Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-02
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wrath all alone; drying up the full sourc-
es OF calamity and crime; quietly enter
ing the dark dungeon of the king of ter.
rors; then heaving up and breaking the
massey bars OF death; driving back the
thick bol,s of perdition's ponderous .por-
tals; and coming forth mighty conquer
or over death, lhell and the grave. Thus
this glorious Leader lied captivity cap
live. and received gifts for men," Then
the fountain was thrown open for sin and
mcleanness: then the stream of salvation
began freely to flow Very soon its wa,
ters rolled over the nations, and came
down to on, ancestors when tattooino
their bodies, and worshipping the missel-
toe. Nor has it ceased vet to move: il
continues to flow onward. Hence 1t is
that we have the Bible, with its emo
bling principles and ten thousand adj
vantages of plucking our poor nature
from the ruins of our apostacy. And
shall we plead poverty when called on
TO do good2
Ii we are christians, then "all things
are ours, whether Paul, or Appollos, or
Caphas, or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come, all
things are ours, cad zee are Christ's. and
Christ is Gods And shall we plead
poverty2 Are we. by ature foolish
guilty2 corrupted? condemned2 Jesus
Christ, by grace, is made unto US wis
dom, and righteousness, and sanctifica-
ion, and redemption" If we are fall.
Die, in Him we have an infallible Direc-
or; if we sin, in Him 1--we have an Ad-
1ocate with the Father if we are poor,
n Him we have durable riches and
And shall we plead
Having an interest in Him,
we stand upon a rock in the midst of infn-
lite wealth, all at the disposal of infinite
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES more anxious
10 bestow, than the most tender hearted
mother is 10 relieve the crying wants Of
her weeping babe; and more ardently
longing to find fit subjects TO receive, than
the most affectionate female could long
for the return of an endeared and lono-ab-
sent companion.
This is our condition, brethren. And
now we come to ask, what more do we
want? what more do we need2 what m ore
could boundless bene6cence bestow? And
again we put the question, shall we plead
poverty! o "tell it not in Gath! publish
it not in the streets of Askelon!" No!
We "have all, and abound But what
shall we do with it?
I've answer, and point you oat some
objects of benecolence.
/. Consider the spiritually destitute of
our own country. Here are many hund-
REDS, though willing TO receive it, left
lamentably destitute of the precious bread
of life. Add to these the thousands of for.
eigners and other perishing beings, that
are scattered over the nation. Multitudes
Of these are devoted to the papacy, and
their souls overlooking with its direful
denominations. Their rrejudices and prin-
ciples, to which they cling as to their ex-
isIence, are alike periIous to civil and re-
ligious freedom. Whenever popery can
gain the ascendancy, it will level every
thing around it, under an intolerable su-
premacv. A pre-eminence of cruel despot-
ism is its prevailing characteristic. lis
very genius is hostility against every
right ofman. Employing the most infer
nal machinery to achieve its hellish pur-
pose. it would struggle and yearn for the
determination of professionalism" Hordes
of its votaries pass annually to the west
and have we nothing to fear from them
nothing to deprecate7 The Baptist Con.
vention of this State, and the Baptis
Home Mission Society, though clogged
and embarrassed, have struggled fol
years to oppose those influences, and ben
eft those multitudes. But though they
strive to act as faithful watch-guards t.
THE church and to the nation, though
they labor indefatigably for the good Q
deathless souls, still their operations ar
limited, their agency is circumscribed.-