Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-24
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
From the Friend Of Man.
s. Abolition flinders Revivals.''

lis sunday evening -duA HiNe just d
returned from meeting where witnessed c
a scene around which angels linger with I
delio ht-anl which causes loud anthems !
of low to resound through all Heaven, and
which adds another retuation to the long /;
list already adduced, 10 the base calumny
inserted over this article, so often in the |
mouths of pros'ayery men and abolition K
hatsrs. Mr.. Aliens formerly Mr.. Kirk'$) I
church, as you know, friend Goodell, is
on North Market street in this city, and I
YOU know too, somewhat of the reputa-
lion of that church for lis spirituality
and that it has maintained and still main
tains the character of an abolition church,
and it has recently been said to me by
some OF its members, we are all aboli-
tioaists ia our church" and BY the way
it is the largest church by far, as to num-
bers, there is in the city. Their minister
prays abolition, and breaches it too-and
50 do the members; and this forenoon,
the minister preached from the text EXC.
dus IA: Is. And the Lord said unto
Moses wherefore cryest thou unto me
Speak un!o the people that they go for
ward" From the text the preacher it,
lustratcd most conclusively the doctrine
that it is aLaoays safe and righ', to obey
God, even though sea rolls its waves be-
fore us, we are to go torrard-and altho'
h. requires an Abraham to offer up an !
only son, there is no shrinking, but TO go
forW1rd. When the Israeites were re-
quired TO 60 round the walls Of Jerico sew
en- Ii mes, or when the prophet required
NJ a To- L. co
his Ieprosy. how naturally would the sug-
geslion arise" what good will these sim
\ pie acts accomplish I" BIT The Command
of God is-go Jorpord. And who does
not know in all these cases, the grand
the triumphant results which followed
belience 10 God, aud what would have
been the results of disobelience? who can
tell The 2rinci pie was brought to bear
upon the obligation to sanclify the Sabbath,
in which the minister ref rred 10 the late
session Of Congress upon the Lords day,
BY which that body has provoked line judy
:ntnts Of the Almighty. He also applied
i, to our obligations to 60 forward in the
great benevolent cIuses-indeed the text
Itself is sermon Of reprool to all time
servers and expeliency men, who choose
to govern themselves by mans vision
rather than by the wisdom of God. We'll,
now to the point limited at, at the com
mencement OF this "sketch." Under al
the circumstances named above, could
any one suppose that a continuous revlva
of religion is going on in this church,
Yes! AboIitionisis would say that woult
be the result rs matter oil course. An
ti.Abolionists would say, no; the!
would be looking and anxously expect
ing mot TO say hoping that the "peac
and harmony of the church would be dis
turbed" By Introducing such subjects int
il! But what is the Eact2 Why, a larg
number have been hopefully converted t
God, some hundred or two; and wheI
after service this evening The minister, n
Allen, invited those who had irldu ged
hope recently, 20 rise up, and walk M
the next room, perhaps one hundred ros
and thus separated themselves from ii
congregation for religious advice and i,
slrutlion. And who were the subjects
this work? They were the old, the mi
die aged and the young of both sexes :
and this is the scene TO which reierrr
as causing JOY among the celestial inha
i,ants, and II seemed as though the houn
ing hearts of Christians too, who we
present, were full Of Joy uns2eakable.
So we seg that, so far from the caption
this article being true. the reverse, is 1
truth, that those who come up unitedly
the help ofthe Lord in behalf of the slav
against the mighty, are sure to experier
the refreshing dews OF divine grace.
is said here, that his is the only church
the city where any revival at all ext
and il is the only church among the m
titude in this city, where the slaves Cat
is not fettered. In the other Presbytef
and Dutch Reformed churches, his ca,
is SO despised that even a notice can
be read for an anti-slavery meeting.
wonder dearth reigns, and that souls
not converted; and that in6deIity
strengthened. As further evidence Of
truth oe the position, have assumed
this article, would cite the fact as sta
in Zion's Watchman of March II
which have just received, IN which
stated that the Congregational Churcl
Syracuse has shared in glorious rev
of late, where there have been one
dred and fifty or two hundred conve
and the work still going on. Now
church because il sustans the holy c
OF humanity aud unfolds its doors to
advocates Of the bleeding slave is 81
ingly called IN Syracuse, the ~
church )" How true il is that s. the
dwelleIh with them that are Of col
spirit aud that tremble at his word"
Z. w. GooDwl