the fact thar
the present Vermont and Addison Coun,r
| Associations, as well as the Fairfield ap5
Onion River, are in full fellowship All
communion with each other, and alwa,,
have been, sending and receiving dele-7.
tons, and mutually celebrating together
with unbounded love, and confidence, anI
good will.
But l have not yet done with his state
ment of facts. That mischievous thing
"ultraism," he states to have "been gene.
rally prevalent" in Vermont, "since 1892
Now the "ultraiSm,n as he calls il. Of 1879
ii which may, or may not, have had some
thing to do with brother Aliens leaving ih
station ne then occupied, and the State !
and which had a distinct name by Itself
has scarcely been known by rame. s;.~
1882 The "ullraism" of the last EE
dozen years, has had another name, and ha
been another thing, entirely. And wiIInk
pretended thatthi has divided Associates
or churches If it will, let the PROF. Be-
brought forward. On the other hand Il il
will not, let at least one-half Of The state
ment in the Record be retracted, as beia,
most reckless and unfounded.
Again, it is said that this "ullraisms l.,
stopped the mouth of prayer" Here
must be allowed to speak with great plain.
ness, and even to call things By their names
! say then, that to those who are acquaials.
with the truth, it viii not sound well FORA
adhering mason and an apologist of SLAYER
TO charge The Anti-Masonry and the Am
Slavery of Vermont with having .rOpp
the mouth Of prayer! AS well NAV ID
opponents of Temperance bring the san,
charge against the cause of Temperapa
Indeed am not sure but Total Abstipens
comes in for share Of the odium attemps-
TO be thrown broadcast uponthe aullraiss
OF the Green Mounlains,-for The Bapiis
here have not been a lille ultra on L
point. Quer,:-lf the "ullraisn" Of Az
Masonry: Anii-SlaverY, and Total ABS
hence have stopped the mouth q prys
Z wonder if, on the other hand, lie "u.a
ism +" OF Masonry, that fountain Of profalF
ness aud blasphemy-cf Slavery, that s
tan's Observation-Disclosures OF Inien-c
ance, that horrible destroyer Of the bo1is
and souls OF men, wonder, l say, if -
'raism in these forms, and on this sides
The question. has opened the mouth ofpT1l
era
In thls connection, it may not be un7a
donable or improper for me TO haza'i .
opinion, founded on my own obserTa;:1
fhe opinion is this,-and I throw il os.
ieeiing Tue utmost confidence in lis cgrrss'
ness,-those churches, as a general ihins
IN which "ultraisln," has been most PTef'
lent, viii not sul!er when compared VI
others, whether il be in regard 10 abouoti9
In prayer, or in regard 10 success in winfIs
souls 10 Christ.
This brings me TO consider the izYr's
flon. The fact that Eaptists have no; i
creased as rapidly, in Vermont, as in SD
other places, is imputed to the ultraisn
: which has nreYailed Lere TIE nnina