Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-08

ID ueiiS SUu suOsNua " tue SAouS1iS#o'
DEATH =. Her career of.crane is short:-I
Ua!css she is rescued, in the providence
OF God, few short years of misery will
bring Ter TO the, grave. And 0, such a
grave! Uuwept, rapitied. forgotten,
abandoned, she p'unges into hell. No
i,tngda ge can describesit so weias that Of
inspiration Her end is bitter as worm
wood, sharp as a two ed sed sword |
But what efforts are making 10 break |
up these diabol e. societies? None by
the great mass Of protesting Christians
A lew devoted disciples Of Christ are try
ing to stay the evil, arc"trvingt 10 70 dis
band these wicked associations, and pro-
tect these unprotected ones, aud they ex' |
perence much more opposition than 90 /
the base seducers. The religious press
gives then lilile or 10 he p-the pulpit IS,
with few honorable exceptions, silent
their brethren and sisters oppose them
when they 60 forth to the benevo'en!
! work Of rescuing these victims from the
spoi!er. Their efforts are opposed more
! than the efforts of the seducers. They
hare 10 encounter. repfoach and rdIcuie
while the acknowledged libertlae passes
i unuoles:ed. The public are warned
againsl their Influence at the same time
that the associations for the ruin Of virtue
are passed in silence.
An Acknowledged adulterer is invited
TO lecture on scientific subjects, and his
Iecsnres attended and appIanded by The
uauy, reported and published in respcta,
BE Journals, and the religious press re-
remains silent; the impression being thus,
made that 10 be an aduI:eTer is no great
sin-uo disgrace. But the devoted mis-
sonarits who GU forth TO fad and save
the victims oflhis same adut!erer, or OF
his companions, are unsuslained by human
Sympathy. Nay, they meet with rldlcue
aud Opposition. They have more symia
thy from the poor and vicious, than i'ou
the 0ro!essvd children OF Him, who taught
by precept and example the duty OF 60
lag about to do good
4 minister in high standing seduces an
unprotected girl, member OF his own
0 church. He is brought before the CIV!
/ tribunal and punished, so far as the loss OF
few dollars can punlsh hlH-pun'sheu
Il so far as our defective civil laws can pun
J ish such crimes-aud the press generally,
land the religious press in particular,
o barely state the fact as a matter oil 'intetlI
Il rrucc or PISS it in -uter silence. w
look in vain for those rebukes which sacl
y betrayal of Irus, such outrageous con
IS duct deserves. We Gnd no note Of alarm
n no ecclesiastical ceusure, no warning th'
;e Young against the wiles Of HIN, who, be
oI ing Sci 10 project them, becomes Their cor
:. rupt seuucer. o. the other hand, Nc
:; DOwni, who was an aCcTedjred fc.e
:. of tie gospel, and The apostle aud marty
y Of Moral Reform, man who expende
~ all his meaus and his hea!ih to save 10
lie ruined, WAS literally Prosecuted by HI
0, brethren. The right nand o. lel'o"Shl
- was wilhdrawa. He was censured. Il
= was prosecuted till, with his exhau Ting Il
bors, and his exauSling opposition, he lie
mo All early grave, though IN MS IT
. umphan. death Goa most stgnahy reou'
IS I'd his ene,nies. -: -s.*
u Why is ,his2 Why are the co'rupte
ut 0: oue youth, and the openly llcent'ou
rs .uher suffered 10 pass unrebuked, or TO
~. lowed aud appIauded, while the hone
zee and efficient promoters OF purity eSPe'
ice ence the most unre'enIhg peiseehs'o'
- Whv is Dr.. Llrdaer suffered, IN the nc
90" ATTRACTIVE form, 10 tfampe upon the Ia
% Of God, and sayrdfce his vIciln:s on t
&C. altar Of last? Why are his lectures
S. tended by Judges, Legislators. and eV
no. ministers Why is the press a!m'
ora without exception, silent OF sustNlhi
~ him SO soon alter MtDJwaIl was pefsec
- cd TO death for attempting to Uphold
we same law of Cod. aud save the victims
Il" mans unholy passions? There can
hen bat two answers. Either these men,
the their professions what they may, are |
,al? heartily opposed 10 the sin Of lceut'o
r;,., ness, or they are so fearful OF losing I
49,. houor of man that they date not opp
- it. Cnari,y inciues US to The latter 0?
al ion. Bat what a state Of society IS he
EN- \ sin 50 wide spread, SO popular 'aal
that protested children OF God. lot only d
W, uot preach and pray, and labor iof
Ices removal, but even oppose those who
r in. 4 sin TOO popular 10 be opposed :
$50 what less tIian This can it be
i 'c' children of God are by profession
; d7 sworn enea,ies OF all sin. But IN THIS
we spect they prove traitors. Gan IL We
lany. auv other reason than that they are o
. the awstd BY corrup, public se"'lme"''
nf..- ioin Ia the effort TO keep ii corfepl. +,
emily dtlettht 'fea,'he"s y - - Na.-yorI
nd''s painfully Instructive. The former,
aver o6eu adul,erer, passes unrebuked BY
such pnipi, aod the religious press mo
evil thousands are following alter and aprl
= .m ing hla. while The later, a devoted
~ vao, Of God, man who had power
- CD, a nau who threaded the da