Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-07-29

Lords day, but will attend prayer meetings, \
and conference meetings. and make long Il
prayers and strong exhortations-but the ii
the meeting is dismissed, ask them 6
to pray for the slave, or TO labor for the Grad
ication of any popular sin from the church, :,
and madness seizes their hearts at once,
which will be vented upon you in tempest
of rage and fury. Now "this mans rcli-
gion is vain," who does such things; it is
/" sounding brass-a linking cymbal." The
Lord who looketh upon the heart, abhor-
reth such prelensions.
re those who deude themselves with the
belief that il is sufficient TO convert men TO
profession of religion, would first exam
inc and see whether lbe religion TO which
they would have them converted is the re-
ligion of the Bible; and then if they had |
the power 10 look through the outward garb |
to the heart, il might be safe to say that ii
is enough to make men religious-and then
you might with propriety. expect from the
converted all that ought to be expected from
human beings. But, that those, who are
now received into the church are not tried
by such tests, there is sad proof, in great
abundance. Which Of the great sins of the
age is not in the church, growing, in some
{ parts Of it, in rankest luxuriance? There
is man-made "Doctor Of Divinity" mol
thousand miles from this place, who oppos
es IN open day, before heaven and the sun,
f the doctrine of Tota! Abstinence from In
e toXicating Drinks as Beverages-thus stand
d ing, by night and by day, with his sacerdo-
5 tai robes on, and opening wide, and holding
: open with his hands professedly consecrat-
n ed to a better work, the widest gate, lead
e ing into the broadcast way going down into
If the bottomIess, boundless gulf Of Intemper-
ance. This same i" D. D." is as corrupt on
+! the subject of Human Rights, as on TEN
er perance. Yet such is the man whom the
- church delights TO honor, aud from whom
y she receives tutelage and instruction. Thi
it very man will be found among the first anC
r foremost to teach the heresy which | an
iiO" SAPOGlL-5 x lIiol w ndfC Oui1 y
b. convert men to religion, and you have &C
of complished the whole work
US AS further proof, exposing the heresy
IT. look at the church, with slavery in her no
n. son-;bat sin Of sins, involving all other
Il which need be named. Does convertin;
ar men TO the religion which is now generals
n accepted as orthodox, convert them from
US this foulest iniquity this most fragrant cut
nd rage upon the human race-this daring an,
Of awful violation of the Divine law? Not a
re. all. This practical theft and robbery, an
ial piracy, and murder,f is as compatible wit
CHI church membership and fellowship, in gen
of eral, as the most laudable business or en-,
lat ployment which occupies men. All whic
- shows it 10 be idle and futile to pretend tba
cir nothing else is needed but to convert me
Is. only SO far as 10 get them into the prese,
be church. | say this with modification an
hts regret, as protesting christian. But a,
iii constrained TO believe it is truGh-anJ IN;
US It is truth which greatly needs 10 be uttere
yer at the present time. Let the church be pl
in rlfed, by bringing it TO the true Standard
ms Then there will be more propriety in thinl
To- ing and saying that it is enough to mall
he men religious. But as long as church men
rb bers shoot down slaves, and nissionari,
shoot The heather, there must be bette
,se standard held Up, not only of religion. b.
re- of morals, than the church which tolerate
and sanctions such fhipr.
'"S Think not that am speaking lightly Of tl,o.
ra- meetings. am only exposing the hypocrisy
, some who attend them. 'P'N'iSF
nd 7 Be not startled at these strong words. IT,
iast Is the strongest-and yet there is n case NO
oeore US fully Justiyingits lse-a case too. viii,
he grows most naturally and legiti,natev ont of II
system hourIahed and cherished in the bosom Of ii