Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-10-05

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Being, this kind, indnlgenl Parent and Faith
er OF the whole human family, has given 10
man a revelation 10 guide and direct him
through the uneven journey Of his earthly
existence, and to open in prospect TO the
hopeful believer glorious Immortality be-
yond death and the tomb. How cheering
the thought! how enrapturing, how soul
inspiring the reflection! How soothing the
indulgence in SO sweet a reyery! and yet
how animating, how awakening 10 the finer
sensibilities Of our nature! What confidence
may we not repose in the promises of so
sure prophecy and what reliance may
we not safely entertain in respect TO the
truth of its teachings? Unbounded, eternal,
and infinitely supreme, its authority far
transcends the range of imperial thought,
surrounding and embosoming its claims in
the glory and magnifcence of God. O, yei
kings and prelates and ecclesiastical digni-
Itaries bow then your heads beneath its
supremacy, and acknowledge its pre-emin
ence, all We nations Of the earth Let every
aspiring demagogue look well TO its injunc-
tons, and all manner Of iniquity and every
feature of unrighteousness fear and tremble
before its merited judgments. Let every
moral teacher heed and declare lis require
,nents, and every herald of the Cross drink
deep the spirit Of devotion, proclaiming the
sacred truths of the everlasting Gospel, Gin
the fear and admonilion Of the Lord"
i When we take into consideration the
power and eternity of God; power as seen
and recognized through the grandeur and
sublimiiy of His works, we become lost in
the depths of infnity: yea, speeches. and
lpowerless before an Omnifc control. When
we contemplate the material universe, and
behold the purpose and design, manifested
in the arrangement and combination of mat
ter, and discovered the wisdom and intelli-
Egence, exhibited through both its organiza-
tons and the various operations of nature;
and. finally, when we turn our eager and
astonished gaze upon the star-lit canopy Of
heaven, and reflect upon those orbic masses
there swung in the balance Of Almighty
power, the mind yields at once its more
noble powers, and all its graphing energies,
to the surrounding glory of Omnipoience:
and we prove tie fulfness of our hearts in
view of such imposing and undeniabie at
testalions of superior greatness, are uncon-
sciously led 10 exclaim, what is man that
thou art mindful of him2 or the son Of man
that thou visitest him 90 Yet the world is
made to rejoice; and man to shout praise TO
lis Maker, from favor unmerited, the reve-
lation Of His will. The otherwise despon-
dency Of the human heart is changed for
: 10y and gladness, through the happy recep-
ton Of eternal truth. The Bible comes
] forth from The changes and revolutions OF
: the past, from scenes of violence and Perse-
o cution, clad in the armor Of Heaven, bearing
/ the seal and authority OF God. Before il
II all other claims and pretensions sink into
d insignifcance: before the high and superior
$ authority of the Bible, that true and faithful
:. record Of Jehovah himself, all human insti
n iutions and inventions, and every undue
i aspiration Of the human heart sink into alb
o solute nothingness, and flee and pass before
b il, like the dews of evening before the ris
d ing orb of morning, or the dusky hues o
d twilight before the blaze and spiendor o
day. The puny arm Of man, raised agains
the commands and authenticity OF the Bi
bic, through the establishment of his owr
unqualified acts of legislation, and in AFRO
{ eating TO himself the exclusive right ant
J, privilege of deciding upon the lives and lib
critics Of his fellow men, must, when bro
: to the Test Of Gods truth, when compare,
with the express declarations of Holy Writ
: must fall like the smoking fax at the toucl
= ot fire, and disappear as slubble before lh'
= deyouring fame.
= In view Of the weakness and deprayit,
d of our race, and Of our like dependence upol
II the same uncaused and self-existent Being
is and fully realizing our own insufficiency II
,e opposition to the commands and require
n ments Of God, let US appeal TO the unerrins
10 standard Of divine truth, and learn from it
Of ample pages "the lUhole duty OF man." LIE
he US ascertain whether the word of God ha
10 delegated 10 being frail and imPerfecl
n. who is represented as the flower" Of tn
~ field, and the "grass" thereof, such his
and important trusts, rights and privileges
as shall duly authorize aud empower him
of the sole arblter Of human destiny: such a
e. shall nerve arm and spirit while snufin
Ks the fumes of vengeance mid the slaughle
e. and din Of battle, or bind still stronger th
or chain of slavery around the bleeding e1