Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-05-04

fecti0n," the "splrst and principles suited
10 promote tie piety and ed.feation Of our
ekurchss.'' Kind. charitable. affectionate,
brotherIy treatment theirs. indeed They
only charge with injfdelity 81 all who
presume to expose their unchrislian con.
ducti Their kindness and affection"
conclude. after all, are reserved 10 be be-
slowed upon thieves and pirates whom
they hold in church fellowship anil COM
munionI
All who would expose tie sins of the
church and the clergy, they attempt 10
identity with Hume. BoIinbroke, Paine,
Voliaire. Kneeland. and others of this
stamp. In this they know that they are
grossly dishonest and diabolicalIy maIev.
o;ent. They know that these injfdels ,cag-
ed mar upon Christ and his cause. At
The same lime they knosO equally nell that
The retoymers of the present time, whom
they in their malignity and spite are la.
boring TO identify with these inftels, are
doing directly the reverse. They kaow
that the retormers cling 10 Christ as their
pattern and lawgiper. and that the pro-
motion of Ctrirfs cause IS the qoork to
.ohich their liUes a,e deroted. And il is
because they know all this that | pro-
nounce them dishonest and malevolent
It is a bad cause that subjects its support
ers to such resorts. Ifthey think 10 de-
ceive the people and keep them deceived
in this way, they have got something to
do. They may succeed to some exten,
for while. But their Gay will be short,
The people will soon see who are the in
idels. ....~ ... Ill.,. -
The key to all Ills fu,tering and
screaming, and raising of dust, and cry
ing. "great is DIANA by those who are
afraid oftoo much reformation, is this -
The shame OF their own nakedness is be-
ginning TO be exposed by reformers; and
they have no other way to cover them
selves and save the craft, but 10 vilify, and
stigmatize, and scanda!ize, if they can,
those whom they cannot meet with truth
and fair dealing. They begin by begging
the question--by assuming and taking for
granted what remains for them to prove
but which they will never undertake to
prove, because they dare not--viz: thai
their PROFESSION identifies them a0ith
Christ and has cause, irrespeetice of their
coNDUcT-that thieves, and robbers, and
acknowledgements, and adulterers, and
pirates, and their associates and abettors,
because they voluntarily associate togeth-
er and blasphemously take to themselves
the name OF the Holy One. have an ex,
elusive right 20 be called the Christian
: church | The game has already been
played too long. it is time j! were brok-
en up. The people have too long been
smilien on the moulh-too long suffered
themselves to be blindfolded. They have
4 been taught to cover up the sins Of the
church-and especially the sins ofthe cier-
| gy. They have been told, and loo much
made to believe, thatlo exposet the sins ofthe
church would wound the cause of Christ
i land that to expose the sins of the cler-
a gy would wound Christ himself. Mon
strous delusion! Shocking impioasness
As though Christ would connive at sin
Or as though. for The advancement of his
cause, he were under the necessity OF en-
ploying all who flock to him and cry,
lord, Lord" although their hearts be
full ofrottenness and their hands full of
blood s. ~
Irepeat the question -a0ho are The in
fdeis9 They who expose sin faithfully.
without reference to the professions and
pretensions Of the sinners! Or they who
by all means cover up their own sins and
the sins ofthe party or sect; and, 10 do
this more successfully and efec,ually, au-
daciously and impiously undertake to
| shelter themselves under the shadow of
the wing ofthe blessed and spotless Saw
Tor, and 10 make Him TO feel hurt and be
offended when their sins are exposed
Judge ye
CoLoNIzA TON.
! The spirit of this twin-sister Of slavery