Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-22


has no charm for them. Many there are,
whose tongue can readily articulate ,pro-
la zane or proflgate expressions, but was new
er tuned to praise /; and from whose mouth
the breath Of a prayer never assembled
lie who can renovate our fallen nature.
can unloose the stammering tongue, and
teach US a new dialect, the dialect of heav-
en-. g.. ..... n-
There is sickness of the soul, as we'll
as OF the body. Sin is malady which
has infected every human being; and,
however various its symptoms, in each
case II threatens TO undermine: the moral
constitution; and if not arrested in its
progress, will certainly terminate in death.
Who can minister unto soul diseased?
tits beyond the reach of human skill,
and none but the Great Physician can ef-
feet cure, and restore it to spiritual health
and vigor. ~ - s.-..
) Jesus Christ expelled the demons from
their hold on those who were possessed.
And althoug h internal spirits are no long
er permitted to tyrannize over the body,
they still exert most malignant and per-
nicious influence upon the mind. There
is an unclean spirit harbored in many a
bosom, which pollutes the imagination
and infames every base propensity of our
nature. There is spirit of pride, and
envy, and discomfort, and malice, and hat
red, and revenge; in short, their name is
Legion, for they are many, and none but
divine power can drive them from their
strong hold in the human heart.
There is not only natural, but moral
death. The human race are represented
as, being "dead in trespasses and sins. "
No glow of grateful feeling warming the
bosom; no holy animation lighting up
the countenance; no sacred activity in the
service of God nothing, in fact, to indi-
cate that the feeble spark of spiritual life
is not quite extinct. The heart is cold
the pulse of piety has ceased to beat; all
is chill and motionless, and insensible as
death. But there is voice which, can
awake the dead to spiritual life. "The
hour is coming, and now is, when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son o.
God :; aed they that hear shall live.
When he Gained The rough and bois.
ferrous winds, and the rolling pillows were
obedient to his command, was it not to IN
innate that he can speak peace to. the
! troubled conscience, and quell the turbu,
lence of the passions, and difuse swee
serenity through every thought and feel
ing Of the human heart? IL. Z. a- r.
One miracle is recorded in Scripture
and bat one, which has the nature of {
curse rather than blessing-ihe wither
! ing of the barren fig-tree. Yet what {
/ solemn admonition does that miracle con
?, .vey; and what fearful doom may we
anticipate, if We are 'sbarren and runfruit
full in the knowledge of our Lord Jesu:
( Christi
Unless we bring forth the fruits O.
righteousness, unto the praise OF God, We
have reason to tremble lest the whitening
blast of divine displeasure should, in ar
unexpected moment, light upon US, anc
our barrenness prove our everlasting ruin
The miraculous draughl of fishes is the
onl y work the Savior wrought after his
resurrection. And in that work there ap
pears peculiar propriety, when we re-
gard its symbolical nature. The disciple:
had been toiling all night, and had caugh
nothing; but in the morning Jesus appear
ed to them, standing on the shore, and di
rected them to cast the net on the. RICH
side of the ship; and in an instant it wa.
completely filled. And might they no
look on this as an omen of the success.
which should attend them in their higher
and nobler employment, as ''fshers o
men2" The outpouring of the Spirit or
the day of Pentecost, was the appointed
signal for them to cast the gospel net; ant
what an astonishing success attended thi
first efortlsy No less than three THOUSAND
souls were on that memorable occasion ad
ded to the church J.. And in alItheir sub
sequent labors. the abundant blessing o
| the Most High rested upon them; anc
Through. their honored instrumentalty in
Vulnerable multitudes were converted tt
the Christian Faith. ...-a.s.. -,
4 "a have thus thrown out few Sigh
and imperfect hints on an extensive anc
interesting subject. A wide field of OBJ
servation "Opens before US; on which,
trust, some ADLER Correspondent may be
induced TO enter and more largel Y ex
patiate.--Eng. Mag.
""<~. Dying Testimony.
! -"" ga" INFIDEL
4 81 am taking a fearful leap into thu
dark" -Hobbes. 81 80 = r -
Until this moment believed that their
was neither a God nor a hell Now
a l,n,r,x- and fool- thaf there a rs hoth-and