Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-07-01


abundant reason. then, have we to present
the PssImist's prayer -" Set watch, "
Lord, before my mouth keep the door Q:
my lipsp'
Fouythiv, Let the dispositions and tenn.
pers of others be duly studied and regard
ed.
Onen does a regard to self-interest in
duce men TO study the character of others.
Thew deem it important to ascertain, what
NAV be calculated to please, and what
NAV have a tendency to disturb and to an
nov. OF these discoveries, they find it
beneficial to avail themselves, in order TO
extend the sphere of that influence which
they know how TO employ for the accom-
plishment of their sinister ends. Now
Shall we not study the character of those
with whom we have intercourse, for no.
bier purposes, and from purer motives g
II would be worthy of an enlightened
disciple and follower of Jesus, thus 10 rea-
son and reflect - am aware that have
nv own pecularities of temper and Of
disposition vet | am accustomed to eX-
pect from others some degree of indulge
kindness is it not then incumbent on me
to be kindly considerable and equally in
dulgent towards them7 Shall make an
attack on that which | have reason to re-
gard as the weakest and most vulnerable
point, in the mental character of another
Shall | act towards one who has claims
on my kindness, or towards any human
being upon earth, the part of tempter,
by stirring up the dormant evil of the
hearth Shall elicit spark, which have
reason to fear may soon enkindle fame,
or even produce an explosions Oh, this
would be to indulge the adversary OF God
and of man with double triumph; first,
a triumph over myself, degraded into the
char cter of a tempter and then over
fellow-cresture, whom, as though Satan's
emissary, l have actually tempted and en-
shared p
Filthy, Whenever there is the con-
sciousness of having culpably given Of
fence, let there be prompt and humble
Acknowledgements.
How proud and unsanctifed is the spir-
il that cannot stoop to offer an apology, ev-
en- when there is the secret consciousness
that humble acknowledgment is due -
and how fearful are often the consequence.
es of refusal! What must be the stand
ard of morals, and the criterion of right
and wrong in that mind in which the idea
of honor is but little associated with the
idea of justice? What must be the state
OF the moral sense in the mind of tina
man, who persuades himself, that the law
of honor demands resentment, when tn,
law of justice requires concession
Most unwelcome, indeed, to human ma
ture is the confession of fault; but tn
very pain is salutary; both as it summon
to the exercise of humility and as it
calculated to deter from a repetition of tn
offence. 1t is unquestionably christia
duty, for it is inculcated by apostolic au
thority in terms the most explicit. Cor
fess your faults one to another, and pra
one for another'-is the injunction of tn
Apostle James, And if this be a dut
which we owe to man, it is also dut
which we owe to the blessed God Be
remembered, that every sin against fe
low-creature is at the same time 81
against God, whose law requires US
love our neighbor as ourselves Of a
sin, without exception, it is said He tn
covereth his sins shall not prosper; b
whose confesseth and forsaketh the
shall find mercy The sins comm
ted against our tellow-creatures shou
be hunby confessed both before them 81
before God for if either acknowled
ment be withheld, there will be wanir
the evidence that the other confession
sincere. 8 II we confess our sins
God requires us, with humble and CO
L. c. Ell n E.,
give US our sins, and to cleanse US from
unrighteousness.'
Si1thly, Let there be no approach
on implacable and unforgiving spirit.
Perhaps we have sometimes heard fro
the lips of one who considered hims
aggrieved and injured, such utterances
the heart as this:-'l may forgive, blu
cannot forget the offence And the
tendant indications of feeling may ha
rendered it too evident, that the proffel
forgiveness, while the language of
lips, was by no means the language of
heart Is this the forgiveness which G
requires us to exercised With such fe
ing as these in the heart, will man W
ture before the throne of God, and Of
that petition - forgive US our trespass
as we forgive them that trespass agai
usp Would it satisfy our desires
tranquilize our consciences, that such
giveness should be extended to as, by H
at whose bar we must appear Can
entertain hope, or even dare TO offe
supplication, that to US, there should
RENTED by God debt of ten ,hous,
talents if we have not the heart to rem
debt due to US from fellow-creature
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