Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07
V y l.. XIV. NO, -

he safety Of her foundations - -
exposure of her enormous h1ooI
outlines. by an individual here and
here preaching after the prinitiva
Manner and cries for help. The
state hastens to her rescue with Mil
ltary violence. The advocates oe
benevolence besiege the state in ha
half of Humanity and Christianity
to stop man-slaying-by-law. The
ministersof popular religion, vbetbor
called on or not, fly to the defense Of
the bloody code. Forgiveness has no
charms for them. Nothing will sat-
isfy them but punishmen4-the inn;c-
ton of the highest possible penaltv
Christ taught Lore and Jorgiireness.-
These teach directly the reverse.
The first and last thing He taught
was self sacrifice and suffering for the
good of others, and he carried ont
his benevolent principles by laying
down his own life for his enemies,
The first and last thing taught BY
these modern religionists is self.
preservation, and the destruction of
their enemies for the good of those
who destroy them. What two things
then can be more opposite in their
nature and character than Christian
ity and modern popular religion?
The latter does not make men hu-
name or honest. It collects its vo-
tarles into selfish clans, conclaves
and clubs, which war upon each
other, until they are attacked by the
advocates of love and good will,
when they all join together in SELF
! defense! 70 convert man to popular
modern religion, it is not necessary
to convert him fom grinding the
face of the portion deceiving and
defrauding his neighbor- from coy
ering up deception and fraud-fron
"trading in slaves & souls of men,
or from. alliance and co-opera1m
| with those who do it-from returning
blow for blow and taking life fos life
from any sin, fiom the least 10 the
| greatest, provided it be tolerated by
1.-THE community. Modern religion is
among the popular things in the
world. 1t is high passport 10
honor and emolument. But nothing
is more unpopular than the advocacy
of humanity and holiness. This
shows plainly that modern religion
has neither humanity nor holiness
!. for its basis, but sel6shness and man
); pleasing. Another prominent tco-
ture of modern religion, distinguish
ing it from Christianity is, it cxh5-
!. its only forms and ceremonies, thrown
: around an obscure and mysterious
, set of doctrines and dogmas, very
, little unlike the Judaism which Christ
blotted out and abjured. Whereas
) Christianity is a simple, plain, indt-
: visible, indisputable doctrine AON f.
TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN
+ is the whole of it. How different
: totally different-from the t1umP09
, and trash of modern theology ID
: set forth in the schools and 20IP''S'
! elbow has the gold become DIM:
: and the most fine gold changed
To the removal of such evils as have
! now been limited at, with all the"
kindred and concornitants, the Tee
, graph will continue to be 'e'c'','
, with dependence on WIsdo'I ''
!, above to direct. 1t will loo0'
drive out selfsbness and bring !"
benevolence. 1t will REJECT a' 0o'
rupt and abominable, all l'''6
which does not make men hones' ''"
humane. 1t will give no couD'o np;,
or place to the doctrine that 0 nan,
: t;o,;tu 10. ,nvtbin0 10 zeal Nv"