Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-07-21


here, secret warnings against trusting Web
ster, but that they would not heed them
Could he expect they would as readily be-
IieYe such reports, coming as they did in
this backbiting way, as though they had
seen the same statements made in public
manner by responsible men? think not,
and il appears TO me that such suggestions
as brother C. made, come with an i'll grace,
considering the man who made them, and
his previous knowledge Of facts. Is it to
be called a avicious combat" when one
man practices theft, or any other species Of
immortality without remorse, and another
who is knowing to the facts, gives them
to the public through paper called reli-
gious? Suppose brother Churchill had been
robbed of a horse by licensed preacher Of
the gospel, and he could neither get back
the horse, nor see any relenlings Of con-
science from the thief; would he consider
! it vicious in himself to publish the offend
er's character to the world? And would he
feel under obligation TO wait year before
he did it? Or would he feel that the infu-
ence of religious paper would be lessened,
should he warn the people through that,
tagainst the depreda,ions of this clerical
marauder2
Itappears to me that according to brother
| Churchill's position, the writers and COM
pliers of sacred history must have been at
least very injudicious in giving to the world
the conduct Of both good and bad people.
they slandered the good, and lessened the
influence Of the Bible, by narfating the To-
| cal, family, and individual difficulties Of the
ancient people of this earth, which sup
pose brother G. would term in these days
"loeal chickering's" Gains killing his broth
err Abel must be told of, although it was
a "local concern.-Gen. 9TH chap. Noah
pronounced a curse upon Canaan because
he thought his father Ham had done some
thing wrong, while he (Noah) was intoxi-
cated.-Gen. 9. This, too, was local
or family matter. Sarai was quite displeas-
ed because Hagsr could bear a child by
Abram, when she could not, and she dealt so
hardly with F1agar that she Aed.-Gen. Is.
What ridiculous thing it was for such
matters 10 be published to the world Just
because this family had local pickering,
the sacred historian must tell of it, and thus
SANDER Sarai, and injure the influence of
the Bible, E" the object of which should be
to promote love and good wiii,') and so put
these facts ahoat to the utmost extent Of
the circulation" Of this book! The case of
righteous Lot and his two daughters, as
mentioned in the 18th chapter of Genesis,
is another item Of SANDER upon professor
Of religion! This was purely local af-
fair. o! scandalous to tell Of it!
The 9th chapter of Genesis naErates the
conDirance and falsehood Of Rebekah and
Jacob, in deceiving Isaac, SO that be would
pronounce the blessing on Jacob, instead OF
Esau. Now none will deny that Jacobs
and Rebekah's character in the main stood
fair. Why then publish this deviation
| from righteousness, to gainsaying worldi
The 31st chapter of Geaesis says tha
Rachel stole her father Laban's gods, pu
them in the cameps furniture and sat upon
them, so that her fatherdid not fud them
Was not Rachel good woman? Why
then publish to the world her faults, espe.
cialIy as it was local matter, and all in
the family? In Numbers, 18th chap, we
, find that Miriam and Aaron had little
falling out with Moses, because he had
married an Ethiopian woman. They did
not seem to like the plan of amalgamation
1t seems that because of her opposition,
Miriam was struck with leprosy, but after
f ward she was restored. Had not Miriam
and Aaron a right to protest against their
brothers. having black, curly haired wo-
man for his wife, Why then tell of their
local or family 'biekerings2'
In 2 Samuel 9th chapter, is sketch OF
the falling out between David and his wife
MichaI, and it was on this wise: ''And as
the ark Of the Lord came into the city oil
David, Michal, SauPs daughter, looked thro
window, and saw king David leaping and
| dancing before the Lord; and she despised
him In her heart" "Then David returned
10 bless his household. And Michal, the
daughter Of Saul, came out 10 meet David
and said, How glorious was the king Of
] Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to.
: day in the eyes of the landmarks of his
servants, as oas Of the vain fellows shame