Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07

ing, epheneral. transitory things called
reviyals. They are like the morning
cloud and carly dew, which pass away.
They are wells without water and clouds,
without rain-more subscribing the cause /
of proselytism and partyism, than Of God,
holiness or humanity. They do not pro.
duce that ..revolutionn which the gospel |!
contem7lates. They go on. And still
the same sins go on in the church as out
of it. The results are not produced which
the Christian religion contemplates.
IN THE CHURCH,-oR OUT OF 1T
In the course of the meeting lesolu-
ton was up on the subject of reviyaIs. l
expressed some or all of the foregoing
sentiments on The subject and begged the
brethren, 10 give the matter thorough
and see if it were not SO.
Brother E. P. Butler of Waterbury arose
and asked me where | would 60, to 6nd
any true followers of Christ.-Would |
look for them in the church or out of it /?
l was happy TO be called out on this point.
For, notwithstanding / have frequently
defined my position here, there is much
| misunderstanding. from want either oil
apprehension or of memory. say,then,
there are those whom fellowship as true
followers of Christ, both in the church
| and out of it. The time has been when
the fact that man was in the church gave
some weight 10 his Christian character.
But at the present time | am constrained
! to say that see no good reason for think
ing a man the better for being in the
/ church, or the worse for being out of il.
| And, unless there be an ''entire reyolu-
ton" in the church, commencing imne
diately, the time is at hand when any one
/ will be the worse for being in the church,
. and the better for being out Of it. No one
can be a true and faithful follower oil
/ Christ2aad sustain the church in its pres
ent rank in6delity and all unuserable
denominations. III. #.... ...4..aa. r.
/ -us. ANTI-s LAVE Y .@..
! Brother Angler, of Hard wick, from the
4 Danville Association, having been APP
pointed on Committee to prepare resolu
tons, read the following, among Others,
on the subject of slavery:
Resolce1, That we can not fellowship
those as Christians who advocate the right
of man to hold property in his fellow man
l objected TO the resolution, as being
deficient. 1t does not go far enough. l
: only speaks of the ADVOCACY of slavery
! saying nothing about the proetiee.-
Many who practise slayehoIdipg have no
@ the hardihood and shamelessness to adcO
! cate it. Jefferson detained stoutly gains
slavery, and yet he lived and died slave
, holder. Henry Clay declared slavery t
It be curse, and yet he practises it. Fl
- does not advocate duelling = vet he prac
e tises it. The resolution was manifest
It deigned. by the drafer, either to effect
e compromise, or to deceive those who woul
b withhold christian fellowship from a
n Shareholders 1t was drafted to expires
ii the sentiments of those who, In certai
d circumstances, would extend christian fe
e lowship 10 those who practise slavehole
!? ing s..#.- ~--...s
TT Benjamin Briefly. Editor of the We
d mont Baptist Journal, arose and replie'
e The resolution was drafted by himsel
J. He sustained, as well as he could, II
ID Joseph Tracy doctrine, that under ce, Ia,
d circumstances men may practise slav
d holding, and not be unworthy of Chri
4, tian fellowship! %oa 45@I.~@ .-..l" r
lie H. Stafford thought that the adrocae
D. included the practice, SO that the resol,
le tion expressed all tina. the most radio;
st desired. as it now stood
OF lie was reminded that if the friends
If the resolution in It's present form wisht
to to be understood as including the practic
J. they certainly could not object 10 the il
T. sertion of an expression that wouldclear
&c and indisputably embrace it. 1t was b
ne the work Of a momen: 10 insert it, al
&c this would test the sincerity of as mar
= as pretended that the resolution now co
IS ers the whole ground. The design WI
he now made manifest-lhe hidden craftine