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

fellowship and cooperation with slave
holders and their abeuors, we drive them
away beyond our reach, and they will not
hear US. Do not those who bring this OBJ
lection fail to distinguish properly between
suspending ahristiam fellowship, and cut
ting of human sympathy? Want of dis
elimination here might easily come in,
by an association of ideas, from existing
practices. There is TOO much cutting off
OF human sympathy in church discipline.
II should never be done. 1t is unnatural,
as well as unchristian. God has not re-
quired such a thing at our hands, but the
reverse. We should cultivate continually
yearniug of soul after transgressors, that
would cause US to pursue them and hold
on upon them with entreaties and motives
to return into the ways of truth and holl-
ness. Peradventure we may thus save
souls from death. In order to do this
work, of winng souls back, successfully,
it is necessary to suspend christian fellow
ship. Otherwise, where is the cause for
labor? When the labor commences, the
suspension of fellowship commences oil
course. What we do, then, in the case of
Shareholders and their abettOrs is, TO tell
them in all christian fidelity that we sus-
pend Christian fellowship. until they re-
penl. We cannot allow !hem TO join with
, us in religious worship, nor in the use OF
means for the conversion of the world.
Al the same time they are to understand
tina: we putsue them with prayers and co.
treaties, and open arms, to their graves,
unless they forsake their ungodiioess. II
it be said that they will not hear u.s. we
reply that this doctrine carried out will
call home every missionary, shot up eve
~ pulpit, and stop every press, no" 10
operation for evangeljzing the world.
We learn from the scriptures oftruth, that
it IS GU. duty, our divineIy appointed
work, to preach The word which God
bids Us. even to the sliff:necked and rebel
Iious, whether they will hear or for
bear.
This refusal TO cooperate with them is
rot TO be taken as a withdrawal on oul
part from the field of benevolent labor
On the contrary, our diligence and eff
cheney are to be increased.
Finallv,-Our course is objected to or
( account OF anticipated disaster TO denomina
tioual institutions. This. objection pre-
SCENTS one Of the grossest exhibitions OF th'
abominabIe doctrine that the end jostIfe
the means. The gospel must be preach
ed to the poor, the Bible given TO the de
g, sti,ute. aud the heather be converted L
: God therefore we must continue in chrIs
' ti1n fellowship and cooperation with 'hos
e who violently wrest the gospel from tn
moor. and the Bible from the destitute
y and themselves make heather sys'emal
|. calIy, by law & every day Praclice!-W hos
means for making show Of benevoIene
:, are Obtained by robbing the poor, s'arvin
: souls and selling the image OF JEST
Y Christi 1t is not that We love and CAL
. for the heather and the destitute less tina
e others; bn, that we do not see the neces
S Ity-and, what is more, we do not adm
% the christian consistency or the right
p. co-operation with those who employ Il
in fruits Of unrio hteousness. We cannot,
:, we would, hide from the Searcher
V hearts, the monstrous hypocrisy of no
Sc biag the poor at home 10 supply the pc
IS abroad-of making heather 10 the Unit
is Stltes 10 procure the means OF ~nmak1
So heather in Asia--of selling the Image
il Christ for money to be used in convert
". men into Chrst's image. "Hethat p'a
70. ed the ear, shall he not hear! He Il
", formed the eye, shall he not see
5 a that chastiseth the heather, shaI! not
Ter correc, 2 He that leacheth man kno
Iod ledge, shalt not he know2" II tt
= forbear to deliver them that are drawn U
eth death, and those that are ready to be sla
his if thou sayest, behold, We knew 1t
ow doth not he tina, pondereth the heart
slider It? and he that keepeth thy s.
in doth he not know h2 and shall not
ere render to every man according 10