Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-10

than vanity. The ambitious mantle
iiolator of power, becomes tyrant.
Upon this same principle it is, that the
true worshiper of God becomes god-like.
The worshiper of Christ becomes Christ
like. The example of Christ becomes the
pattern of the Christian, just in proper
ton as his alteration and worship is ee-
waited and drawn out towards Christ, as
" the true God and eternal life," as the
Image of the invisible God" drawn out
toward Christ as the chief among ten
thousand and the one altogether lovely
Thus it is that Christ becomes the ALI
sufficient Savior-the true God and Eter-
nal Life, to those who truly adore him..
To trust in him-to have faith in him
to adore him-io choose him as the ever
lasting portion of the soul-these are on
ly different modes of expressing the same
thing. To worship him, is to behold and
appropriate the image of the invisible
God! 1t is to be changed into the same
image, from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit Of God. "........
This is affirmed only of The true, the
sincere, the spiritual worshiper. And
what can we mean by divine worshiper /?
And what can we mean by divine wor-
ship, ii it be not the thing we have de-
scribed2
What shall we say then, of that suppos-
ed worship of God, which does not assim-
late the worshiper to the worshiped 3
What shall we say of that devotion which
is painfully interrupted, destroyed, or
frightened away, by the exhibition of the
real character and glory Of God2 What
shall we say of the worshiper who cares
nothing about the works of God, and who
regards not the operation of his hands =
Who studies not the revelation of his will,
ia bis works aud in his word? Who in.
quires moi Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do :"
A man processes to be worshiper of
God. That is-he Processes to admire
and adore HIM who is no respecter Of
persons, who is the refuge Of the poor and
needy, the defender Of the falherless, the
avenger of the oppressed And in order
to enjoy communion with this GREAT Be
ING, and to express his veneration Of his
character, he seeks the great assembly
where his worshipers present themselves
together, in his presence. But alasl his
alterations are disturbed by the intrusion
of a fellow-worShiper whose skin is not
colored like his own! He cau not bear
to have the worship of this great REFUgE
OF THE OPPRESSED interrupted or the
place and day of his sacred worship desc
Grated by any sympathetic appeals in be-
half of the wronged and oppressed! No!
Not even by the reading of notice, that,
at some other time and place, there will
be convocation held for considering the
tcause of the poor! And not only does
this man consider himself true and ex-
t emplary worshiper of God, but he consid-
ers it an evidence of hostility or indfer-
ence to divine worship, if any one wishes
to use the Lords day, and the Lords
house of prayer, for the purpose of reliev-
ing the wants and reproVing the wrongs
of the Lords poor!
A man says he worships God. But
he fears the peace of the church will BE-
: disturbed, and the maintenance of dirine
a0orsAip put in jeopardy, if the place fol
| divine worship is made the arena for wa
A glng warfare with the works of darkness
) and reproving the bold transgressors o
: Gods law. ..~s~ "-
= A man says he worshps God that is
) he admires the character of him who il
4 angry with the wicked every day. Els
S pecially is he jealous for the honor Of the
e great Teacher who pronounced such ter
rible woes upon the devourer of widows
= houses, and the binder of heavy burdens
It upon the shoulders of the poor. But
D he should chance TO hear from a faithful
g messenger of divine truth, feeble echt
J. of those unpal alleled denunciations of d
q vine wrath, he is horror-stricken at tn
o bad spirit F" he thinks he has discovered
d TO call those robbers who use their neigh
% boris service without wages-to allthos
n persons men ,stealers who make merchar
e die of human bones and sinews, this b
: considers denunciatorv and unchris
Y tan |" To what good purpose has sue
10 a man worskiped God, and Of what valu
d is his adoratIen of Christ? He has ev
I'd IDENTIFY worshiped God of his own mag
ID ination, and not the God that lives AM
o reigns in heaven. If Christ should agai
T. uecouS dH IlHdOHdul vi lnc edEtH au
ID teach in our streets. and reproRe lordl
d arissocracy and oppression and pride as
N was wont to do, when he taught in tn
streets of jerusalem, how many who nov
r. think themselves his devout worshipel
ly and humble disciples would be disguise
with his character and decry him as "v
o Imperative and unchrIstian.',
to A man says he worships Ged. b
be his equanimity is sadly disturbed whence
er any one unfoids and illustrates tho:
u physical laws by which God governs Il
t; human body, and to which the UNCOVER
Al ed annetites and unholv propensities of d