Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-07-28
ERMoNT TEL RAP H.
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Mr. Editor In the Add No. of the pres :
an, Vol. of the Telegraph, is an article
signed A Baptist, representing Baptist
church somewhere in Vermont, of some
seventy or eighty members, &c.
Curiosity would lead one to enquire, where
can that church be? 1t can not be the
church which the writer Of this article sup |
noses was intended TO be represented by the |
communication of A Baptist, as the follow
ing remarks will show
If the church is as much in debt as A
Baptist represents, the church "can
raise the money" 1t will doubtless bedone,
and the debt paid. -Four individuals of the
church. in whose families some tea and
tobacco are used, have already paid out for
building the Westinghouse more than nine
hundred dollars; or nearly three-fourths OF
1.-The whole sum the house cost They have
also paid nearly as great proportion tow
) ards the support of preaching as towards
bnildino The house. Nor will they refuse to
do still more, if the debt can not otherwise
be paid. Let every member of the church,
whether he use tea and tobacco or not, do
according to his ability, as much as those
: four individuals have done, and the debt
. will vanish quickly. There will also be a
e large surplus for future use. Moreover, 1t
: does not appear that the minister " hired
by the church, is in the least alarmed lesI
J. he should fail of receiving all that has been
stipulated TO him. 1t is therefore reasonable
to conclude that no bankrupt law" will
be necessary for the relief of the above
- named church.
The members Of the church do not ex
/ pend for tea and tobacco the amount repre-
v scented. Ii is believed that mole than tive
thirds of the church use neither tea nor TO
bacco, strictly speaking. To those who d.
l. use them, The average cost to an individual
i can not, it is thought, amount TO two dollar
IS peryear. Suppose it did. Then the Who'll
Ae sum expended for tea and tobacco would b
only fifty dollars. Seventy five dollars
the medium Of The debt, as stated BY y Bar
~ list. So instead Of the church spendn
yearly enough to pay its debt, twice told,
H. does not spend enough to pay more tina
ne two-thirds of it.
ed The description, it is believed, fails i
=" point of fact in another respect. If any II
N diyidual has ever been offended on accour
of having it "hinted" that there was a
Inconsistency in using tea and tobacco, Will
es the debt remained unpaid, G. they y To
church has not. So the description appear
~ not 10 be according to fact, in the mai
~ points of the reprovng article Of A Baptis
A. 1t is not intended in the foregoing r
pi- marks, to intimate that A Baptist meant
on tmisrepresent the church Of which he
Fse probably a member, or to write slanderous
'ou about it. He is very conscientious ma
y and esteemed by all his brethren a we
led meaning christian. 1t is tho't that, wht
the he reviews his article in the light OF fac
ent he will feel sorry he wrote it.
INST Mr. Editor w ould it not be we'll
we advise A Baptist not TO overrate what
re- considers the Inconsistencies of his bret
~ ~ rem, ia future? Would it not be we'll
,ra advise him to be little more cOnsidera
ter and be sure he has nearly the facts in
the case, before he writes again, lest In the e
ed, he should aff1ict his own soul and won
the Savior in the house of his friends2
h;a Let A Baptist be assured that the abo
is not directed by any unkind feelings,
the the writer is his sincere and hearty frie
the and we'll wisher.
cad One word TO the church. Neverb be vex
displeased, defended" at being reproved
-, Bat if the reprover misrepresents you, b
, ~ it with meekness; and in love forgive, e7
rom as God for Christ's sake has forgiven y
I'D If others see fit to advise, room is left h
BY AMIcUs FEHITAs