Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-12


posItIon-neither withou. its martyrs |
am not obligating myself 10 subscribe 10
all that Mr.. Wright may have said.
neither 70 aDimadyert upon the nnbecom-
ing Treatment that he and all peace-sbiding
members OF civil society received in your
City Hall. the last evening he lectured
there. But the QUESTION is, whether Jesus
Christ taught on-Resistance. To as.
Certain The truth Oh this point. shall 90
to Christ and the Apostles. Christ says
that. until John. were the law and The
prophets; but since that The kingdom of
heaven is preached" Believing that we
are now 10 be Influenced and governed
by a new dispensation, in which Christ
is our lawgiver and the sealer Of new
covenant, / believe also that it behooves
us to acquaint ourselves with the laws Of
the kingdom, the requirements of the
King, and the duties of the subjects. The
prophets in speaking of this kingdom.
called it ian everlasting kingdom. -
Isaiah ii, 81" The Mountain Of the
Lords House shall be established ia. the
top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills and all nations shall flow
into it." Rev. XII, Is: The Kingdoms
of This world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord and Of his Christ; and he shall
reign for ever and ever" In the gath
chapter,of Isaiah we are told what the SUI
Ijects of this kingdom shall do" And
they shall beat their swords into piow-
shares, and their spears into pruning
hooks: nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shell they learn
war any more" BY these passages, as
we might by many others, We learn the
extent, prevalence and durability of this
Kingdom. as well as its nature. and the
character of its subjects. But who will
doubt that Jesus Christ is to be the King
in this kingdoml This being admitted
we shall inquire Of Isaiah something about
the Ruler or King. 1sa- tx, 6. z: For
unto US child is born, unto US son is
given, and the Government shall be upon
HIS shoulder. And his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty
God. the everlasting Father. the Prince o.
! Peace r. "Ot the increase Of his gov.
ernmert and Peace there shall be no end
&c. By this We learn that the govern
ment rests not on the Hindoo or Hot.entot
i Arab or Turk. Savage or Barbarian, no.
w1r. perpe,ra,ing aaeen Victoria, Of
slaveholding or Seminule-hunting Johr
4 Tyler, but on the Prince Of Peace This
Iadm itled. let US hear His law, which
I S. says j, Is: is a perfect Law Q
Liberty" of slarery but Of loUe--no
of death but of u e-not of tcar but ofpeac
J anc good uiH Mat. v, 50, 80, 40, Al, AZ
Ye have heard referring 10 Moses
: that it hath been said, an eye for an eye
+ and tooth 70. tooth But say unit
: you, that ,ye resist not evil, but whose
ever shall smi,e thee on thy right cheel
turn 10 him the other ALSO" &c. Natl
lv, 43, A, and onward" Ye have hear
/. that il hath been said, Thou shalt lov
I thy neig hbor, and hate thine enemy, b
;. say unto you love your enemies. bic
- them that curse you, do good 10 them tn
:. haze you. and pray for them which de
D. pitefully use you, and pessee ute you. th
). We may be The children Of your Faith
s. which is in heaven. For be maketh H
f. sun 10 rise on the evil and On the goo
10 and sendeth rain on the just aud on 4
I, unjust &c. Mat. vi, IA, Is, For
. We forgive men their trespasses. so
10 heavenly Father will also forgive ye
Blu, If We forgive not men their ,resPass
neither will your Father forgive you 70
W tres passes Tne natural heart is ave-
m 10 this principle Of love and forgivn'
". toward our enemies. Therefore we
En- the Improperly of pleading our inslln
en- 70: il our instinct were right guide
IN law, there could be no use of any oh
OF Or if the law of Moses were pefl'
ac- share ,roI,ld ht. the necessitv OF a ne
G. Heb. viii, r: For if that first comm;
be- had bsen fauItless. then no. place sho
ers have been sought for the second he
me. we find that the natural heart IS opPo
in no the law of Christ therefore IN o.