Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

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> ehf'StE Query-ls it following Christ tc
go INTO town where The people of God are
: holding religious meeting, and sinners are
weeping over their sins and pleading for
: mercy, and lecture Oh slavery, thus drawing
SINNERS away from the place of solemn de-
Votlon, and directing their attention from
the stale Of their own souls-wben the sinh
Ject has there been ably diseased, perhaps
an hundred times, and nearly all the people
are aboiiiionts;s?
Yours, truly, L. NJ. CRANE.
Grafton, Feb. Is, 1912.
! T. S. The Lord has done GREAT work in
our midst; az account Of which, design 10
Furnish you ia the course of two or tree
weeks. Thirty have been baptized since
the commencement of our meeting, which
is now closcd% p.-1c.
! EN- RKs
In order that all may see for ;hcn77elves
who is candid IN the case, copy, below,
from the Telegraph Of February 9Th. the
entire remarks Of brother Robinson on the
subject.
eve arrived At t:,:s place, (C;raGoo.)
at ! l o'c,ocIt this morning, aud found d
prolracted meeting in progress here, con-
Quoted by the Baptjsls | was tod that
five Of the covers were Immersed this
AFTERNOON.
Chester, 30th. 4 respectable citizen of
Grafton, in cor ranv with brother Soe!y,
=, waited on~tEc three Baptist ministers Who
! were Conducting the exercises of the pro
.tracted meeting at Grafton with a PROPOSE
tion that the People might all come to-
/ gether and hear the Antl-SIavery lecture,
thinking that the cause CT religion WouI
suffer no injury by dovojng one evcninga
! 10 the consideration Of that class Of oar fc-
low beings whom the religion Of Chris: re-
quires US especially to regard. Bu: cur
Baptist friends decided in favor Of con;nu-
| ing their meeting as usual, thinking, per-
haps. that the POOR, wounded, bIre1ing
slave by the vav-side was not of sufficient
consequence to turn them aside from their
works. they passed by on the other side.
1t is but justice to brother Burroughs,
think of Manchester, TO say tina! he was in
favor of the above proposition hnt i, was
overruled by Miller Of Windham, and
Crane Of Grafton, SO they held their meet.
ling and I'VE ours in the Congregational
house. The question for the evenings
/ discussion was What constitutes the
character Of The real toIlo,cer Of Christ?
Twas pretty satisfactorily shown that
Christianity does not consist in the rigid
observance of all the outward forms and
ceremonies, however good in themselves,
which may be devised, nor our allegiance
to Christ proved, by our professions, how
ever loudly and oft repeated but in the
performance of those acts OF Justice, benev-
oence and brotherIy love, so emphaticaIlv
enioined in The Christian scriptures, and
the performance Of which constituted the
entire Iabors of its Divine Founder.'
Has brother Crane con;radicted single
statement made by brother Robinson? Not
one - that see. He has corrected his i'm
preston as TO its being brother Burroughs Of
Manchester, which fact is Of no compara
tive importance. Brother Crane complains
that brother Robinson "did not state all
the facts in TIE coae," and "aN the circum-
stances" ask what single fact or circum-
stance bro Crane has pointed out that brother
Robinson was bound TO mention or to know,
which he has not mentioned? In the ma
ture Of the case, brother Robinson's state
ments would be expected 10 0e general
not particular. He speaks Of "a Protracted
meeting in progress - Of the immersion OF
FIVE converts D. Of a respectable citizea
CT Grafton, in company with brother Seeiy,
wai'ing on the three Baptist ministers WHO
were conducting the exercises CT the pre-
.Tac,cd meeting in Grafton, with PROPOSE
ton that all the people might come together
and hear the An'i-SIavery Iecturc"-of tie
/ and rf tie course pursued. What more
was it necessary fer Lic1 TO say Brother
Crane says:-" Il high STATE Of religious
feeling then existed among saints and sin
liners: large number Of enquircrs had al
ready taken the anxious seats" All this
would be inferred from brother Robinson,s
statements Ina, the "protracted meeting was
in progress" and "tbat Gye Of the converts
were immersed.' Brother Crane speaks of
their having had An,i-slavery meetings
there before their being abolitonists, &c.
1t should be borne in mind that the Execu-
tive Committee orthe Vermont Anti-slavery
Society made the arrangement for the meet
ing al Grafton, not knowing anything of the
5protracted religious meeting; and employed
Charles G. BurleigIb TO enlighten The peo-