Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-10
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for that which doth no, profit. Be s Sn,y
ished, Q We heavens, at this, and 10 h
ribly afraid. be ye very desolate, saith ".
lord. For my people have coum;,,11
two evils; they have forsakeu mo %
fountain ofliving waters, and have bou''
them out cisterns, broken cisterns, h.'
can hold no water.''e Refusing to ob., s
the living God, and to "worship him :.
spirit and in truth" they have gone ,bon,
imposing tasks upon themselves wb;cbbs
never required them to perform, so...
have sent their children through fire, OH.
ers have thrown them to sharks,
Judaism came up in the mids, Of 81,
rounding heathenism and idolatrr, III,
sacrifice of "a heller was an infinite I'M
proVement on the sacrifice Of a bpm,n
being. The Jews would not give IN b,r
ing something Of the kind to do. And
God suffered them to do this, and 10 nso
circumcision, and many other burdepsono
rites, just as he had suffered the bes,h,r
and still suffers them, in their greater wan,
of light, to do worse things. When Chris
came from the bosom of the Father, " rb
the true light, he taught that these were
not well pleasing in the sight of God, and
blotted them out of existence But his
followers were unable 10 receive the pu
light at once. Plainly and fully as he
always taught them that his was a spirit.
ual kingdom, and not to be built up By
violence, they had never understood tu,
that it was TO be built up with swords,
until after he had peaceabIy and non,
resistingiy laid down his life. And then
they were far from having received into
their minds the full measure Of light which
he had brought to them. And in the
[ want thereof. and in their LISTING for cut.
ward things, these ordinances were left
them, TO be perpetua:ed while the use Of
| them should be demanded lhro' remaining
blindness: | believe that those who CON.
prehend the true relation, as it exists be,
tween God and themselves, have no need
of them. As many as have consciencts
which require their use, must Use them
and not defile their consciences 2He|
Jews, no doubt, thought that God (OOket\
with complacency On their doings. Ff0m'
the language Moses has usedin giving
the record, it is evident that be and his
brethren sincerely believed that God re
quired such things of them. But thei:
sincerity does not prove that they were
not in darkness in many things. Moses
and the patriarchs before him, and The
prophets after him, had much communism
with God, and communicated much light
TO world darkened with sin. But they
taught many things which Christ, when
he came from the bosom of the FIlhe!
with perfect light, showed to be errors
| Moses taught his brethren thatlhey might
put away their wives. Christ pronounced
this 10 be wrong-to be adultery. ltcOud
not therefore have come from God. 1t
came from Moses in his blindness, beng
demanded of him by his brethren in the
hardness of their hearts. The PhanSerS
asked Christ, "Why did Moses then CON-
mand to give writing of di'Orce"en''
and to put her away! He saith u0"
them. Moses because Of the hardness 0
your hearts suffered you to put away your
wives: but from the beginning l! was "t'
SO. And say unto you, whosOeVef S0'.'
put away his wife, except 1t be lot 'O'"'
cation, and shall marry another' cOmu'"
teth adultery: and whose maff'e'H II"
which is put away doth commit adultery.
Here is an entire condemnation and over
throw of Moses doings in tbs ma''s"
The thing he allowed & taught was pro-
nounced by :he Great Teacher nin'''
be adultery. Could law allowing a ruu'
ltery come from God of purify
the Interchangeable God give such a !, l' n.:.
Moses, ard then repeal it by Chr'S'' D'
the immutabIe Jehovah have system ~
auctuatiDg, ephemera|, evanescen 1:n ,sS -,
lation, like that of mortaIs, depending Oh
feeling and circumstances-'n'S '"' ,.aJ
day, reversed Tomorrow, and re''0'I h.rs
next day2 If SO, then we may b.J
THINGS nut back again, yet, as MUS