Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-11-27

the Gospel TO deathless souls-and 10 plead
the cause of The down-trodden and Cypress
ed slave. Let those who love case and
honor hold their peace, whilst the clankIng
OF the chains, and the groans of the poor
slave are borne on every breeze; but let it
be mine 10 labor and toll aud wear out in
The service of my blessed Jesus, in preach
ing TO sinners the cross of Christ, and in
pleading for the dumb.
Thus you see the ups and downs of 5
weeks of my life. Yours, for the poor
slave, d. w. BuRRouGHs.
OBITUARY.
Died, in Cambridge. Oct. 90. 1889. after
an illness Of 4 weeks, Zebulon Buker, aged
SO years.
He was born in Scituate, Mass, Ger. 90.
1851, and spent years of his early life up-
on the seas When in the 18th year of his
age, he and some of his comrades took
boat and sailed some distance from The shore
moi aprrehensive Of danger; but sud lenly
the wind arose and upset the boat. precipi-
tallng the whole company into the deep
Ia this perilous situation, when sinking The
81 time, and as he supposed never TO rise
again, young Buker was enabled TO surren-
der himself into the hands of God, by whose
providence he was mYsleriou~ly preserved
and conveyed TO the shore. There, in The
midst of great concour>e he gave glory 10
| God, and a-cribed salvation TO Jesus Christ.
| Al the age OF 22 he married Eight wears
after he buried his wife, who left him with
six children. In 1884 he married second
wife, with whom he lived 80 ears and rails
ed II children, The youngest Of whom i
now 81 years of age. He was a soldier in
The revolutionary army eight months. He
was also one of the first settlers Of Gam
bridge, aid a member Of the first Baptist
Church IN the town. OF the church he con-
il1ucd 10 be an ornament ill his death,
which was not only peaceful but triumphant.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord -
| Comm.
JOHN PIERPoNr. This mans noble de-
fence IS concluded on the first page of This
paper. 1t is a production that will long
make The ears Of ami reformers 10 tingie.-
II has already produced lis legitimate effects
on his own people. II will be seen, from an
article under The head of " General InteIli
/ gence IN another column, that The vote ex-
polling him from his pulpit has been rescind-
ed. He will doubtless resume his Iabors
with the people who will, from what ha :
now transpired-not very much to their
own credit-,he better appreciate his worth.
May this affair, which has now become a
matter of history, not be LOST, either upon
corrupt communities or servile ministers.
i ANTI SLAVERY AND CoLoNIzATIoN-A
lest. ColonizationisIs at the North claim
10 be "friends Of the slave" H1r manu-
OF them riH assist a rundwdy siare in es-
Gaping from has pnrsuers? Few-very
few, If any--not one of housand-I have
never known the instance. No, not IS
their legitimate business to maintain the
rights (?) of The oppressor against the op-
pressed. By their fruits We shall know them.
Really, why cannot colonizalonisls and alb.
olilonisls walk together?! Most plainly.
because they are not agreed. The affection
and sympathes of the two flow out in en-
tirely opposite channels. The actions OF
the two clash at every point.
Some person has sent the Ne W II ampshire Ran.
tist Register to the Telegraph Office, with the fol-
lowing article marked for insertion, which is given
as matter of intelligence
RESULT OF COUNCIL.
Alter mature deliberation, the council
called to advise in relation to what OUGHT
to be done with Rev. d. FL. Ranney's re-
quest for letter of dismission from the
Baptist Church IN Claremont, recommend
that the church give him certificate OF
his christian and moral character. and
state that We consider him as sece led
front the fundamental principles of church
building. as held by the Baptist denomin.
atioa. and as set forth in the word of God
and that We regard him in relation q rs,
the same. as ministers of other denomjna-