Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-05

whose exeTtlonS 10 promote 1t will be felt
10 the latest generations, and whose men,
DRY will ever be cherished by the friends
of bleeding humanity.
Since the last anniversary of this Soci-
ETY., the labors of its General Agent, HEN
RY G.. WRIGHT, have been indefatigable
In the promulg cation of the principles Of
non resistance. Your Committee have
not attempted to mark out for him any par
tlcular field iE which to sow the good seed;
for, remembering that the field is the
world and that ia no part of it can labor
be mlsspent, they have deemed it best that
he should scatter the seed broadcast, with
liberal hand. Accordingly, he has ad-
dressed many assemblies of the people 10
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut, New York and Pennsylva-
MIA; and every where he has been called
to encounter the same prejudices, to an
swer the same objections, 10 expose the
same misrepresentation, 10 unmask the
same destinations and to experience the
same rebufs. Every where, too, he has
met with redeemed spirits, of whom the
world is not worthy and who have cordi-
ally extended to him the right hand of
christian fellowship. In all his trials
and they have been manifold, he has be-
haved with exemplary meekness and pa
tience and allowed none of these things
to move him from his high and holy
purpose. He has faithfully recorded,
from time TO time. in the columns of the
Non-Resstant, the details of his great mis-
sion, aud the vcssitades through which
be has been called 10 pass. With a very
few exceptions, he still finds the most ac-
| tive and malevolent opposers of the non-
| resistance enterprise among the clergy
They he'd ge up his way by calumny, by
deception, by spiritual usurpation; and
evince determination to prevent, if poss-
ible, any who are under their influence
from reading or hearing any thing on this
subject, except it be for the disparagernen
of our cause. tits gratifying TO know that,
IN proportion to the opposition which they
make is the curiosity ofthe people excited
to ascertain, from the right source, what
are the real principles, doctrines and pur-
poses of the despised calumniated non-re-
sistants; and thatthe sorcery spell of priest
Graf, and the calling chains of sectarian-
ism. are fast losing their hold upon the hu-
man mind
In conclusion--the Committee would
adopt the language of transatlantic writ
er, for the encouragement of all who are
aiming TO overcome the world
The doctrine of peace is eminently the
doctrine of faith for when can faith be in
such lively exercise as when the Assvrian
is in the land, and Israel is without arms2
Some trust In charlots, and some in horS-
es; but we will remember the name ofthe
Lord our God We viii remember that
name, not to make it a watch word for the
battle; not, through it, to give. deeper
intonation to the war-whoop; not to mar
shall, by its awful spell, the multitudinous
chivalry to deeds of proves; out, in the
humble trust of Christians, we will sit still
while the war is hot around US, and in ev-
cry pause OF the onset we will preach Je-
sus Christ and him cruci6ed Jesus the
the humble, the enduring, the patient Je.
sus the sufferer, the king of martyrs, the
friend and help of the poor, the liberia
tor of prisoners, the restorer Of paths 10
dwell in, the repairer of the. breach, the
prince of peace, of the increase of whose
government and peace there shall be no
end, We will show, that the gospel is
the light of the new creation; that it has
new maxlns, doctrines, and ideas that it
has the sceptre of a new king, and that all
old things are to fade away before the
brightness of his rising. To all the argu-
ments OF force or fear, we will preach faith;
we will show, that war is the gross dark
ness Of the people, the strength of satan,
the life and quickness of all the evil done
under the sun. And then, if We work
righteousness, the Lord will meet US, and
the Holy Spirit will indeed come to heal,
to renew, to revive again. But the Head
of the church expects US to do our part
for as he was manifested, amongst US, to
destroy the works Of the devil, so has he
gone up, on high, to leave his vice-regai
sceptre upon earth, IN the hands of bis
saints; that body of kings and priests,
which is called The Church. To lIlem,
has he entrusted the task of destroying the
works of the devil; ne looks TO them, 10
gain the victory over evil and ifthey look
in faith to him for help, they shall be VIC
Itorious. The greater the difficulty in op-
posing ancient opinions so much the great
er glory in lifting up the standard against
them: the deeper rooted the prejudices.
which we endeaVos to eradicate, so much
the greater will our strength appear when
we shall have uprooted them. Let Us then
to the work not by miracles and signs
from heaven, but by the holy relactations
of Christians against evil BY the testimo-
ny Of their work, by their faith. their zeal.
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through the grace of God. shall do won
iders as great in the moral world. as the
4 finger of JehoV wrought IN VanquIshIng
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