Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-01-26
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. &c, 1s4a. !

a0ords TO others in the spirit Of Christ
tha. nothing but The spirit of the bottomless
PIT could lead a man 10 use such hard arolds!
/ Yet lley could use hard knocks, even &c
!! dash the body TO atoms, in perfec, love aud
kindness :! They declared no man could
destroy anolher's reputation among men 10
the spirit Of Christ yet sloutly held that
they could destroy body AMI soul, all in
christian love and forgiyeness!!!
A woman in Hancock, N. H.. the other
day said The spirit Of Christ, of love and
self-sacriiee, would lead Us TO skill, slay
and desrroyp our enemies. But, said she,
don't manifest The spirit Of
Christ always, for / have heard some Of
them scoid, and call hari names TO their
enemies!! So, while the spirit of Christ
furbids TO scold our enemies, or call them
hard names, il leads US 70 deal blows Of
death upon them, 10 knock them down,
break their necks and cut their throa,s!
This is the way clergymen and churches
meet me. While they claim, as does Josiah
+. Goodnue, minister of Congrega'ionalism
[no; Of Chris in Shnrehan,, that they can
mangie aud mutilale the bodies of their
enemies tear them limb from limb, and
strow the earth with their blood, brains and
hearts, all in the spirit Of Christ, in broth
erly love and kindness = they insist that
can not possibly have the spirit Of Jesus and
walk in love- because | denounee slave
holding and war-makiag church and clergy
as brotherhood of there's and nla derers!
NV hard aoords are dia0oIical-their death
dealing bLoaos are christian! We'll, ! hope
TO get litlle common sense, by and by,
Under such excellent tuition.
Dear Brother, thank any man for rebuk-
ing in me whatever he deems wrong in
Uord or deed. If the language used by me
in drawing the character of slave holding
and war -making church and clergy be IN
christian, desire TO know il. and will thank
him who convinces me Of my sin. IL TO
call such church and clergy a, brotherhood
Of there's and murderers be wrong, then
am gully, for such call them, and expec,
to call them till see 1t to be wrong. Such
believe they are in the sight OF God, and
such they ought TO be regarded, and will BE-
by men. OF one thing am sure, if har-
Dor one emotion of i'll will or unkindness,
or have feeling Of personal animosiIy
toward any human being, whatever be their
feelings. words or actions towards me, am
no, in the spirit of Christi deserve rebuke.
Whatever men may feel, say or do TO NE
! on non-resislance, will love them, and il
, can come at them will make them feel
that love them, and would rather suffer
and die than injure them. know love
my fellow beings. I can't help il. Flo,
after all they say and do against me, l have
received ten thousand tokens of love and
KINDNESS flom them 10 one of hate and IN
kindness. ! am linked TO humanity. Al
around me, however they feel and act tow.
lard me, are still my own dear brothers ant
sisters. Can help but love them2 Thel
are my Fathers children; and whenever
feel disturbed and irritated al what they sa,
aad do TO me. know all is not right in m.
jheart. Ii my own heart be right toward
my Father and my brethren, shall neve
feel angry by what they do TO me. sha'
love them still, and the more kindly, PEI
lhaps, for their opposition. Sill: | can nj
lie, my love TO men cover up their sins. /
the end this would prove like deadly hatret
If love God and man, | shall endeavor I
open mems minds 10 the iniquities of slave
Iry and war, and Of all whose influence goe
10 sustain them. II IS not pleasant to me
! use hard and denunciatory words. woui
There were no need Of them. But wall
men will steal men, | shall not shun 10 ca
, Them Mieres and as long as they will hi
> men, shall call them nlurderers. My OF
ponents say can not use these acords
: love. Will they show me how they ca
give deadly biops in love? Willthey allo'
me 10 pull the beam from their eye Will
they pull the mote from mine2
H. C. WElGHT.
Eas, Bethel, Jan. IA, 1912.
). The article below is the commencement OF q d
d c,ss.n be,ween brother VIM. Grant and a Paed
) ,.,,., ,,o;.t,or of his. ON the subject of Conimu