Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-28

striving to save souls namely, III
are all al, and always at it." | tbint
is in the power of our ministerinp brsI
rem, with Gods blessing, 10 revoluia-
ize the church, BY. enforcing the Subj,
| of personal effort. Yours, B
Below is J. P. MiIler's reply to Ira rnsr.h,D,
article, reviewed by brother HClcomb, last usst
From the Voice Of Freedom.
To the Rec. Ira IRgraham:
Sir-A great deal of useless argument
might have been saved, in relation 10 nj
[ Middlebury lecture, if you had clearly M
| derstood and correctly reported me, a i
was your duty to have done, in as much
as | gave an invitation to any one a
make remarks upon any thing nigh
have advanced that was wrong. or tbn
was thought incorrect This Invila,ioD
you did not see fit TO accept, but came fnh
with your notes in due time, concoclcd Al.
ter your own fashion, and moulded 10 sun
your pro-slavery feelings. used The
most precise language to convey mr.
meaning. How then could you so mis-.
understand me!
Your principal charge amounts 10 this
THAT Col. Miller is the enemy OF he
American Board of Foreign Missions and
as such, has attacked it in a public lecture,
and held il up TO ridicule through The
| person OF DIR. Anderson" [ was, at tie
time delivered the ADORE lecture. and an
still, life member of the FOREIGN Mis-.
slonary Society, and clearly and distinctly
stated that was friend to the cause Of
Foreign Missions--that had visited sev-
| eral Foreign Missionary St atoms, and
that | believed they were doing gve1l
good. These remarks you did not see
ut to report. They would no. answer
your pro-slavery purposes. did state ia
that lecture, and now clearly and distinct.
~ state, both to you and to he world,
that IN nay opinion, the selling Of indul.
gencies 10 commit sin in the Roman
CHURCH, Tor the purpose of building ST.
Peters, at Rome, 3l2 years since. was
no. so great crime in the sight OF holr
God, as that of knowingly taking the price
oil human being, or the proceeds Of bi.
unrequited labor, to spread the oospel q
I Christ among the healhen. Was NOT hi.
my language upon that occasionl Did
not, IN the clearest manner possible. en-
deavor TO show what considered woull
De the good effect upon the eonscienees d
the Shareholders, II DIR. Anderson, know.
ing the money presented for missions wa,
thus obtained, should return IL, with the
Christian admoniriop, that The treasury Of
that God who has said, Is he that sreale.h
man and selleth him, or If he be iound
IN has hand, shall surely be put 10 DEATH
cannot be polluted by any such Qi!lsl
Permit me TO ask you, further. II lbe
whole OF my remarks npon this sulject
were any thing further than an illustration
OF the adherence with which, in my
opinion, the church of Christ oRgh, 10
hoid The SIN OF slavery2 II you, did 50
understand me, why then, let me ask, did
you, Jesuit-like, come out and so pervea
my meanlng2 Did your zeal for The
domestic ins'ilulionNof American slavery
hurry you into this indisere,ion, or The
love you bear your sIave-holding relatives
at the South excite YOU 10 n2 Alas. how
have the mighty fallen in the midst oflbs
oatlle, Tor the support of an institution lbai
is disgrace 10 the civilized world
cannot leave the work to come down
INTO the valley 10 hold lengthy CONVEX.
sa.lon with Sanballat. IfIcould, would
simply inquire of the Domestic Mission
airy agent of this State, my friend Ingrs-
ham, how he can find so much leisure 10
luxurIate in our more populous towns,
write essays TO support domestic slavery.
ana leave so many of our felow-men 70,
remote and smaller towns, destitute Of
preached gospel? l will not, however,
call upon the Board to dismiss my Res.
friend, whatever faults | may think see
In his course: bat rejoice that the day
has passed, and too far gone by for cleIi-
cal Influence to re-light The fires Of Smith
Held, or JRstlfy the oppression of men Tor
the glory Of God. Up. MILLER.
Montpelier, Aug. 18th, 1889.
As the Executive Committee Of The Vermont
Anti Slavery Society held a neetinz M Middlebay
ON me oth inst, when-as we happen to knoW--sl
was the intention Of one Of the members 10 bring the
sunlecl up, the above may be regarded as the r.
SUI. 10 winch that Committee came.-tVt. ChrOa-
happen to know" that the subject
was not at the meeting ofihe Comm
lee. The Chronicles insinuation, here
iefe, that the foregoing article is anything
more or less thanJ. i. Miller's production,
Is altogether gratuitous, TO saw The Least
sAeARIks AND ExTRAvAcAKcKs.-It was nv IN
s;cIo & wn'ie remaTking brother Fletcher sr'