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

lOu.+ n 1itttS autOtO oeads INV 0tO!C
wonld hurt neither Of us, before We under
take to scatter other mems works. 81.
I You talk a great deal about " daily
sacrifice" and "a6omiaatt0ns,' &c
And we should suppose you thought,
when the Bible spoke about "saeri6 I"
i meant Jewish rites always, and that 1
have no right 10 attach determination y to
. saerifice.n Let US inquire of the Lord.
Judges xvi % "Then the Lords of the
Philistines gathered them together for to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their
CO." Again, one evidence in the New
Testament - But | say, that the things
which the igentiles sGerifce theylsacrifes
to devils, and mot to Cod Would not
this be Contamination, 10 sacrifice to the
devil. Oh yes Very well then, Paul
has called all the gentites. who sac rilice TO
idols, the A.sacritiee DIFFERENTIATION, and
If they did Il daily which no man will
dispute. thenit will,be a. &" daily sacrifice
determination" This is my vocaJxlaru,"
as you call it. Read Daniel XII, 80, 81;
Prov XIV, 8: The sacrifice of the wicked
is an abomination unto the Lord" Have
/ not a right to call Pagan rights and
sacrifices denominations" Christ GER.
tainly did call Rome, while in its pagan.
form a.abomiRation. OF desolation. -
For he said, ".when yertherefore, shall
see the abomination of desolation,"n. &c.
Did not Christ mean the Romans in this
expression?' Yes. Were not the Ro-
mans pagan worshippers, when Jsrusa-
lem was destroyeda Yes. Il Did not tn e
Romans sacrifice every day to their Gods
when they, were besieging jerusalem
. Yes truly Then if Christ calls them
abominatIon of desolation," may not l,
or you, call them daily sacrifice abom-
ination ofdesolation ?" ..t ''<.''' 81
Your next argument, which I shall no
lice is the treading down the sanctuary.
You consider IL to be theaGTempte, viz:
the building made with hands al Jrrusa-
Hem. You have broug 1t no proof, and
we, have nothing TO substantlate, your
views but your assertion. | believe that
treading under foot, means TO rule over
and ensIave the people of God. First,
threading down. Let US see what that
means Daniel vii, 4: AFTER this saw
in the night visions, aud, behold, fourth
beast, dreadful, and terrible and strong
exceedingly; and il had great iron teeth
i 1evoured,, brake ia pieces, and
stamped the residue with the feet Of it,
The residue In this place: must mean the
saints, from the fact that the angel tells
him inIhis instruction, inthe same visions
2lst verse, IL beheld, and the same horn
made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them" Again, see Rev. xi, 2
:. And the holy city shall they tread under
foot AZ months" g Holy city means the
saints - see Rev. xiii, 4: !" And it was
given unto him to make war with the
SAINTS, and to overcome them" "Witt
the feet ofit," shows US, it would be done
! by the power Of the last part Of this fourth
Tor Roman kingdom See Daniels de
! scription of the feet and toes Of Nebuchad
Lpezzar's image, Daniel ii, 4O-43; ais
win %, "a. Let the readerturn aud rea'
these passages. And now my dear brother
what of all your arguments, Cyrus, Ar
| taxerxes, Herod, &c, building and beauti
fying the Temple. And | wonder yor
7 did not mention Julian, the Crusaders, tn
! Knight Templars, the Saracens, and tn
I Turks, who have all in their turn, at
1 tempted to build and beautify Jerusalem
And of what use, if every king in Chri:
tendon had built places for the churc b t
worship in, and houses to live in, as Ion
as their souls their bodies, their children
and companions were in slavery.
7 Your arguments made me think of IN
\ arguments Of Southern friend of mine
with whom L recently conversed.-
J I" Why, said he, "the system you ca
4 slavery in the. South, is not slavery
4 What is it then Why" said he, g.
is the most independent situation IN tn
world. They are fed, clothed, doctoret
= fnursed, houses built at their hands, an
elegant meeting-houses for their WORSHIP
y ping places; and even ministers provide
I for thems much betterthan they would
apt to choose for themselves; for the
would, choose, an ignorant blGckey,",-
: Even so the sanctuary gudah) were be
s'tter of under Cyrus, 'Artaxerxes, Alexal
der, and even the cruel Hefod; than al
.ider Solomon their own king: why
= Because under Solomon they we're obti;
y ed to- pay for, and build their own temple
|, but under the Persians, Gree!ans' al
0 Romans, they were the most indepe,nNde
: people in the world. All, my brother
: claim younot for an abolitIonIst.
d Iwifi now give you my rule for ul1de
VI standing daily sGcrlfes."., First I'll
- daily.fssi a qualifying sWor
: meaning /" morning and evening" -
$ every day. - - 81. -. sa..z..,,r
4, Secondly, Al sdaeeTrjifce," means an offe
]. ling unto God, or gods, and is used to q
stfnote n mode of ru,orshin. as we use q