Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-30

way, though not for the sake of their own
strivings As in the works O. your civil
calling, you know all the care, toll. and
sweat Of the husbandnan avails nothing
of itself, except the sun and rain quicken
and ripen the fruits OF the earth; and vet
no wise man will neglect ploughing and
narrowing, sowing and wedding, because
these labors avail not, without the infu-
ences of heaven, but waits for them in
the way OF his duty and diligence. Ra-
tional hope sets all the world TO work.
Do they plough in hope, and sow in hope,
and will you not pray in hope. and hear
in hope ? You that know your souls TO
be hitherto strangers to Christ and the re-
generating work of the Spirit; how is it
that you take them not aside, sometimes,
out of the distracting noise and hurries
Of the world, and thus bemoan theml
o my poor, graceless. Christless, mis-
cradle soul, how sad case art thou in
Others have, bat thou never hast felt the
burden of sin; thousands in the world
are striving and laboring, searching and
praying, to make their calling and cleo
ton sure; willis: thou sittest still with
folded hands, In a supine regardlessness
of the misery that is Fastening upon thee.
Canst thou endure the deyouring wrath of
God? Canst thou dwell with everlasting
burnings2 Hast thou fancied tolerabe
hell2 Or, is it easy TO perish? Why
dost thou not cast myself at the feet of
Christ and cry, as long as breath will
last, Lord, pity sinful, miserable, undone,
and self-coudemn soul. Lord, smite
this rocky heart, subdue this stubborn
will, heal and save an undone soul ready
to perish The characters of death are
upon it, it must be changed or condemned,
and that in a little time. Bowels of pity,
hear the cry of soul distressed and
ready to perish.-FareL.
! DANGEROUS Christian,
thou knowest thou earliest gunpowder
about thee, desire those that carry FIRE
to keep at distance from thee; Ills a
dangerous crisis when a proud heart
meets with ALTERING lips; take away the
fire, (said holy divine of Germany.
when his friends commended him upon
his dealh-bed.) for have yet combustible
matter about me. Faithful, reasonable,
discreet reproofs, are much more safe to
US, and advantageous to our Notifying
work; but alas, how few have the bold
ness or wisdom duly to administer them.
1t is said of Alexander, that he bid phi
losopher (who had been long with him,
to be gone; for, said he, so long hast thou
| been with me, and never reproved me,
which must needs be thy fault, for neither
thou sawest nothing in me worthy of re-
proof, which argues thy ignorance; or
else, thou burst not reproVe me, which
argues thy unfalthtulness.- F1a0el.
RELIGION IN THE WoRLD.-l have
often seen little child following his pa
rent in the field, and STOPPING down now
and them, to gather few flowers He
looks up and sees him at distance, the
little child runs and gets up to him again
afraid he should go too far away. So the
Christian, while gathering few flowers
from the world, suffers his God to be of
ten at distance from him; but the in.
slant he perceives that he is alone, he
runs to reach again his Father, Protector
and Friend ,-RowLand Hill.
LIVING UNTO GoD.-Having deter
mined in general to form resolutions fol-
regulating my life, must descend TO par
ticulars, and settle some rules with myself
to resolve my future life wholly into holi
ness and religion. | know this is a hare
task to do, but | am sure it is no more
than what my God and my Father hath
set me; why therefore should [ think il
much to do it? Shall | grudge to spend
my life for him, who did not grudge to
spend his own blood for me? Shall not
so I've that he may be glori6ed on earth
who died that might be glorfied il
heaven? Especially considering that i
! my whole life could be subimated into ho
illness, and moulded into an exact con
formi!y to the will of the Most High, |
should be happy beyond expression.
am resolved, by the grace of God, to try
to make every thought, word and action
pay their tribute unto Bereridge S
Private Thoughts.
Socialism i'm England.
An open infidelty has made rapid prog
ress under the name of Socialism, among
the middle and lower classes in our coun
try. Many are little aware of the rapid
ily of the rise and spread of this evil spir
it in our land. Associations are formed
at thirty of the principal towns in
!, different parts of the country by it, and
salaried missionaries are sent to all parts
r of the land. They have periodical publ
cations and.a great number of abominablt
tracts. They profess to bring about The
regeneration of The world, by principles
directly contrary to the Word of God, anc
deny altogether mans responsibility
Gross ribaldry and full sway given Il
the Iusts of the heart mark these pubiica
TONS 1t is the Spirit of Infidelity, breath