Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-28


5 our hope presumption and impiety p n
Did that old partition wall survive the S
shock, that made earth quake, and hid =
he sun, burst graves and rocks, and rent =
The temple vail! And did the gospel on
ly rear it higher TO thunder direr perdi-
ton from its frowning battlement on all L
without? No! The God of OUR saliva
ton lives. GOOD tidings Of great joy
shall be to ALL people," One shout shall
swell from all the ransomed, Thou hast
redeemed us unto God by thy blood out
of EVERY kindred, and tongue, and peo-
ple, and nation" To deny that the bless
ings of the jubilee extended to the ser
wants from the GentiIes makes Christian
hy Judaism. 1t not only eclipses the
glory oil the Gospel, but strikes out the
sun. The refusal to release servants at
the sound of the jubilee trumpet, falsi6ed
and disannulled a grand leading type of
the atonement, and thus libelled the doc
lrine of Christ's redemption.
Finally, even if. foreUer did refer to
the length of indiUlduaL service, we have
ample precedents for Limiting the term by
THE Jubilee. The same word is used to
define the length of time for which those
Jeaoish servants were held, who refused
to go out in the serenth year. And all
admit that their term of service did not 60
beyond the jubilee. Elk. xxi. 2-6: Deut.
XIV. l2-l7.
The 23d verse of the same chapter is
quoted to prove that " forerer" in the
10th verse, extends beyond the jubilee
The land shall not be sold FOREVER,
for the land is mine'-as it would hard
ly be used in different senses in the same
, general connection. 10 reply, we repeat
that forerer respects the duration of the
: general arrangement, and not that of IN
t diriduaL sercice. Consequently, is not
e affected by the jubilee; SO the objection
' does not touch the argument. But it may
+ not be amiss 10 show tina: it is equally
= harmless against any other argument
D drawn from the use of forever in the 46th
!, verse,-for the word there used, is DIAM
e meaning throughout the period, whatever
J. that may be. Whereas in the 23d verse,
# it is Tscmithuth, meaning cutting of, OF
= to be cut off.
o I'LL. "lNHERITANCEA AND POSSESSION.
l. g Ye shall take Them as an INHERITANCE
:. f6' your children after yOm TO inherit then
q for possession" This refers 10 the ma
d tons, and not 10 the indiriduGL servants
: procured from these nations. We have
?, already shown, that servants could not b.
held as property possession, and inner
3 itance that they became servants ofthei
: o10n accord, and were paid wages tina
e they were released by law from their reg
A. ular labor nearly hal the days in e0c
d. gear, and thoroughly instructed; that tn
s. servants were protected in all their pei
OF sonal, social, and religious rights, equal
a. with their masters, &c. Now, truly v, a.
ID remaining, after these ample reservations
" would be small temptation, either to tn
I'd lust of power or of lucre What prof
VS. able " possession and inheritance ~
ds What if our American slaves were a
of placed in Just such a condition! Ala
IS for that soft, melodious circumlocutioI
Is, Our PECULIAR species of property "
d Truly, emphasis is cadence, and euphon
and irony have met togetherl
th What eager snatches at mere word
by and bald technics, irrespective of come
on ton, princi pies of construction, Bible U.s.
he ges, or limitations Of meaning by oth'
0F passages and all to exc out such seer
I'd, as accords with existing usages and san
he tifieS them, thus making God pander #
OF their lusts. Little matter whether II
gn meaning Of the word be primary or Sc
&C. ondary, literal or fgurative, provided
er- sustains their practices.
cir But let US inquire whether the wor
ch rendered Inherit and inheritance
r." when used in the Old Testament, nece
'm- sariIy point out the things inherited a.
in possessed as articles Of property Nah
The and NGh0tG-tnhe7u and inherttGnce.'
be See Chronicles x. Is. 1.-The peoI
as answered the king and said, What port
crit have we in David, and we have none
ing heritGnce, in the son ofJesse" Did tn
ais mean graveIyto discIain the holding
TO their king as an article Of property L.?
lat Psalms cxxvii. 3-"Lo, children are
i'd heritage GnherItance) of the Lord" E
odus xxxiv. @" Pardon our iniquiy a
pet our sin, and take us for thine imheritanc,
the When God pardons his enemies, a
SEES adopts them as his children, does he ma
by them articles Of property? Are forgi,
tie ness, and chattel-making. synonymes ?
the Psalms cxix. Ill" Thy testimon
the have taken as heritage Gnheritan(
um- forever" Ezekiel Xiv. 27, as A
- in the day that he goeth into the sanctr
.ar, ny, unto the inner court to minister in t
the sanctuary, he shall offer his sim of1err
saith the Lord God. And it shall be i
IT'S to them for an Inheritance; / am tn
- Inheritance" Psalms H. 8-"Ask
,rty me, and | will give thee the heather
in thine Inheritance" Psalms KEW. Ia
xth " For the Lord will not cast off his pe