Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-18
Religions Miscellany,
Do yon pay Coz a Reiyious Ne,zs.,. No..

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| was going to ask the question in an.
ether form: do you read reIioious
ne Wspaper?" But then [ reflected that
many read religious newspa per who dc
,not themselves Subscribe for one, thew he.
ING 10 the habit of borrowing from their
nelghbors; and after sending and respect
fully soliciting the loan of the paper be.
fore tbs family have read it, and not un-
frequently keeping it a length of time
greater than the golden rule will exactly
Justify. Then | had like to have thrown
the question into this shape: "Do Won
subscribe for religious newsDaner 2"-
But 1t struck me all at once, that some
subscribe for paper, but do not pan for
1t. have heard this complaint made.
and have no doubt there is foundation
Tor II. |, Tor my pant, would advise such
persons TO tax moral newspaper, if thew
can tad such thing. That is the sort
OF paper they require. A religious news
paper is quite too far advanced for them.
| do not know, and cannot conceive vbv
these non-payers want to read RELIGIOUS
newspaper. | should suppose they would
be satisfied with secular newspapers. |
can imagine that they may desire, not
Whilst lnding their Delinquency, to know
what Is going on in the world but wbv
they should care to know how things 90
IN the church, cannot coniecture.-
What do those who do not give anything
for value received, want to know about
revivals, missions, &c. -? Here are per-
sons who would starve editors, publishers,
printers, and paper makers-lhe whole
concera-lnto premature grave who
say, " Send me your paper" implying of
course that they will send the N oney in
return, yet never send it; and vet thew
want to know all about the progress that
is making in converting souls to God,
and what is doing among the heather. Is
not this strange, that having never learned
as yet 20 practice the first and easiest les
sou of honesty, they should wish TO read
every thing about godliness and vital ME.
ty? So | concluded to head the article
81" DO you pay for religious newspaper ?n
DO you, reader? If you do, continue
to take aud read, and pay for it; and be
slow to withdraw your subscriplon.---
Give up many things before you give up
your religious newspaper. If any one
hat ought to take SUCH paper, does not,
| hope that some one TO whom the circum-
stance is known, will volunteer the loan
ofthis to him, directing his attention par
ticuIarly to this article Who is he =? A
professor of religion 1t cannot be. A
professor of religion, and not taking
religious newspaper! A member of the
visible church, and voluntarily without
the means of information as 10 what is
going Oh in that church A follower Of
Christ, praying daily, as taught by Moses,
l." Thy kingdom come" and yet not know
ing, nor caring to know, what progress
that kingdom is making Here is one
of those 10 whom Christ said, go, teach
all nations" he bears a part of the re,
sponslbility of the worlds conversion, and
yet, so far from doing any thing himself,
he does not even know what others are
doing in promoting this great enterprizel
Ask him about missionary stations and
operations, and he can tell you nothing
He does not read about them. lam afraid
this professor of religion does not love
"the gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings Of Jacob" All, he foreets
thee, o Jerusalem!
But must not fail to ask if this person
takes n secular newspaper. 0, certainly
he does. He must know what is going
on in the world and how else is he to
know il? 1t is pretty clear then, that he
takes deeper interest in the world than
he does in the church and this being the
case. it is not difficult to say where his
heart is. He pays perhaps eight or ten
dollars for a secular paper-a paper that
tells him about the world; but for one
that records Zion's conflicts and victories,
he is unwilling to pay two or three i
How can professor of religion answer
for this discrimination in favor of the
world! how defend himself against the
charge il involves? He canno; do it
and he had better net try, but 60 or write
Immediately, and subscribe for some good
religious paper; and to be certain of pay
ing for it. let him pay IN odronce. There
rs satisfaction when one is reading an
interesting paper, to reflect that it is paid
for.
But perhaps you take a paper, and are
IN arrears for it. Now suppose you
was the publisher, and the publisher was
one of your subscribers, and he was in
arrears to you, what would you think he
ought to do in that case! | Just ask the
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