Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-10-06
Oct. 8, ls4l.

'1orch is Independent o. :"
' '.osn.able only to God. But are church !
''' 'boye being preached TOT And IS i
,1iDa to one church that there is SIN y
1.,her, individuals are as independent,
s' '..h other as churches can be. And
.o,biup TO one individual that another
in q fegrant SIM Is not sin
y WAN enemy, to be assailed wherever
''" "Have we not all one father ?
~ :, one God created usl why do we
,,eacherously every man against his
'sab.r~ Are we not all made in one
n I'm the image OF God created
In the creation there is made
.hord 10 run from each human heart to
NM other hearts in the great family
.bo benumbs his sensibi!ilies against
,oueh Of this string, does essential
,,s 10 his own nature, at the same
h. wrongs every individual of the
cannon brotherhood To do this
.ao and fratricidal thing, it is not
,,.e,snry 10 go forth assallauts and ag-
...,.ors. We only need to neglect 10
j, The promptings Of nature, reason and
r.,oo II is true that those Who only
,,,,sd bv on the other side" did not al
lime do with their hands what he had
h. who asked. "am | my brothers
I,.,erT But their practices agreed ex-
no with his words, in tone, temper and
,Ee And no thanks to them II the
ellis Of their conduct were not precisely
.,.,me as the results Of his. Inasmuch
. id !, Sor" ye" shall 60
|r,y into everlasting punishment"
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy
'grbbor, and not suffer sin upon him."
Tbe shirt Of the scriptures cited IN this
connection is as applicable to Independent
Marches as to independent individuals
be o,nosi,e doctrine is one which nj
Aurch will aitcmp, 10 carry out. Pass
rby the neaeey association OF two lndI
rnA churches, situated CONTINUOUSLY
,cs see what would be done with som
nams between the collective bodies Q
thgries in two separate States. sup
~, Tho churches in New-Hampshlr'
nere IN the habit Of INDUCING drunken
IS ir their members2 Suppose tina
upkenness were as common thing u
\. churches there, as slave-holding is
. s3u.h Would the plea be hear
h,lhe churches in Vermont have moth
u q 40 abou, Rq Would the intel
|hsnee be kept up between convention
,ociatiors, pnlpi,s, and communion Il
. without remoustrance on the part
Is cborches IN Vermont? II i, shou
!, should rot we be "partakers OF the
Fr d<e1s2"
We have already said that slavery
oE,,ya,od in The church because u Is
made oJious by the prohibitions oil mum
law. Let us toke this bundle oil villa
les in pieces, single on, a few OF them Q
~ one, separate them from slavery
hat they may be made 70 stand ouI
heir native ugliuess, in the form OF lei
pips and see wha. church would toiers
nv one Of them for moment As
uorolI the bundle, suppose we take {
h,a. Now if church member s'ea
horse, sheep, or bushel oil corn W
church Viii no, make the oHense dis
plinable affair al once! Well, how mt
more is n man worth than al these pal
articles pu, togother2 Aga'n'--'ake :
Sery, adultery, ., murder. Whit chul
viii tolerate either Of them? But L
hem all, and all the other legitimate ~
q slavery, wrap them up careiu''y
a
ssher, and, instead Of labelling then
hadle offeloaies, write on them that
cate, iuoftnsiveword, sIaUery--olherw
mischief famed by a law"-and me
once become thing quiie toleratle'
gvher consistent with christian charac
We know Of no scripture authority
such doings.
But we are told that if we persis
'nerlaniug such views. ard carry '
Into practice, the church will De divi
We can not help it. Better 'na' ;
divided than that the whole be lost.
throw The responsibility where u Oelc
Il, -. .l:ao 70 their sins.