Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-01


straight forwardness, simplicity, and man
ifest honesty with which he answers these
plain, comprehensive questions. He shows
himself not to be afraid of truth, or of dis
cussion which is designed and calculated
to lead to it.. Unless | greatly misjudge
of brother Bronson and deceive myself, all
the difficulty there can be between him
and me will arise from the head, and not
from the heart. And at this point l will
tell him frankly that, as | view i, there
are some very erroneous things in his
head yet-things utterly at variance with
the simple and plain avowals made in his
answers to the questions. In the course
ofthese notes l will lendcavor to point out
some of them to him.
(3) suspect there are several things
in this connection, to which brother Bron-
son has not given sufficient attention. !
should like to know what he means when
he SAYS human governments are Gods in
struments for executing his vengeance.
Can he mean that they are what God
chose, from the beginning. as being what
he was we'll pleased with? Will he not
rather say, after mature consideration,
that they are only VIVA. God suffers to be,
from the hardness Of mems hearts,in their
rebellion against him2 | am confident
that due reflection must brihg his mind to
the latter conclusion. Let my brother be-
ware how he sets God against God. Let
him constantly bear in mind that the High
and Holy One is unehangeably holy, just
ard gacd-that his mind and will, which
are his law, are unalterabiy the same.
Hear his own declaration for it," am
the Lord, l CHANGE NOT His mind,
and will, and nature-if we may talk
about the nature of the God Of nature
are eternalIy the same. What he loves
at one time he loves at all times. What
he hates once he hates continually. Now
look at the changeableness of human gov
ernments-their hostility to each other
their overthrow and humiliation Of each
other-their disregard of the law of God
and the rights of men. Now monarchy
then OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
finally anarchy. Over all this, to be sure,
God has experimenting eye. He makes
the wrath of man 10 praise him-the re-
mainder of wrath he restraints. His re-
bellious creatures who have revolted from
under his own government, he suffers to
GO on in their rebellion and govern them
selves ooey their own wills-set up their
own authority over each other, and disre
gard his authority. But is he pleased
with their course! Does he look with
complacency on their assumption OF au-
thority? Has he ever indicated with
which form of their government he was
best pleased2 Has he shown himself
pleased with any of them Has he not
suffered them all in their turn 10 prevail,
the Que over the other-and all again ia
their turn to be overthrown, the one by
the other? Will republicans, SO calling
themselves, assume that the Lord is more
pleased with their doings than with the
doings Of monarchisls2 How will they
make it to appeal? The rtpublicanism
Of human government has never been a
1.-THE of the monarchy. Now ifrepubhcan-
ism is the form God most approves o. and
all these governments depend on his will
ARC approvingly ordained by him-how
is it that he orders SO little repubIicanism
and so much monarchy
From such considerations as these am
led 10 the conclusion tina; human govern
ments are things Of mans invention, and
mo, Of Gods approving ordination. When
God made men he SET them to rule over
the beasts, but moi over one another In
the beginning of things human govern
ment cannot be found Gods will was
and is, for it never changes-to govern
man himself, and have all mankind live
together in peace and harmony, as equals,
in one common bond of brotherhood, I'm,
der His.own parental care, direction, and
) tuition. But men rebelI.d against Jehoy.
abs government, and then went to quar-
, rellinp among themselves and aSsnminn