Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-15

latIons of Gods law, they would feel as I
Job and Isaiah, and the children of Israel. d
felt They would cry out 'Wo is me d
L abhor myself &c. They would
'mourn every family apart and every in b
dvidual apart They would forsake their t
sins. And that Church or that indivldu- J
al who refuses to do this, can never be /
greatly blessed, nor be the instrument OF
greatly blessing others. Who does not
know that this worldly spirit must be put e
away ?-that the spirit of speculation must
all be given up-that the last farthlng
which has been taken bv means OF these
speeulations must be restored-that the {
flesh must be crucified with its affections
and lusts, and that the sectarlan and
party spirit must give place to love, Joy,
peace, long sufering, gentleness, good
ness, faith, meekness, and temperance
Who believes those professors OF religion
who are as full of zeal as politician for
the increase of their party, can ever be
blessed in their own souls, or do good to
others, until they confess and forsake this
sin2 Who can believe, with the Bible in
his hands, that those members of the
/ Church who have filled their pockets by
the late land and multicauiis speculations,
can have communion with God, or can
promote a revival of religion, till they
have restored all that is so unjustly taken
any more than the Israelites could De
blessed without putting away their strange
y wives2 If any think they can, they have
r not we'll considered the matter, and will
d find to their sorrow, that they are greatly
deceived. The Lord our God is holy
, He abhors robbery for burnt offering,
J. and all that has been unlustly obtained, Is,
e in an important sense, robbery. The on
" " way it can be devoted to Him, is, il
Of possible and as far as possible, to restore
" it to those from whom it was taken.
it And so of all our sins brethren, they
ct must be heartily confessed and forsaken
ut and until they are forsaken, they are no
truly confessed They must be put ava
g with the full determination and expecta
u. ton, through the grace Of Christ. of be
at ing forever abandoned. They have beer
o. loved They have been cherished, be
n. cause they were loved. They must nov
IN be hated They must be abandoned be
i'll cause they are hated. And if they ar
it from the heart hated who believes the
re will be again committed ! The truth i;
rs, men return to sin because they love it,
Dr. They have not after all come really t
oh abhor il as sin, TO loathe it from their lr
or most souls Do men who have, troI
er- the heart forsaken, any course of life, e1
M pect TO fall right back into that course e
Tor Never. Did the Israelites expect to ma
ev- nv their strange wives again lmmedlatel y
ms, Nor do men who from the heart, give I
mt sin, feel that it is necessary to go rig
= back to its commission. 1t is becau
bile they have lurking desire for self indul
ere ences that they expect to sin, and ia
.eat about the necessity of SHINING and JUST
But it. Such persons have not confessed al
ner, do not forsake their sins. They are
the far as possible from having seen God
\ be themselves, from having apprehended t
sake true character of their sins, and they c
lave never be revived nor assist IN revIvi
IS of others. But let them really confess a
witty put away sin, and it will not be long
con- fore the Lord will say to them, as
ying said to Isaiah, after his confession, TN
him. iniquity is taken away and thy sin
t, he givenn And when He calls, "say
shall whom shall send and who will go
up me?" they will answer, Here are
ee by send u.s. (see Isa, 9Th chap.) God
9 eye restore unto them 'the joys of His sa
yself, ton" and through them sinners S
OF so be converted unto Him" 1t may req
con- two months as with the Israeltes or m
was to rectify all the evils they have done.
gh, may take large portions, or all of t
Not possessions; it may cruelty their lust
In Nav, in MANY instances it a0iU and
NV al do this. Nevertheless it must be don
high And if they come TO feel just right,
e tenn wilt rejoice in it, not rejoicing in th'
each cessity, or in the fac. that they have
cover ned, but in the opportunity to make
fy.- confession and restitution. Until tn
said, done, God can not place them IN the
,sts - of His great spiritual temple, nor let
7. And put others there.
dice Of The reason of this is very mamie
5 filled We act upon the same principle
dealings with each other, and ffo'
am I'M very laws of our being must act up
mclean When a man feels that his nelghbc
people done wrong, he can. not exercise
We seen dsnce in him again till he has fu
paired the wrong. at least I'LL he ma
srv one an entire willingness to repair It, an
e Lord himself to accomplish 1t. But as S
What he makes frank confession, and u
LESSONS no reason to doubt his honesty, MS
blessing dence is again restored. A pare
csc men not have confidence in disobedien
hey had SO long as DC persists IN dlsooeole
OF revolt But let the child yield to his ct
rly con- correc. him, let him see the child'i
Sin. break, and his will subdued. and II
sion and confidence is restored. He weIcoI
hitch we child to his bosom and grants MN
the pro- desires to his heart, Up TO that