Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-15

"dst exnIDlted Dy the Savior il
auuressing different individuals, also III
mordt TO be applied to the present genera
''on OIL shareholders and their apoIogists.-
trust all will understand me.
! lh) l most heartily second that pronos;
'ion, and hope the suggestion will soon b,
responded to BY the rear clergy of III.
whole world. Aud if their views shonld
prove unsound, they may improve from
discussion of slavery's removal.
" As the last part was more particn
iarly commended 10 my notice | will indn,os
,ne more freely in commenting upon it,
'Mr' Anderson says truly, that sif The
churches do not hear from their ministrv on
'his subject they will take their sentiment
rom Others" But what follows? sWho Il
'ney DO not wilfully misrepresent, have
oi'en strange method of stating the truth. !,
would ask the Rev. gentleman how he
would decide, supposing his house should
take hre-the neighbors should assemble
part OF them go TO work TO the best advan-
'age' according to their judgment.) while
me others would do nothing but say. il is
surely an evil that friend Anderson's house
Is on hre, but those men that are at work
DON'T adopt the right measures for ex,in.
gushing the flames. Would he. or could
ne consider that class his friends7 And
suppose there should be some broad-clo,b
gentlemen, or clerical gentlemen present
who were SO unlucky as 10 get between the
water and the fire, and in consequence oct
their clothes somewhat moistenef and
should they persist in standing there gel bit
oy Doth water and bucket, causing them
bitterly to complain, where would the fanlt
hef And should those who were doing
me vorF, report that the others were in
favor OF letting the fire consume his bonse
would ne say they wilfully misrepresented
Or mad strange method of telling the truth2
Mr. Anderson believes the churches would
nave the same confidence in their pastors
relative TO the slavery and emancipation
questions as TO any other.' That is true
II the ministers will take hold and york 10
this cause, they may have the confidence of
their churches, but if not, they must soon
lose their influence on other moral cues
tions. The tremendous power which thew
have formerly held, & in many cases WELD
I'd, to the detriment of pure religion. will
pass into other hands-No mistake. He
says: Only let them take the business ofl
instruction into their own hands and moi
leave the field open for the Lay Clergy TO
10 all the work. &c. 1t will now depend
On the kind Of instruction which thew shall
give, in order that they retain or regain
heir influence over the churches, and make
he members feel them TO be safe guides.
There are too many who study 10 know
what will please men, rather than God
The question seems to be, 'If preach on
a certain subject, will it not divide the
church of which am pastor? Will it not
offend a southern christian, to say he is
guilty of robbery, while he holds his brother
as property? AS far as my knowledge ex-
tends, those who are tailoring with their
might for the overthrow of slavery. do not
desire TO do all the work. They are anx-
ious that each and every minister should
take hold in earnest, and do their duty-
that every man, woman and child should do
what they are capable of doing for the
destroying Of this abominaton. Ministers
can not do the 1ohote, but when they do
what they can, trust they will be accepted
Of God and the friends of humaaity.
As to the manifest contemplate throw at
abolitionists and abolilionism, by using the
terms, Col, Major, and harlequin timer
ant and applying them to our agents,
think MIR. A. will not be the gamer. For
of the t,co, abolitionists are as body, more
averse to military titles than the other
party. And as TO the harlequin itinerant.'
or chequered cloth'd buffoonery,' terms, they
can be applied to but few, if any, in our
ranks. It's true that cases have occurred
where agents were appointed who were
notorious for their eccentricity, and capa-
bili!v Of sending home the truth with more
force by their gestures, than mere words
could do. The same may be said of agents
in other causes; as the temperance &c.
Men may have been appointed who were
not as competent as others. So in the
cause of religion itself. Men have received
licenses to preach, who were rery ,ceak
instruments, and some who subsequently
were found guilty of adultery, theft, and
other crimes. The cause suffers 10 conse-
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