Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-02-09

uing-the Congregational minister, A. RAM
kin, Directing to his pulpit being occupied i
on the first day of the week by one, not an K
ordained minister The large house was
well filed through the day and the people,
/ venture 10 say, were as we'll edited with
sound, practical Christian instruction, as
they would have been by the rninistration !,
Of any pro. slavery D. u. in the Safe. WheRA
will men cast off the shackles OF prieslcraft
and clerical domination, and take the keep
ing of their own souls, under God, into their
own hands, and believe that Others may be
in,rus,ed with commission from the Great !
Head of the Church TO proclaim truth in
the ears Of the people, besides those who
have received title Of Rev. and are COM
missoned by their fellow worms2 ~
3Ist of Ist month. We rode TO Spring
field, and found large company already
assembled to hold the Convention for Wind
sor County. As resolution was passed to
| offer our proceedings TO the Chronicle for
publication, need not transcribe ihem at
length. A series of resolutions declaring
slavery to be unchristian and antichristian,
at war with the spirit anu essential doctrines
of the religion of Christ, and that anti
slavery was nothing more than the applca-
ton of Christianity to the subjectof slavery,
aud that those who sustained the foul sys-
tenn by holding slaves, or apologlz!ng for it,
or refusing 10 bear decided and open tesil-
mony against il, were either Ignorant OF the
doctrines of that religion or destitute of its
spirit, was passed by full audience with
out dissenting voice. But the next reso-
luton in the series, to wit That for these
reasons no protested religious teacher who
supports slavery by active participation in
it, by apologizing for its continuance, or by
refusing to speak openly and decidedly
against it, deserves TO be regarded as min
lister OF the Gospel Of Christ, and that no
professcdly religious organization which ex-
tends its fellowship 10 slavery ought 10 be
recognized as Christian church; was laid
; on the table by motion of our brother C..
d. Noble! and the discussion of this reso-
, luton was deprecated on the ground that ali
anti-slavery body, composed Of all sorts OF
folks, must not presume 10 express an opin-
ion touching the conduct of ministers and
, churches. Just as though the dignity of
!, station or the sanctiy Of profession should
place man or body Of men SO far beyond
| the reach of their fellow citizens, as that
their actions, however wicked, must not be
! noticed or their fruits judged. If this prin-
, ciple be correct, we have all along been 10
e an egregious error in our condemnation OF
slavery in any form, for that foul monster
has his securest hiding place in the bosom
of the Church. And what right have any
TO denounce Romanism? Is not that equally
protected on the same ground 1t The day
of our Convention at Springfield was rainy,
n and the sleighing poor - consequently the
gathering was not as large as We had anti.
: cipated. The evening meeting was held al
: the North Village.
received at s. a letter from home, con
veying intelligence Of the illness Of my
family, which obliges me TO return and leave
i our dear brother to prosecute his valuable
= service in company with brother Seely.-
d They 60 to -morrow, TO Woodstock
e Thine, as ever, r. T. ROBINSON.
Grafton, 29th Of 1st mo-. 1912.
i The evening meeting was also held in
Z, the Baptist house. So A. Rankin's puIpi'
q was not defiled by the footprint Of lay
man, even after the setting 0! the Sabbath
: | sun.
/ t If, as many Of US believe, the religion
r of The country stands more in the way oil
, the advancement Of our cause than any Other
q obstacle, is it SO, that we may not rebuke iii
do not of course mean 10 say that true
: religion, the religion taught by Christ, The
S Great Emancipator, stands in our way; bu
s that false religion, which sanctions slavery
: and apologies for it, and quotes scripture
: in its defence, which, while it encompasses
g sea and land 10 make proselytes, and sell
r. slaves 10 procure the means for carrying on
e the great work, disregards the heathens,n
= Of three millions al home.