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

es. That "God is Spirit and they
alone are his genuine worshippers who
worship in spirit and in truth" That
e God who made the world, and all things
therein. seeing that he is Lord Of heaven
and earth. dwelleth not in temples made
with hands neither is worshipped with
mems hands, as though he needed any
thing" Has brother Getting. or any
other individual undertaken TO meet one
of these propositions' Will they under
take to do any such thing2 Until they
do, i. is idle for them 10 call them strange
IDEAS" Truth has always been quite top
great stranger on earth !!
Again, in regard 10 the inspiration Of
Moses. What is Inspiration? The pop
ular teachers have willingly or unwilling
ly led the people astray here. The word
signifies to breathe into breathe air into
the lungs, or truth into the mind. By
just as much as any one breathes in truth,
from the Holy Spirit of God. by so much
that one is inspired. They who pretend
that the days OF inspiration have gone by,
and yet stand up before men and pray for
the descent Of The Holy Spirit into their
minds, do but make display of shocking
mockery and heartless nonsense. Moses
was an inspired man. and so is srery 9th
er man wbo is taught Of God. But Mos
es was not a perfect man. Jesus Christ
was the only perfect medium thro' which
truth has yet been communicated to US.
1t is his perfection that distances our teach
ers. They find it much easier to lead
men 10 Moses than to Christ. Feeling
their own imperfeelion. they choose to ap-
proach an imperfect standard.
Iflhey say that Moses standard was
perfect-that all the law given by Moses
was Gods law, | ask them how Christ
came to do away so much of itP Did
Christ do away Gods law2 If he did,
then Gods laws are things Of circum-
stance-shaped to suit the sins of men =
this thing to-day, that tomorrow. an9 the
other mex, day. Let those who aretfraid
10 allow their minds to run freely after
truth. be on their guard against the lead
ings Of error. Will they point me ou
their stopping place on this track 2 Will
they show me what kind of God they
VOL ship, and what his laws are! Are
these the men TO cry out heresy and inf
deity against all who disagree with then
especially those who exalt God upon {
throne of unchangeableness. and make
his laws to be as immutable as his thron,
and his nature, and Jesus Christ to be EN-
phatically and supereminently his chosen
one, more perfect than Moses or Paul, 0
any other of his brethren?
| When brother Colting cites me to tn
| 18th chapter of Genesis to prove that cir
cuncision was from God. he takes 70
granted what is yet TO be proved-yiz
that Abraham and Moses were, in Lhi
na.ter, infallibls and beyond the liabilit
Of mistake. He brings their testimony :
the case, The correctness of a0hich IS III
f very thing am questioning. / do nc
deny their sincerity, and disposition t
tell the trulh-but do deny their infal
bilty. They did. both ofthem, in varior
}. ways, show themselves to be only falli'
bic men. This being allowed by my Of
ponents, it is for them TO show at VIII
times and to what extent these fallsb
e men were infaIlibls. When / am sskt
! to point out what :hey received from Gt
and what they did moi. my ready answ'
( is, that as much oftheir teaching as agre
W with the teachings of Christ, IS to be r
y ceived as from God. and no more. Wha
0. ever Of their teaching clashes with Chri
n is their own. and not Of God. Otherwi
g God is divided against himself and
n changeable.
b 10 regard to "lhe fgurative or typic
al signifcancy Of the rite Of circumcision
y or its spiritual import upon my Ov
Il hear.," confess am stranger 10 it.
IN know nothing about il. If my salva.i
lie Il % der.rd ~, ,h;s am losf irretriey