Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-12-08


attention on single particle Of the fruit
Why no. lay the axe at the root OF the
tree?
{2) In endeavoring to help my brother
to arrive at the truth on this point, will
ask him few questions. Is not the mis-.
sionary enterprise religious institution
-professedly christian Institutions Do
no, those who come together on this plat
form, come there, and stand there in full
fellowship AID communion as christians,
just as much as in the pulpit, or elsewhere?
Do not all come together and join hands
in the Trienial Convention, and thence 90
forth together and preach common re-
ligion! Is not one of the missionaries
now in the foreign field the son ofa slave
holder, educated on the proceeds of slavery,
and himself now an heir to a s!avehold.
ing estate, and in spirit slavehoIder2
And what, ask. bu! s!aveholding re-
ligion is thus propagated ! Now ask
my brother to put some other chine IN the
place OF slavery, and tell me if he would
not see and feel that such connection
with it as is now sustained with slavery
would not be giving "countenance" to
that crime. Let it Re horse-thievine,
Strengthening. or any other crime be
pleases to substitute.
But my brothers. question has been ful
~ answered in my replies 10 brethren
Thresher and Sears. 1.-The has read those
replies, l should suppose he would have
alluded to my disposal ofthis point. lam
curious to know how he gets by the con-
siderations have there and here present.
ed. ..~.: .......
(3) My Brother, you have here sadly
and, to me, strangely failed to make up
the true issue. 1t is not true that you on
y receive the sinners money. You re.
ceive the sinner wih his money-no, into
"slight relation" as was pretended by
E. Thresher; but into full religious feI-
lowship and cooperation. Show me, if
you will, how you gel away from this con-
clusiou. :~.. .-":. III: ..:......
| (4( All this proceeds on The ground Of
erpedieney-doing evil that good may
come. He virtually admits that nv ob-
Election which he anticipates is yalid-.hat
there is no parallelism between the cases
which he brings, anu tie case under con-
sideration. as it exists in fact. WHY then
does he continue thus TO proceedl His
talk about reforming the Board is all noon
shine, so long as the Board continues to
be the organ of the combined North and
South. While the Northern and South
erH church continue together, the Board
must be the insrrumen; of both. To re-
form the Board, therefore, must be to re-
form the South or to separate from the
South and have a Board that will repre-
sent only the North. The latter is Just
the thing we are doing. The doctrine
that we are 10 hold in christian fellowship
those who are gully Of enormous sins, in
order that we may have the better inf1u-
, ence over them for their reformation, is
; absurd and ridiculous. Suspend te'teao-
ship until they repent, is the only true
doctrine. What course is pursued, or
ought TO be. 10 church ;scipIine with sim
ners2 Suppose the sin be drunkenness
or lewdness, the evidence being fall and
clear. Are the sinners continued 10 full
fellowship, in order TO having the better
! influence over them for their reformation
Is not the. fellowship at once suspesded
: until they repentF *:... -.
81 Erpensirep' LneonveaientT So
: the breaking of from sin, and the repre-,
| hension and possible salvation of the sin.
ners, Is TO be made matter of dolLars and
= cents T Of convenience Il will be incon.
e veniens TO mark cut and form new chan.
! nels-it will take long time and Be a
] tedious pfocess-a new board of officers
will have to be paid"-il will be expensive!
Therefore we are at liberty to continue in
: religious fellowship, and Cooperation with
sinnersi .....s.:-
(6) reforming the Board" have al.
r ready remarked on this poin: Blu, can.
: not leave II without further notice. VIVA,
5 is the amount Of the reformation contem