Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-03-25

and Smftt-aud in connection with such notice
oa'is slavery an abomisGble systen-there is rea-
son 'or encouragement and rejoicing Our enc
m'ss ask what aboIitionsts have done, and WIN,
'ney are doing answer they are turning a per-
verse generation 'up side down. on this snbiec..
IN other words they are fast renovating a corrnp,
pnDiic sentiment. The evidences chicken on eyerv
siae's E"c0arGgement--jriends Of the slarea
II we understand the principles Of the
congregational churches, their invitation
10 The Lords table embraces all who
give credible evidence of repentance and
falth. We place our reception of an in
diVldual to our fellowship on the exact
ground that The apostle prescrites, viz.
mat God hath received him. from. Ia:
8 Ii satisfied that he is received of God
we do not hold it to be our business to
Judge him in regard to lesser matters
10 his own Master be stande;h or falleth
Judgment is not committed to US.
True, we think it clear case that a
man should be baptized before coming to
the Lords Table The matter is SO plain.
that persistence in the contrary opinion
would argue strongly against the candor.
fairness. and Christian spirit of him who
should maintain it, and thus against his
christian character. Yet, should there
De case in which man holding to that
error should exhibit Notwithstanding con-
vlnclng evldebce that God hath received
him." we know of no principle of The
Bible or of Ccngregationalism that would
warrant his exclusion from the Lords
Supper W. Chronicle.
II has always been known that our Pedo.
baptist friends view what they call the
" mode" Of baptism to be "non- essentioln
But this is the first time have found their
organs publicly declaring the ordinance at
self non-essential-that il is not essential
whether christian be baptized or not. Will
the Chronicle cite The passages of scripture
which make the Lords Supper to be more
essential than baptism?
The passage cited by the Chronicle, from
Romans, has nothing to do with the sub
Ject-as will be manifest TO anv candid ax.
aminer who will read the context. The
apostle was giving instructions TO the church
at Rome in regard to meats offered TO idols.
The BLooD-HoUNn ENTERpRIsE.-John Quin-
cy Adams recently offered the following resolution
in the House of Representatives.
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
be directed TO report to this House, the
natural, political, and martial history, of
the bloodhound, showing the peculiar
htness of that class of warriors 10 be the
associate of the gallant army of the Unit
ed States--specifying the nice discrimina-
ton of his scent between the blood of the
freeman and the blood of the slave. be.
tween the blood of the armed warrior and
the women and children; between the blood
of the black, white, and coIored man be-
tween the blood Of the savage Seminoles
and that ofthe Ang lo-Saxon 2ious christian.
Also statement of the number of blood
hounds, and of their conductors, imported
by this Government or by the authorities
of Florida, from the Island of Cuba. and
the cost of importation. Also, whether
measures have been taken, to secure ex-
clusiveIy to ourselves the employment of
This auxiliary force, and whether he deems
1t expedient 20 extend to the said blood
hounds and their posterity, the benefits of
the pension lawsl"
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