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

10 our intercourse with our fellow men in
The common affairs of life. Il is infinite
conGesccnsion on Gods part to permit
them to address him as their Father and
Friend. But in thus granting them the
privilege OF coming to him in PRAYER, he
does not diminish the awful contrast there
is between Himself and them, or allow
them to presume on his condescension by
unbecoming familiarity.
The Seraphim covered their faces with
their wings when they cried Holy, holy,
holy, is the Lord of Hostsl' They were
awtully solemn when they came into the
Immediate audience of their Maker. But
40 not men, praying men sometimes ad-
dress the great Jehovah as if they were
speaking 10 mortal like themselves
Nay, in the presence of one of the kings
OF the earth, they wonld be respectful and
solemn. Their words would be fitIv
chosen and their manner suitably chasten-
ed by the dignity Of the individual whom
they addressed. But when they come
before the King of kings and Lord of
lords, they are at home where angels
bashful look : and with common place
expressions and trifing tones of voice,
they can address Him who stitch in the
heavens, and is surrounded with light that
no man can approach.
Such levity of manner in PRAYER is in
compatible with deep and serious piety
and correct views ofthe character of God
No man who has felt the plague of his
own heart and the infinite contrast be-
tween him poor, miserable, hell deserv-
ing sinner, and the God of heaven and
earth, can come into his presence with
any other feelings than those OF the most
intense solemnity; that shall forbid all
lightness of thought or expression or
manner, and which shall make him crv
God be merciful to me a sinner.'-N
Y. Observer
AS BADAs A CHRISTIAN. When one
of the Mohammedans on board the Ara
bian ship Sultanee now lying in this port,
reouked one of his companions for intem-
perance and told him that he would soon
become as bad as a Christian unless he
reformed, he administered more keen
rebuke to multitudes who bear the chris
tlan name. 1t is we'll for the prospects of
the heather world that but few of the mill
ions of pagans can ever learn by personal
observation, how slight is the influence
which the Christian religion exerts on the
unconverted. Should they see that Chris
tianity does not deter men from crimes
which heathenism abhors, they might al
most be excused for preferring their dark
ness to the brighter light of Christendom
But it must be borne In mind that the
heather call every man a Christian who
comes from a Christian land; and thus
those in the midst of the gospel who deny
It's power and sin openly in spite of its re
straining influence are not only destroy
ing themselves, but obstructing the saliva
ton of the world The wicked are thus
made responsible for their example, a
well as those who have assumed the vow
of the Most Highly. Y Observer.
: ETERNITY. Suppose some little in
Sect SO small as to be imperceptible to tn
human eye, were to carry this world, b
its tiny mouthfuls, to the most distant sta
the hand of God has placed in the heav
ems. Hundreds of millions of years ar
required for the performance of singl
Journey. The insect commences u2o
: the leaf of tree, and takes its little LOAF
so small that even the microscope canine
u discover that it is gone, and sets out upo
its almost endless journey. After mil
i ions and millions of years have role
9 away it arrives back again TO take It's SCI
y ond load. Oh what interminable ag'
must pass before the one leaf shall be r
e moved! In what period of coming tin
e would the whole tree be borne away 2
e When would the forest be gone! Al
when would that insect take the last pa
ticle of this globe and bear it away in
le long. long journey2 Even then eterni
at would but have commenced. The spi
ID then in existence would still look forwa
"a to eternity, endless. Interchangeable, illim
n able, rolling before it. The mind sin
u down perfectly exhausted with such &C
n temptations. Yes! our existence ru
e. parallel with that Of God. So long as
n endures, so long shall that fame viii
ne he has brealhed into our bosoms oil
l and burn but it must glow in the br
l lance and the beauty of heaven, or b.
with lurid fame and unextinguishaI
an woe.
for
he HAPPINESS IN DEATH. As one S
clip to Phillips J. jerks just before he expir
err How hard ii is to die he replied,
asst no-easy dying, blessed dying, glori
nc- dying Looking up at the clock.
md said, I have experienced more happir