Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-08-03

from Squire Aiken.
WHEREAS, in our opinion, American
Slavery IS in direct opposition to the pre-
cepts and principles of the Bible; and is
equally hostile TO the social, civil and re-
llgious interest of those with whom the
system is connected-we feel compelled,
as branch of the church of Christ, to
bear our firm aad decided testimony
against it. And dotherefore,
ResotUe, That this system of oppression
is fagrantly sinful. and that none ever
participated in sustaining it, without par
fticipating in its sins.
2. That we will have no church fellow.
ship with slaveholding churches. until
they shall have washed their hands from
the guilty system.
3. That immediate and unconditional
emancipation is equally the duty Of the
master and the right of the slave.
4. That we are ready to engage in all
proper and judicious efforts to secure so
desirable an object.
REMARKS.
Do not 6atter yourself, or the friends of the
cause, overmuch, brother Burleigh. What evil
dence do these resolutions afford that brother No
BILE is on better ground now than he was when
he moved to lay on the table the resolution de-
claring hat no professed religious teacher who
supports slavery by active participation in it by
apologizing for its continuance, or by refusing to
speak openly and decidedly against it, deserves to
be regarded as minister of the gospelof Christ;
and that no professedly religious organization
which extends its fellowship to slavery ought to
be recognized as Christian church,? The
phrase, proper and judicious Efforts in the
4th and last of the series of resolutions adopted
by the Springfield church, of which brother Noble
is pastor, will be made to qualify and modify eve
rything in the previous resolutions. These reso-
lutions would have been worth something five or
ten years ago. And If they could have come now
from the collected Congregational churches of
Vermont, in spite of Vermont Chronicle inf1u-
ence, they would afford encouragement But if
brother Noble is to be looked at as in advance of
nearly all his UNCONVENTIONAL brethren in the State
land if he is to be supposed and to be required
| not to make the keeping of the union of the sect
paramount to his duty TO the slave, and his OPP
pressors North and South, ask, are not the reso-
buttons as coming from him, stame, timid, and
Inefficient?
QUEsTIoNs.-I frequently hear Christ
ians use the following expression in pray
er: O Lord, we are sinners by nature,
and much more so by practice" will
some one anna!yze and explain it through
the medium of the Star2
1t was formerly right, but now wrong,
| for Christians TO use arden spirits, as a
J beverage-Why is il? Has Christianity
changed2 An answer is requested by a
1 SUBSCRIBER.
When our correspondent will show
that it was formerly right to use ardent
spirits, as beverage, we will undertake
to answer his question.-Ed. Morning
Star.
REMAR
The Editor of the Star has answered the latter
of his subscribers two questions well enough per-
haps-at least he has shown readiness TO enter
upon the discussion. And why not answer the
former question? Those who 81 teach for Goo
UElUGS the commandments u HELL anu
they have learned in the schools of men, more
than from the Great Teacher, have "darkened
counsel by words without knowledge" on thi.
point as they have on many others. Having
stumbled and fallen themselves, they are STUN
! bling blocks" in the way of others.
. deny that God ever made sinner. Hence
| deny that 8 we are sinners by nature thing
in the state of nature is thing as 1t comes from
the hand of God. To say that God can make
sinner is as absurd as it IS blasphemous, and a
blasphemous as it is absurd. Ifholiness can pro
duce sin--if hight can produce darkness-if GOO
can produce evil-if a pure fountain can SEN
: forth comprehension can God make sinner
+ Not otherwise. No--the sinner is in an auanatul
al state. Hence his suffering and torment, sell
produced, self-inficted, sefendured.
d SLAVE TRADE.-The following articl
: will astonish many of our readers, VIII
have been cherishing the delusive hop
that the slave trade was about extinct
: w. Bap. Journal.
I The above sentence is found among others II
! troductory to an article giving intelligence n
gard to the sIave-trade.
Truly, the Journal must have an intelligent $,
Of readers that "many" of them shout
shave been cherishIng the delusive hope that Il
s slave-trade was about extinct''! Wonder VIII
II their reading has been? Where have they o.
n tanned their intelligence! The probability is, a
ter all, that they have. not been thus delude
Whether they have or not, whoever is thus d
luded is very much in the same predicament wi
those who believe "the great mass of the Poop
at the South to be Abolition and not attached
: slavery!
: BROTHER HUNTiNGToN's CoMMUN