Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-12-08
For the Vermont Teiegr1ph.
TIME-sERVING MINISTER'S.


My Brother:-Why do professed minis
tiers Of Christ skip over parts Of the gosrel7
1t is becoming common. Because The peo-
pie do not wish TO hear on certain subjects,
and the clergy do not wish to be regarded
as favoring those subjects. There are about
1000 MAN srEAtERs in this nation, who are
licensed, set apart, and ordained to preach
the gospel, and they are received and sus-
tanned by the clergy and churches as chris
tian ministers. Do you ever hear these
clerical thieves and their ahettors preach
against man-stealing, against plundering
the poor; and against oppression7 Seldom
This part Of the gospel they pass by. If
they were to preach agains, stealing human
beings they could not get pay for it, and
they would be set down as Anti Slavery,
and Anli,Slavery is unpopular. So, to please
The people, avoid odium, aud get their pay,
they give those precepts the go-by that utter
the judgments Of, God against slavery.
So on Non Resistance the treatment of
enemies. Ministers now seldom preach
about love TO enemies, forgiveness, turning
The other cheek, returning good Cor evil
And they can not pray, thy kingdom come
without qualification. Why7 They are
afraid the people will think they favor Non
Resistance, and non-resistance is very un-
popular - not un-christian. The whole
clerical world, (wih few exceptions, } preach
and pray about military protection - about
the necessity and duly Of avengiHg wrong,
and killing enemies and Of studying the
ar, Of human batchery-(i. e.. Of training,
to be prepared to kill enemies, whenever
need shall be; but they seldom, now days,
inculcate forgiveness, love to enemies, sub
mission to injury, and seIf-sacrifce. They
can not preach on these subjects without
preaching Non Resis,ance-and this is 4un-
popular.
This is Thanksgiving day. have just
been invited TO GO to Charlotte TO hear MIR.
Goodman preach and pray for The coming
and perpeuity Of the military, blood cement
ed governments of this world. Every min
lister in this State, who breaches TO day, will
probably preach and pray for the coming
and triumphs of this worlds kingdoms of
violence and blood. If they pray TO God,
"thy Kingdom come" II will probably be
with some such qualification, expressed or
implied, as that which was added by min
lister in Rhode-IslanJ, in my hearing, and
IN the hearing Of more than a thousand
others. He prayed-"O Lord, thy kingdom
come "-"BY AND BY" So it is gener.
ally thought that the world is not prepared
for the coming Of Gods hin gdom, just yet :;
for should it come, II would "dasA in pieces
and consume all other kingdoms and gov
ernments." And they think the world is
not ready yet for that. So they say y-
end- By" ~ 49,: <-..:.
They assure the people that the way to
forgive injuries is, 10 thrust men into pris-
on, 10 hang them, shoot and stab them, TO
have forgiveness in the heart, but vengeance
in the hand. So they ask God 10 forgive
them as they forgive - j. e. to knock them
down, break their necks, or shoot bullet
through their hearts. Thus they forgive,
and thus taey pray to be forgiven.
aLoVe your enemies nj. e. knock their
brains oui. Resist not evil ri. e. thrust
sword or bayonet into them. Return to
no man evil fot evil"-E e. blow their bod
les 10 pieces with bomb shelL "Ayenge
not yourselves ~ j. e. tear their hearts ON,
for your benefit. Overcome evil with
good -. :. give their bodies prey 10
wolves, and send ,beis souls 70 hell to ,aye