Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-28

venge. and all the violence that Satan |
himself could exercise. And then our
teachers have undertaken to reconcile all
this with the idea of MS being unchange- |
able and benevolent! Thus doing. they |
have destroyed confidence in the book,
and cast its precious pearls under the feet
Of swine. Be it my work 20 aid in wrest-
ing the heavenly treasure from the degrad-
ed place~it has been made to occupy by |
its professed friends, and elevating it above
the cavils of scepticism and the unreason.
ableness of in6delity. Its superstitious
and deluded friends have already made it
stumbling stone in the way of human
salvation quite too long. They have wor-
shipped this book more than they have
worshipped the true and living God. AT
the same time they have been quarrelliog
and wrangling about the multlfarious and
contradictory doctrines they have drawn
! from it, which has caused them to lose
sight of its one "great commandment"
which observed and adhered to, would
have united them and made them power
full against sin, instead of dividing them
and wasting their strength against each
other.s
Brother Getting beg of you rise
and shake yourself from superstition.
Throw off the ponderous shackles that
have so long hindered you. Act worthy
of yourseIf--worthy of being with a
mind-a being in this respect formed in
the image OF God. Dare think. Dare
to speak. Dare TO act. Your courage
and your freedom are already great, CON-
pared with those o. many others. But
you and are yet far from being free and
fearless. Truth cannot hurt us. Moth.
ing but truth, can do us good. Nothing
but diligent enquiry and free thought can
find it. Our minds were made for truth |;
and truth was made for our minds. Will
we be so servile-will we do such vio-
lence to our own natures-our own I'M
mortal interests, and the immortal inter-
ests OF others-wiIl we be so ungodlike,
: so unmanly. so british, as to shut our
eyes. stop our ears, and not allow our
| selves to think God forbid
P. S. Ia regard TO the foundations be-
ing destroyed" have only to say, that
any foundations which the truth will de-
stoy-any foundations which will not bear
the light, the scrutiny of discussion and in
vestigation. ought to be destroyed with an
instant and perpetual destruction. My
business is-not to support this or thai
foundation because fallible beings have
built on it-but to dig deep and find the
T sure foundation that will Withstand tht
storm and the food.
!. PUGILIsM. - This barbarous practice
is rapidly gaining ground among US t
the deterioration OF good morals, and tbs
!: disgrace of the country. The secular
s papers contain notices of regular fight:
taking place in our vicinity and some il
) the streets of our city. Every good citi
zen will expect TO see the police active II
Ie preventing repetition of such disgusting
II and demoralizing scenes.
Since the above was written, we learr
. that brutal fight took place up the Nortl
I River on Tuesday, and resulted in tn
Is death of one of the parties named Mccoy
4. His adversary has fed, but every poss;
!. Bile exertion will doubtless be made TO al
rest him. We trust this will check thes
az murderous proceedings. Baptist Adct
te cate.
ID r EN- A r K s
ID Why should nj "this barbarous prac
er tice rapidly gain ground among US, to tn
es deterioration of good morals and the di
e. grace Of the country" when the princip
It. from which it arises forms a prominel
st, part ofthe popular religious code of III
Sc country and Of the times2 Pugilisn
is only twig of the great upas of violenc
to which the Advocate and its co-adjutol
al are giving life and punishment Whel
!" is the consistency or sincerity of maxim
VII show of an effort to pluck such twi
from such tree by such hands ?-han'
on diligently employed in giving aliment
"a the roots, and in defending the trunl
int The great kingdom of violence with whic
ed the earth is filled. gets its most efficie
IL support from the popular religious inf
a ences of the country. How can the
who support wholesale violence. in Il
ed shape Of general military system, boz