Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-24

He was lain down, as he requested, be-
meath the clods of his native hills. Thus
persisted another Martyr of Ambition
March, 1841. W. G. B.
The following letter will show how some !
of our brethren in foreign lands feel in rela- (
ton to support by money wrung from the
poor by stripes and torture. Does not this
abolitionist manifest the spirit of Christ !
LETTER FROM THE SANDWICH ISL
ANDS.
Honolulu, Oahu, Samdacicb Islands,
} North Pacific Ocean, June, 16, 1870 |
Rec Joshua Le0viH Dear brother,-l
On reading the reported speech of Mr..
Alvan Stewart, before the General Assem-
bly,, May, 1889, was exceedingly hap
py to find him saying that in prayer the
chief hope of abolitionists lay" He had
long believed that if this great evil and
great sin were ever 10 be abolished, deliv-
erance must come out of Zion-it must
be effected by the praying men and pray
ing women of America. Ofthe truth Of
this l have not doubt. So fully have |
expressed my thoughts to you on the i'm
portance of prayer to God to the success.
| ful prosecution of your labors as the advo-
cate OF immediate emancipation, that |
need not, will not enlarge. | will only
add, that the value of this sweet blessed
employment greatly enhances by reflect
ion. mourn that my heart is so cold,
my faith so weak, when I engage in the
performance of this duty. Oh Z! to cling
to God-to Christ may He enable all
the friends of the enslaved, with vigor-
Gus faith, and childlike simplicity, to go
directly to Him, confding in His sweet
promises, and committing to Him all their
ways. Why should we not do 500 He
feels for the oppressed Infinitely more than
we could do, In all their Affections
He was afflicted" What a declaration
of the blessed God is this, in reference to
an oppressed people How cutting to the
heart of the STAKEHOLDER! No. Then
the STAKEHOLDER. has no heart In all
their Affections He was afflicted" Then
lis the Lord Jesus, in the person Of his peo-
/ pie, Knocked, and chained, and whipped,
and bought and sold, and that too, some
times by His protested followers. Is il
not so? Then such witnesses as Mrs
! Weld, and Miss S. NJ. Grimke are deeply
involved in guilt bear false witness
against their neighbor Does any one
, believe this2 o, the guilt, the crimson
guilt of slavery. And yet 10 storm al
sea, the ship on her beams end, and al
expecting to go down, this amazing load
of guilt, enough, one would think, te sinh
world, must be let alone! 1.-THE mater
were not SO deeply serious, one might be
tempted to smile at the philosophy ofthese
great and good men who advocate the lie
alone system As well might JONAH
have been ''let alone" with the hope o
reaching Tarshish! And thus [ dar,
predict will soon be the decision of tn,
new school General Assembly l pra,
that God would save this body of grea
v and good men. for such | regard them
J, from all participation in the sin Of slave
: ry Leave that, beloved brethren, to tn
n old school Assembly. Do let them have
all the advantage of advocating and apol
! ogizing for, and winking at a system
: which makes the image OF God mere
$ chattel, system of lust and blood M,
o dear brother, | bid you God speed, as
] have all along done, in the good work il
D which you are engaged Go OIL and pros
e per, The good ofthe oppressed be will
q you. | shall not withhold my sympath
and prayers from you while you adrocat
J the cause of my bleeding brethren, Tia
:. bleeding brother of The Lord Jesus Chris
e (See Matthew 25: 40) How could
do so and expect the smiles Of my Lord
n June l9h,-In reading Nevins' Prac
T. teal Thoughts am not little impress
y ed with few paragraphs on page 1876 @
!, the tract edition. 1t is under the heac
: = An example of Liberality." An ex
! tract will give 1t has occurred t
ID me, that perhaps one reason why th
K means which our benevolent societies EN-
1 ploy effect no more, why Bibles an
a tracts, and the labors of missionaries ar
= not more extensively blessed is, that tnes
Operations are not sustained and carrie
- on by purely free will offerings. A gre;
- deal that goes to sustain them is gruds
e ingly given. ! know it may be said thi
ID if we reject all but free-wiIl offerings OF
ID means will not suffice. IF that should
81 the case, vet / doubt not, less none
= cheerfully contributed, would accomplis
= more than large amount drawn out
the pockets of an unwilling and complain
a. ing people But do not believe that Il
40 sum total of receipts would be less
10 How would Mr.. Neyins con.rive to e.
lrs clude from giving, the class Of men