Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-13
F or tn Telerrant,

W LII INC DOdIu
For the Telegranb.
My Brother Murray:
We err exceedingly, think, when
We limit the Holy One of Israel BY on,
own shallow and contracted views of mon
and things. God has without doubt 90
great variety of means in accomplisb;rc
the purposes of his grace TO guilty. men
10 changing their hearts and fitting them
for heaven, as he employs in all the oper.
atoms of his hands. As if the God of
Infinite wisdom and power had but one
way of access to the hearts and copsciepc
es Of bis rational creatures, through tho
written word; while it is confessed tba,
/ the same word is but dead letter vitbou,
the quickening influences of the HoIr
Spirit. Such a doctrine leaves witbon,
| the pale Of salvation three-fourths of Tho
whole human family, TO whom the word
of God has not been given. And we have
been told times without number 70: TWEEN.
ty-6ve or thirty years past, that the heath
en- population of the globe are sinking
continually by hecatombs into perdition,
through The apathy and covetousness of
Christians in not sending them the word
Of God. and the living preacher to explain
lit! Irepel the idea, It is an offense 10
me. eschew it, least it from me as de.
rogatory to the character of the great God
and our Savior. 1t is an impeachment
OF his wisdom and goodness as displayed
throughoutal all his habitable works. True
it is, the condition of TIE heather nations
| is deplorabie, and calls for the prayers,
THE commiseration and help of all nations
to whom the word of salvation, the Chris.
titan Scriptures, have been given. But
| Q, let US not bind them down in chains Of
our own shallow eoaceit Of the ways Of
God to men. Let US not doom them 10
hell for the want of that word Nth whicE
without the life-giviBg spirit of God, we
are a thousand times more obnoxious to
the displeasure of heaven, than these same
sspoor heathen"- over whom our bowels
yearn SO much. A writer of great force
and clearness of thought, whom | have
often readswith profit and delight remarks:
That that part of mankind, which have
never heard of Christ's name, may never.
.theless be redeemed, that is, placed in
better condition with respect to their future
state, BY his Intervention may be the ob-
jects Of his benignity and intercession, as
well as Of the propitiatory virtue of bis
passion" / can not hear without pain.
our young preachers from school, and lay
b.eshreH of equal Reconsideration, in their
zeal rightly to divide the word of TRUTH
address a portion of their hearers as hay.
ing no ''interest IN Christ" ~ or emo in.
terest in the death of Christ" An apps.
tie speaks Of the "common salvation" and
Christ is styled by another, "the Savior
ofall men. especially of them that believe"
tho interest in Christ" while God is
sending US rain and fruitful seasons, fill
ing our hearts with food and gladness for
Christ's sake. in fulfllment of The coven-
ant God made. not with US, but with hin
mo interest in Christ" while every good
and perfect gift Of the Spirit word and
providence of God, is the purchase OF his
blood, and the fruit of his continual inter-
cessiohI One sinner of all the sinful race
of Adam, "no interest in Christ" Per-
lsh the thought. S. CoTT1Ss'
Rutland. July 2, lS42.
Out Of Christi and "out of the ark Oh
safety" though not on the same ground YET DE-
ing equally unblblical, and are used from heeo-
lessness which is highly censurable.