Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-11-30
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such fearful character as ought mol 10 |
pass without renlark. They present a
picture OF human nalnre which should
teach us tina: man is not the dlgnifed |
being represented BY poets and novelists.
but the degraded, depraved vrelch, de- |
scribed by the unerring finger Of inspira-
ton. Human aIure.uasanciifedb BY grace,
and unrestrained by Providence, is un-
miligaled wickecness.- Bap. Adrocate.
The foregoing paragraph from, . sectarian |
organ contains base libel upon nature and
the God Of nature. To say that man comes
forth from the hand of the Creator mur-I
derer, is most impious and biasphemous.
: God never made murderer-or sinner of !
any kind. Can nature war upon pafure7 |
Can unhcliness proceed forth and come |
from holiness? IT'S the acme of absurdity. |
! No-by as much as any man is sinner, by !
so much he is in an unnatural state. In
that state he has placed himself, of his own
free will or he has been placed there by |
the acts Of other unnatural belngs-or both.
There is nothing more corrupting TO hu-
man beings than this constant preaching 10
them about the corruption Of their natures.
1 If their aature be corrupt, who can be
blamed therefor but the Author OF their ma
lure? Thus, il will be seen, an excuse is
given for continuing in sin. And this, after
all, is one Of the principal things taught by
popular modern religionists. Their leach-
ing on this point makes the impression that
man is of necessity sinner. There is no
other doctrine that meets with SO much
virulence and spite from the popular theo-
8 logical schools, as the doctrine Of total alb
stinence from sin.
!. The preaching on this point has the same
effect that the course pursued by some pa
rents has upon their children. They are
, continually telling their children that they
are mischievoIs - that they are ugly-thal
! they are dishonest - that they deserve TO
have no cos6dence in themselves. and 10
| have nobody have any confidence in them.
!. Who does not know that this is the surest
, aud most effec,ual way 10 corrupt and de-
stroy the morals of the children? By this
! course The child is 6rs55 .made TO believe that
S nobody has any confidence iu him. This
tends 10 destroy his confidence 10 himself
] So he gives up in despair. The idea i'm
\ pressed upon him is, that il is his nature TO
! be ugly and vicious. And in connection
ej with this il is probably taught him-for that
! lis an accompanying lessoa-uhat God alone
Q lean change his nature. And what is there
i LEFT Tor him 10 do, he inquiries TO know
And no living being can give him rational
: answer.
! Just SO this everlasting preaching against
i human nature. The tendency and efec, is
; 10 make men desperate in wickedness. Il
i abuses and sIultifes them. Il degrades aud
: brutlfes Them. As long as men are taught
/, and made 10 believe that ii is their nature
; TO be ricious, depend upon H. they will find
s dn excuse pretty satisfactory to themselves
i for not being holy. Ii nature has made
# them unholy, and nothing but the. God of
n nature can make them, holy, where and
i what, in The name Of conscience and com
mon sense, is the responsibility that is 10
rest on theu2
Men are wicked enough = are deplorably
wicked. But their wickedness is not in
U their natures but in their acts, rfoIdting
$ nature, and reason, and conscience, and
!? right. Whoever would preach successfully
K for the removal Of wiekedness from tie
i world, must go home 10 the consciences of
d men, and specify particular and defined acts
J. Of wicledness tosbe abandoned Popular
and fashionable religioni.ts refrain from
:. doing this, because il would give ofense
sometimes, and hurt their popularity. Il is
u. seT1r for Them TO preach away against hu-
Y, NAN nature. II is thus that they furnish
lr themselves with false pretexi for tyran-
vs. nizing over human beings and crushing
BE- them in the dusl They first GO to WORK
= and ilabrute them as much as possible, and
y then imprecate brute violence upon then
4. from God and man. This violence beael.
!. violence, and so the evil is perpeIua,ed.-
They make The evil perpetual, aud ther
show themselves ready with their service,
20 as perpetual remedy! Ii is a cons,ap
making sick, for The sake Of constant doc
he tofing !! How long will The people soff.,
ed themselves to be befooled in this sway. 60
.. the sake Of paying for j, and keeping them
: selves and Others in constant wrelchednes,
II perpetual perplexirH fear and ,ormeni2
say human nature is worthy Or belle
= treatment. Il is due 10 the Author and Il
. the workmanship. n IS no, sttins that .
70 corrupt, mercenary, selfcons,i,u,ed priest