Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-02


me for transferring to the Telegraph large nor.
ton Ofbeir Circular Letter. Itis from the pen of
brother DeiGSy, of TicOnderoga. 1t needs NO
praise. 1t twill speak for itself to all who read II.
CIRCULAR LETTER.
The Ministers and Delegates of the
Lake George Baptist association,
cOnrened at Bolton, 4th and 5th Sen
TENDER, 1889, To the Churches Which
they represent:
DEAR BRETHREN: Let US
I-COntsmplGte beneUolence as exercis.
ID tOwards ourselves. And
|. Take notice of it displayed in lemoor-
al blessings. Our wants, though innum-
cradle, are regularly supplied by the ev-
er.opening hand of munifcent Provi-
dence. Though "the earth is the Lords
and the fitness thereof" still He annually
hands i over 10 US, with its measurable
virtue to use j: as we think proper. IF
"lhe cattle on thousand hills are His"
in an interesting sense they are ou,s also,
for we have themselves and their wonder
hl utility entirely at our CONTROL. He
lays the winds and the waves, with ere
vehement Of nature, under special ccntri-
bulions TO subserve our interests. The
cIOud-clad mountain contributes to our
benefit, nor dees the stingy rock ever
refuse US advantages. We have our for
sss and our fields, our grain and our veg
cables. We have our streams and our
dams, our ponds and our lakes We have
our sheep and our teams, our logs and
our mills. We have our relatives and
friends, our neighbors and associates.
We have our doctors and teachers, our
merchants and mechanics. We eniov
light and liberty, prosperity and peace
We are not the disciples Of impostors, the
dupes of delusion, the votaries of error, or
the hobby. horse Of priestcrat. We occu-
Py an exalted position 10 the most highly
favored nation that has ever yet appeared
on the face of the globe. Agencies in
Vulnerable, artificial and natural, are eve
w where in motion to secure our welfare.
In shon, as some great river that maiesli-
eaiy flows from never failing we'll
spring, and bears onward on its bosom
nch cargoes of supplies for increasing
distribution, so full current of benevo-
l'nce perpe.ually proceeds from Foun-
IAN lnexhaustible, and brings US bless
ngs inestimable every hour that revolves.
And who are the recipients of SO many
hvOrs 9-the objects ofso much goodness?
Beings that merit hell How perfectly
wonderful But this after all. when CON-
pared with another order OF benevole3ce,
Is no more than what the appurtenances
Of the paschal lamb were TO the blood
'prinkled on the door posts; or the hu-
man nature of the son of man to the d.
vniy Of the Son of Gud. II is merely
loose appendage of dispensation OF mer-
Sy-that striking modification of uncreat-
ed benevolence.
2. II we wish to see benevolence fully
unlolded, most gloriousl y illustrated, let us
look into the manger in Bethlehem !;
Iaen on sacred ministry performed in the
dolly land; then into the garden OF Geth-
"mane; then into the palace of Gaia
pAasi then before the bar of the double
minded Plate then on shoulders lacer-
aed by the Roman scourge and then on
we cruel cross between the two thieves.
~ 'nls range of our thoughts we shall
aOa benevolence signally personi6ed,
"'ng, laboring, bleeding, dying. There
We shall find it,-while meeting maligni-
mcarnate, and fully enraged by the
Oa'e contact of MISUNDERSTANDING
lS bereaved, consoling the afflicted,
'0O'h'ng the sorrowful. and chasing from
~elF human prey miseries innumera-
We D yesl there we will find it, Grad
|'ang disiempers, discon6,ing devils
TSOlng the hungry, giving health TO the
'OguIshing; vigOr to the paralyzed. sigh
The blind. life to the dead; and in The
aOOss Of excrucia,ing agonies. produced
" naiSrsd malevolencs, pouring on
''0niug blood between the maleyoIeul ant
aell There we will end il lnvster&asl,