Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-30
Why are Riches called i'm the Scripture,
the UnrighteoEas MammOn g


the UnrighteOus MammOn -
A main reason is, because ordinarily,
riches leave tincture and infection in the |
persons who have any thing to do with
them. 1t is hard thing, almost impossi-
bic in any way to NEEDLE with them with
out sin-ordinarily they are got with sin,
possessed with sin, spent with sin. AL
man, says the son Of Sirach, cannot hasten
TO be rich without sin, and when he hs 5
once got them, how unmilling aoiI he be
TO let a Inst go unsatisfcd, seeing he is
furnished with that to which, in his opin-
ion at least, nothing can be denied, how
unwilling will he be to be worsted tho
IN the most unjust cause, seeing he is fur
lnished with that which can blind the eyes
OF the prudent and pervert the understand
ing fine wise, for, as the wise man saith.
as mans riches, so his anger increas-
eth.' and so also his desires and lusts in.
crease.
They are called the unrighteous nam.
mon because they are mammon only to
the unrighteous-none besides will rest
contented with them, and neglect God.
The chief reason oftheir receiving this
name is contained, Matt. xix, 81. Il is
easier for camel to go through the eve
ola needle than for rich man to enter
into the kingdom of God : and Mark <.
"a, does not so much explain the phrase,
as it gives the reason of the impossibiIity.
for if our Savior had meant by rich
man, one achO trusted an riches, there had
been no room for so grent amazement for
this they knew before. The meaning IS,
rich man can hardly be saved, because
it is almost impossible that he should not
trust in his riches This is more clearly
evinced by our Saviot's answer to relieve
them from astonishment-' With men il
is impossible '--considering the great and
almost irresistible temptation which rich
es carry with them, and mans extreme
weakness, and natural impotence, his
willing propension and $50 far as human
beings are concerned) his incurable in
cllnatlon to make riches his trust, 1t is i'm
J possible that these things meeting topeth
er, he should not put his confidence in
them, and so make himself incapable of
heaven. But with God IL is possible, to
make those pernicious pleasures which
riches may promise, to be unwelcome to
us, and to make even mGmmon against its
own nature TO become help and an in
strument to procure for US the true riches.
| ChillingUorth.
TExAs.-Those who are unwilling
that Texas should be joined to our Union,
IN her political economy and fortunes, so
long as she tolerates slavery, can not be
too vigilant to prevent that calamitv.-
Texas IS now, to great extent, and in a
most extraordinary manner, part of this
! Union. And the ties between the two
countries are such as never before bound
foreign States together. By the institu-
tons OF Texas, our citizens, without the
remuneration of allegiance to the United
States, and without previous residence in
Texas, are admissible to all her impor-
tant public Offices, not excepting, as we
believe, the highest In conformity with
this, her Secretaries of State, of War, of
the Treasury, and of the Navy, her At
torney General, and the first officer in
her naval command, are all citizens of
: the United States, the Speaker of the Vir-
!. ginia House of Delegates has filed one
OF her important offices, and the command
OF her armies was recently offered to Gen.
Hamilton, of South Carolina. After Thos.
Paine accepted seat in the National
Assembly of France, and became a citi-
zen of that Republic, Gen. Washington
refused to interfere for his protection
against the ferocious Revolutionary Tri-
bune, on the ground of that citizenship.
Rochester Freeman
YALE CoLLEeE.-The present nun.
| Der OF students in the different apartments
i OF Yale College, is about six hundred
! and fifty. A greater number than at any
1 former period.
The loss of property by the great fire
In Constanhnople, few weeks since, is
estimated at l20,0O0,OOO of francs, or
about g4,800.O00. Some accounts saw
that 5000 houses are consumed.
JOSEPH CINGUEz.
Noble man What sublime and MARTYR.
like virtue breathes in that simple We,
thrilling eloquence in which he addressed
!, his Friends and Brothers. could die
! happy says he, IF By dying, L could
: SAGE SO many Of my brothers from me
bondage of the sohite man.
Peculiarly appropriate are the lines O.
!. Bryant. on The African Chief L
: seems almost as though the poet had
: spoken with the inspiration of a prophet
t. Chained in foreign land he stood,
d A man of giant frame,
v Amid the gathering multitude
K That shrunk to hear his name
All stern of look and strong of limb,
/. His dark eye on the ground
And silently they gazed on him
AS on a lion bound.
i Valnly, but well, that chief had fought