Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-01-27

AZ. JANUARY ~. ls4l
nected with the prototype and grand ex-
emplar Of all true reViVals Of religion, on
the day Of Pepteeost Acts, j. SO.
And the reason Of this fact is easily under
stood. Leave nan with Is ifa preston,
that 4 IS not his dug NOW % repent and
believe. but that il mag Be at some future
time, or under some more favorable iff1a-
ence from heaven, and YOU send para
Iysls through his whole moral fame.
20 man viii feel i, andsno man will care
about future duty. No man will tremble'
OF be alarmed unless he feels that be is.
guilty nosc, and now bound to obey
What cares the sinner for that 1ittt1e
Atthat time he will attend to ii. NoIo he
IS loo busy, oraoos Thong hlless ,or IL Ieels
that The time has not come, and he will
concern himselfin the affairs Of his mer-
chandise or farn, Woe. to the ministry
which by Incidence, or fa..se doctrine, or
the. fear of man, makes an ID. preston like
this That cold, abstract, and formal doc
trlne, which directs men only 10 the fll.
lure, that miserable perversion Of the
doctrine Of the Spirits influence which
directs the eye onward and permits him
.toaWail difuses the chilIs of Greenland
over the soul, and The long death Of the
tomb oyer q congregations. Glad would
be. any assassin, or murderer; glad would
be any drunkard or gambler who NAV
now be dashed and scourged by the stings
Eofremorse, to find such spreacher, who
would tell him not to feel, or be disturbed
now, bu.to wait. Gods time in this mat
ter. a more consoling minister Of peace,
you could not send into any prison, or
den Of 'wickedness into any band Of high
|vaymen. or pirates, or into a slave ship.
than would be these. But Oh, let not the
christian ministry be charged with folly
and guilt like this. Onsa sinner's soul
there IS NOW pressing all the clemens Of
obligation that can sink il down in, any
future scenes. Duty relates not to The fu-
Eture. Il presses now and that amazing
pressure the sinner must be made to feel,
or must leopard the eternal interests Of
his soul. 80 SO
s. We approach men with allethe
proofs Of the truth of revelation sand.the
end Of those proofs is to teach. men. to feel
their guilt. The argument from miracles
land prophecy IS not speculative inquiry
like the cold and formal steps of mathe-
maticaI science, or the researches Of phi
llosophy Each ar gument isaa part Of the
vast arraVlof proof, to show that the dec.
lafations which affirm the lost. condition
Iof men, are confirmed byndemonst ration
Il is an array of evidence 10 prove that the
laccount given Of their guilt, is really the
ljud gment Of Almighty God; that the dec
Eiaration that men hate God, is one thu
has been breathed from his lips, and has
come from has profound view Of all hu'
imam hearts; tina: such was his view d
their guilt that there was no a0ayaof ex
| pressing it, but By the Very. scenes which
slthe infinite love of Christ, and the. retri
1 buttons Of eternity laid open. Languag,
could not do It.. Human speech ialtered
| and the poetic fancy Of The singers Of Is
rael, the dark and awful flights Of pro
1phetic description, and the eloquenttongu,
lof apostles could not dosits There was
mode. God S initiate Soa could become ia
carnate. And i was By giving a Twin.
/ demonstrations Ii the groans Of Gethsema
4 ne, and ,yhenst the dead were rising IN tha
Inflated city where the saviour died, tha
he could tell the sinner what Jhis sins dc
IserveJ; and point him to those scenes
and say in that garden and on that eros
fIyou may see what your. sins deserved
There was one more mode. Il was 20:
z lsible that men should suffer fofever-arl
5 1.-The Infinite God has told US that such a
i Ihss. views of human guilt, that nothin
!, but that will be 4 fair expression of lib
'. levil 10 other worlds. Nov every tifse i
7 lpress the evidences Of religion Il is wi
z refereace to Just this result. And th
] Twas the use the apostles made of it ar
!, This the. way in which they conVinc,
:. men Of their guilt. They urged Il
g proofs of the resurrection Of the Saviot
e and on the ground of that, they press
,flthe guilt of man who had cruci6ed hi
III And the result was that thousands Of
! nlurderers tretnbled, and asked with de
= soliei.ude what they should do
9 We come to men with all the e
L dence drawn from the history Of the woF
e THAT they are guilty. and that the guil
!, must suffer. All this analogy belon
7 properly to the province Of religion. g
3 has left his views of sin in no a1easnf
y OF doubtful form in the history Of des
er land Of man. The sinner himself is ri
led, and he feels il and knows It. +
ALARMS OF conscience; his Rambling 9
lticipations his calamities, his sickne