Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-19

into us through the medium of the holy
scriptures. May it not be inquired, What
lust conceptions can be entertained, at the
present day of wonders, by the church at
large, of the second great requirement In the
decalogue, viz: Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thyself,' while she embraces in her
bosom and retains in full fellowship not on
ly those who openly oppose the principles
of equal rights and privileges, but those who
actually and directly engage in the unhal-
lowed business of traficing in human flesh,
depriving their own fellows of that Unborn
principle of freedom which was their natur-
al Inheritance by virtue of the relation which
all men sustain to that Supreme Being who
created them free and equal?'
1t is truly an alarming consideration, that
there are in our churches, even at this en-
Iightened age, those who not only disregard
the calls and appeals of suffering humanity,
which are borne to US upon the wings of al
most every southern breeze, but will openly
and avowedly express their full and unqual-
flied appreciation of the whole system of
American slavery and human oppression
and degradation in all their most horrid
/ forms as practiced by the merciless slave
holder at the South. Yes, and in direct vi
olaton of all those principles of benevolence
which are taught US in the Bible, and in
spired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ as The
legitimate fruit Of "a heart renewed by grace
they will tell you with an air of selfish aver
sion to every principle of right or reason
that the negroes were created for servitude
the God Of Heaven designed them 70
slaves, and servants to the whites it /
, perfectly reasonable and right that the
should remain in state Of ignorance al
servitude; they are, and always will be il
: capable of taking care Of themselves An
e these same christians will manifest a
4 much indifference and unconcern at the in
d telligence Of the most heart-rending crue
r ties which are almost daily saluting OF
# ears, and which they are sometimes persuat
n ed to listen to for moment
: 1t were idle to pretend that that churc
g is eminently progressing liz the christi0
e graces, enjoying much Of the temper al
I, spirit Of the gospel and the appreciation
IS Heaven, which can by cole declare that
IS is inecpedient for churches at the North
is interfere with the domestic concerns or D
{ cuniary interests Of the churches at Il
d South thus virtually declaring that q
Y great principle of love to God and TO o
ii fellow creatures must seek entertainment
y some holier institution.
III Has spirit of selfish Indifference to t
OF welfare of our species, or Of oppression al
vi covetousness, so dethroned reason and ey
s. ry principle of piety and religion in t
l hearts of christians, that they can insen
Ill bly, disregard the entreaties Of their pc
I'd brother who fell among thieves and und
We turbed pass BY on the other side ?
ye Oh, that christians, and christian church
lie would awake to consciousness of the re
en- ton which they sustain to each other a
to to the rest of the great family Of man a
the responsibility which rests upon them
ty the salt of the earth, and the light of t
le, world. Yours, respectfully,
he TRUMAN GRANDY.
rd Panton, 18th Aug, 1910.