Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-10
a She no more shall pine,

Beside his hearth she SITS guest no more;
But in heavens beauty shall lie visit her
In heavens high health" Q
Nav this brief notice serve TO wean 9TH c
,rs from The world, although they possess
al its comforts, delights, and luxuries, which
heart could wish. Allthese are fading. and
must soon be left for the world of SOULS
o, prepare for peaceful death, and home
in heaven. COMMUNICATED.
A Solemn appeal to The CHI istian Pab,
lie, on The Right and E.rpediency Of CAP
IrAL PUNISHMENT by Stephen Hatchins,
Pastor of Baptist Church, bennington,
". Published by request. Brandon:-t
Telegraph Office, 1899. This is pamPh- !
let of twenty -four octave pages. The au-
thor has done good service for good |,
cause. His arguments from the Bible, rea- |
son, and experience, against IN anti-Chris-
lian, barbarous usage, are irrelutable.
Take the following specimen, in which
he disroses Of the strongest, and almost
the only passage in the Bible, brought TO
sustain Capital Punishment. II there be
any defect in his argument, 1 would Thank
any one who discovers the defect, 10 point
il out through the Telegraph.
"The first argument urged in f.vor Of
Capital Punishment which shall NOTICE,
! is that drawn from Gen tx, 6: Whose
shedteth mans bool, BY man shall his
blaod be she'd" This text, nlosI, If not
all. will alloy, proves that the proper
! punishment for murder was once death;
and We're II the only one in the Bible on
the subject, or were it not o2pos d 10 the
spirit of the New Testament, the question
would be forever settled beyond Il doubt
But as this is the principal text in the
whole Bible urged in iavor of Capital
Puni<hmehs, 1t appears necessary II give
il a thorough consideration. Those in
favor OF the principle I-a:a opposing, adj
Iuce the following reasons to prove tie
rnmutabiiity Of this penalty.
LIST. l. is o5rious that the promises con.
tanned in the covenant from which the
text is taken, are universal in their ext, nj,
and perpetual III their duration. Such as,
that seed time and harvest, cod and beat,
summer and Water, day and night shall
not cease while the earth remaine.h'-
A so that the word is not again 10 b.
destroyed by food, for which we have
the token Of The bow in the c!oui.
I'd. 1t is said that the grants OF this
, covenant are universal and perretua-as
the following for insance:--" Every
l moving thing that liveth, shall be meat
for you; even as the green herb have |
f given you all things"
81. As the promises and grants have
been proved universal and still in force
it is concluded that the requirements OF the
. same covenant must be So likewise
1 On the other hand, though il is admi,.e.
o that the promises and grants are univer
: sal anl perpetual, 1t is contended that hes,
r facts do not prove, that such is the cas-,
with the requirements also. lis promise
are SAID 10 remain while the earth shal
: endure, and also for perpetual generations
d Concerning lis grants loo, we are taugh
e n Acts X, hat every living thing is s.i.
:. meat for Us, even as The tender herb.
7 But il is maintained tina, The require
ment, Whose shed1elh mans blood, b.
man shall his blood be she'd can ius;i'
II claim neither Of these arguments, in favo
% OF lis perpetual obligation. Ii is not sal
r that 1t shall continue while the earth r.
k maineth, nor while the bow shall BE- serl
in the clouds. nor tor perpetual genera
@ tons nei her is it sustained by he NJ,
- Testament Thus there is great diff
e ence between the manner in which IN
," tloly Split speaks of the perpeiuty {
"a the promises and grants OF this covenant
ie and the manner in which lis req2iremeaI
a are mentioned Why this difference,
ID they are to continue through al genera
ID Ilons2 Can any reason be assigned!
\. In the second place, it is rgusd TIA
4. the TACT that this requirement. is include
~ IN the same covenant with things whic
- are still in force, does not furnish CO,
: > elusive argument, that it is 10 run para
lei with them in point Of duration.
:, For, IN the l2h and l7lh chapters
ID Genesis, we hive a covenan. recorde
We which God made with Abraham. Thi
= IN the IN verse of The l7ih CHAPTER
Id sad 10 be an everlasting covenant. Co
On promises 10 be Cod 10 Abraham IN
NJ his seed after him; AMI neariy The who
81 Christian world consider This promise :
perpetual as any part OF the covenat
made with Nolh. But in verse 10th, Is
- read, TINS is my covenant which ,
snail keep between me and yon, and n
"A seed after thee; Every man-ehill anon
ne you shall he circumcised."
ri Now all who believe IN the perpeiuir
lie OF this covenant. contend that the reoair
nd men Of circumcision contained in il, cea
ed 10 be a duty after the introduction
the New pos,a ,,,,r, d:e,orea,;oo TnL