Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-04-20
MIS- CELL A N Y.
From the Christian World.
!. wurRE THE PEOPLE GOvERN-GOD
GOvERNs.D

From the Christian World.
GOvERNs.s
we learn from a WILLIAMSBURG pager
,ha,' At 4 recent Temperance celebfation
= ar near that place. " the assembly NEAR
lv 400 men, was addressed with great ell !
oaoence and ability, by the Rev, the !
talented and most active-- Pastor !" !
and that "in the course of his observation
he truly said
Where the people govern-God governs;
A sentiment"-the editor proceeds to say
$50 sublime--so beautiful--conyeving
a truth so important--that we shall hence
forth adopt il as the motto Of this JOUR
nal"
We have omitted The name ofthe preach
er and the church to which he belongs;
because we have no desire. now or ever,
to censure men or secis as such. Butthe
sentiment we cannot permit TO pass with
out word OF depreciation. According to
our Judgment, il would have been quite as
correct 10 say: -
WHERE THE PEOPLE GovERNs-THE
DEVIL GOVERNS.
And so, that other and similar saying
the Voice ofthe People is the Voice of
God, might very properly be opposed by
its counterpart,-the Voice Of the People
isthe Voice ofthe Devil. How strange
il is that such sentiments should be utter
ed without qualification and approved
withou. exception. Who does no. see
that it depends entirely on the character
and conduct of the people, whether, as far
us their agency is concerned, God or the
Devil is the source of Government o.
Good or Evil its object 2-Heaven or Hell
Its model2
These foolish notions, with which our
land is too rife, may be traced to a com
mon effort, under all forms of Govern
ment, to sustain them, firstly the assump
ton OF Divine origin and, then, by the
deductions Of an infallible administration
and the necessity of universal and implicit
obedience. The Royal One rules by Di
vine Right; the Aristocratic Few rul,
By Divine Right; and the Democratic
Many, by Divine Right. Of course, tn,
One rules rigbteously; and the Few rul,
righteo usly; and the Many, righteously
The King can do no wrong; the Coun
Gil can do no wrong; and The Majorit,
can do no wrong. Therefore, in the frs
case, Mobiles and Commons must boil
obey the Monarch; and in the second, tn
Commons must obey the Mobiles and i
the third. the Minority must obey the Ma
jority. And so -
Where the King governs-God governs!
Where the Mobiles govern--God governs
Where the People govern-God governs
The result of she sohole process is the bla
phemons doctrine thai God IS responsib
for all forms and acts of mas. governme,
iD the ioorld
Strange that men will not receive Il
truth that is revealed from heaven. VII
truth2 The glorious and consoling trut
"The LORD is our JUDGE; the LORD
our Law GIvER; the LORD is our KIN
He will save US" JESUS CHRIST is Il
Lord ofthe world. He alone rules by [
vine Right. He alone rules with infallib
righteousness To Him, and to Hi
alone, all men are bound to render homal
and service. Iflhey obey, then
WHERE JESUS CHRIST GovERNs-ec
GOVERNS!
And how does he govern2 By the Bib
The Constitution is there. The Laws a
there. They may be read and known
all men. He never deviates from the.
Heaven and earth may pass away, but 4
the smallest point or particle ofthese sh'
fail. Wherethe Bible governs God &c
ems. The Voice oflhe Bible is the Vol
Of God. 1.-THE principles Of the Bible
violated, what a wretched excuse it is
say-the king did 1.-THE lords did it
even, the people did it. The three gre
forms of government were all concern
inthe cruci6xion Of Christ--a singular a
singularly-illustrative fact What the
Would It have been right to say, in Il
day:
Where PLATE governs-God governs
Where the the Sanhednm govem-God govern
Where the People govern-God governs'
Nay verify, they were rebels, and as su
were alike smitien and scattered. See
ters- Decrees-Majorities are nolhin!
righteousness is all in all.