Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-01

hNSA ~ POOI anu ANOu VIII
sooner or later curse the pastor and peo-
pie who do not pity them and labor for
their liberation.
The church of which am pastor has
remembered these poor, she has contrib
uted literally for their liberation, she
has Sc. apart the last Monday evening
OF every month to pray for their liberation
and salvation. The State of this church
has been better since than before. She
mas been generally more united, and more
lively IN herdevotions; has enjoyed more
special tokens of Gods favor; there has
oeen IN her bounds more general stale
OF Serious impression upon those not in
Communion, and even now, in these DAYS
OF division and strife, there are some in
curing what they must do to be saved.
L have been the more particular in stat
ing these facts, because | suppose that no
church ia the land has given more thor
ough attention to the anti-slavery cause
Perhaps IN no other church has the sub
Ject of slavery been ofener brought into
the pulpit, and yet few churches have been
SO prosperous. And she was not previ-
ous y SO prosperous as since. This shows
at least that anti-slavery principles have no
tendency to destroy church.
Abolition has been introduced into the
greater part of the Presbyterian churches
IN this part of Ohio, and there is reason to
believe, that every church that has be-
come thoroughly anti-sIavery- has been
improved in piety. The Rev MIR. Full
lerton, agent for the A. B. C. T. NJ, stat
ed that he found the anti slavery church
es much more liberal than others in their
contributions for foreign missions And
| 1t should be remembered that these
churches had contributed Iargely-to the
anti-slavery cause, and yet they contribut-
ed for the conversion OF the heather more
than those who had given nothing for the
relief OF the poor slaves. Pip
1t will be found In every place that the
mos; pious classes of the church are the
! first to become abolitionis!s. And among
the men of the world, such as are remark
able for high degree of humane feeling
more readily embrace the anti-slavelv
principles, than do carnal professors of re-
ligion. know of no instance of alman
remarkable either for. piety or humanity
beng strenuous and perservering oppos-
er OF abolition. l have introduced adolf
ton into many churches. | have never
yet found the church that gave me hear
Ing, IN which was unable to form an an.
tl-slaVery society. | have gone from
church. to church and never failed, after
2 or lectures, to form a society," and
InpUnr N rrl \
low. And [ do from actual experiment
believe, that no church of ordinary piety
will oppose the principles Of abolition,
when understood. should be sorry to
believe that in Philadelphia, there is a
single church belonging to any evangel-
ical denomination, so destitute of piet9 as
understandingly to oppose abolition.-
Can 1t be that Christian people, will op-
pose the law Of 1ove2 Thou shalt love
THY neighhor as myself" is the length of
abolition, Let this precept be universally
obeyed, and all that abolitionists desire
will be done. Opposition to abolition is
opposition to true piety, to what Jesus
calls true religion.
fhe church that would do it, knowing
"A1' oooIltieh lSs Guy nj TO be accounted a
synagogue of satan. Pious persons NAV
In ignorance make opposition, bat persons
who intelligently oppose the, anti-slavery
cause, can have no Just claims to being
christians. hope the anti-slavery cause
will be propagated in every church in
your city: 1t may act as "re6ner's fire
and fuller's soap 1t may be a fan in the
hands Of God TO fan carnal professors GU
of the church, and the sooner the better
unless they repent, o.
What would now be thought Of minis
ters and churches who would oppose tenn
perance! Surely opposition TO abolition
: should be considered still more odious.-
) 1t is becoming quite too late in the day fo
! :, ministers and churches 10 oppose abolition
and expect to be accounted true christians
You desire to know the effects upor
churches that have opposed abolition? .
t. answer that it is hard to say The churche
that have made signal opposition have be
Z fore always manifested so little piety tia
it is difficult to perceive whether they ar
! in a worse condition than formerly The
i seem TO have but name TO live Will
: they are dead. -.--
l passed one of them-some DAYS since
was told but twelve or fourteen person
4 attended worship on the Sabbath. T..
JOHN RANKIN
A Word in Season.
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