Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-05-27

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it was-if | rightly understood the notice. !
This same Editor defends slavery in the
church as no violation of the Gospel. And
are the Baptists in the United States so
blinded-so degraded and Sesotted by sin,
that they can not discern that they are thus
living down their professions before the
world-the pagan world as well as the
christian Is the man who prostitutes his
powers to the support Of system, not
merely of heathenism, but of heathea-msak-
ing, at home-a system that takes away
the Bible from millions and locks up their
souls in mental, moral, and religious dark
ness-is this the man to be chosen by the
Baptists of the United States TO preach the
sermon at the annual meeting of the Board
whose sole business, as such, it is, to de-
stroy heGthenism abrodd2 "Thou hypo-
critic, first cast out the beam out of thine
own eye." "Thou therefore which teach
est another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou
that preachest man should not steal. dost
thou steal?" Thou who laborest to give
the Bible andsalvation to the heather. thou
sands Of miles off, dost thou take away the
Bible and salvation from those made heath
en- by thine own hands, at thine own door,
and in thine own household? He who be-
trayed innocent blood with kiss. and afters
wards had remorse enough to commit sui
eide, would at least have staggered under
such hypocrisy as this. -
This Editor "infers Ahat respectable Bap-
lists were rather scarce on the occasion. -
And what does it take to constitute re-
spectacle Baptist in the United States. in
1910? Why, surely, one who can fetter
and fog his fellow-beings, keep the Bible
and knowledge from them, stand up among
them, heathenized by his own hands as
they thus are, close his eyes to their moral
and religious nakedness and restitution. and
his ears to their piteous cries for The bread
OF life, while he raises his hands to heaven
land for pretence makes long prayers"
Tor the heather Of Asia! Such one il
takes--or one who can stand BY in silence
and give him countenance and aid-to con-
stltute "REsPEoTABLE Baptist" The
Lord be praised, that, according to such
tests, we have very few respectable Ban
lists " In Vermont-and the fewer the bet
Ter. O.
Suppose that the Editor of the e Biblical
Recorder and Southern Wotchn,o,an should
advocate the doctrine that it is in keepino
with christian character and the teaching Of
the Bible Tor man, as often as he pleases.
to go into his neighbours flock and take a
sheep and convert it to his own use-or
into his stall and take calf or an OK
That delicate ears be not offended, I will.
for this time, refrain from calling such acts
stealing, robbery, or plumber. will only
suppose that the 'aggressor is stronger than
his neighbor-and that his neighbor has
! different complexion from himself. if YOU
please-so, whether by night, or by day, as
it may suit his cupidity or his convenience,
ne SEXES on his neighbours property and
makes his own use of it. returning his
neighbor a mess of pottage therefor, or
making him no reparation at all, as he
Pteoses. Would the man doing these things
be called and appointed to preach the ANIMAL
missionary sermon for the Baptists of the
United States? But the man who is thus
honored, and made respectable" by the
Baptists of the United States advocates
practices as much worse, as much mole nm
christian and nefarious than these, as it is
worse to seize mans children than to
serze his paltry or or calf! The man who
is thus honored, and who writes the scur-
rilous article at the head of these remarks
labors to maintain and defend the morality
and christianity Of system that now seizes.
daily, tlco hundred neao-bora children
"created free" and Gin the image of God D
and disposes of them, as of other propertv
to suit the cupidity or the convenience of
depraved men! And the individuals who
40 these things are not small proportion of
them protesting christians, in the bosom of
the church calling itself Chrisrs-occupv-
ing all stations-laymen, elders, deacons
and ministers-ani Baptists being their full
proportion among other denominations
When will true christians open their eyes.
ana ears, and mouths, and rid themselves
OF this foul abomination, this horrible pes
tiience7 When, o, when, will they cut
loose from this ponderous milestone that is
sinking them in the depths Of Worlds
indignation, and will ere long drown all
VINO cling to it in the wrath of the Alnigh-
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