Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-30
For the Teiegraph.
Letter from Brother spaulding.

my uuty 70 speak In support
OF what ! believe 10 be the doctrine and
testimony of Jesus Christ, and as truth
mas notblng to fear from examination, and
never shrinks from investigation, l have
entered the field as an advocate Cor truth.
Felehcille. Friday evening, March
18th. Lectured here to respectable au-
dience. The minister here is Kimball
Howard, Methodist. Did not attend.
Had class-meeting ut his house, to pie.
vent some from hearing the subject of
Resistance discussed. In my lee.
ture, endeavored to show the eternal en-. |
nifty between the spirit of love, forgivi-
ness and prayer. and the man-killing mil
itarv system. Brother Washburn, unlike
Brother Howard, came to the meeting
and heard for himself. The people begin
to see that to take the life of man for any
cause is murder. >7~zt:
Greenbnsh. Sunday. Lectured here
twice in the Union house. Audience
large, solemn. and attentive. The peo-
pie seemed to feel that the doctrine is of
God that Christ was non-resistant;
and that he requires his followers, as in.
dividuals and nations, to walk in his foot.
steps; and had the minds of the people
been taken on the principle, l am conf
Gent that twothirds would have acknowl.
edged it as fundamental principle of
Christianity. would not by this be un-
derstood to say that they were Non. Re-
sistants. They would probably. have
said as many Others" though the prin-
ciple be Of God, il cannot be carried out
at present; it is not adapted to the pres
ent state Of the world,' The Baptist
church in this vicinity are in a terrible
state of ferment. The Rev. T. H. Lunt,
i (Baptist,) of Perkinsville, is stirring up
the people in this vicinity, condemning,
in no measured terms the Telegraph and
its devoted friends. He showed strong
symptoms of inward disorder, owing IN.
doubtedly to the enormous dose admins
tered to him through this much "despised
paper" as lac is pleased TO call it-denounc-
ing its Editor as Garrsonian and dis
organizer. thus in so many words owning
that the Telegraph and the Editor is a
terror to him, as well as all wolves in
sleeps clothing. May you ever be. to
all traitors 10 God and man. am glad
to hear the advocates Of war denounce the
Editor. A sure sign that he is Of Christ.
He proposes 10 bring the Baptist society
: back to its former state, by destroying the
influence of the Telegraph, and rescue
the clerical dignity, and pro-slavery cleI
gy from the pit which their own hand:
have dug. The stir which the Telegraph
4 has made among the advocates of war
! making and life-.aking power. is a stron,
: proof that just such paper us needed
in The excitement il has caused is sur
ne sign that its balls have told.
lie I trus, that all lovers of religious free
n dom will help 10 sustain the Telegraph
% Yours for truth.
&c ]. w. SPAuLDING.
u Go on my Brother. Let me hear from yc
re Ia, pla.s. oct q. aoant G.. ~ Taloc,o,h ,
:, far as convenient.
!" This "Rev T. II. Lunt" was one of Il
,e- a seventeen who composed the Convention
- Brandon, got up "to bring the Baptist socie
n back to its former state" The passage of Il
10 Resolutions at Waterbury, breaking allan
!. with slaveholdels sent terror aud dismay thNug
out the ranks of the opponents to reform. ~
alarm had been spreading and increasing for
long time. These " ultra movements at Waite
7" bury brought things to crisis with them. I
en- Sanhedrim were gathered together to stay
cts progress Of truth and light But it ayaled the
e" nothing. They saw tina: the time had come
res them to rally and save what they could. IA
Of SINS the most foul and fagrdat, persisted IN a
are ,urepeyated Of, should be made the occasion
,ba dis,u,ion, was startling enough! What, sho
he man stealing, and murder, and piracy on the P
of Southern Baptists be deemed sufficient ca'
for our Withholding cooperation with them
Gu Christians! Terrible-very terriblee Is
lc' union to be preserved, right or torong' w
"a will become Of our interests, if the sins in
- church cannot be covered up:! And then, if
ave h,v. cot 70 hav. nreacbed TO US the doctrine
the we are 10 resist not evil''-this is about as
u" as TO be required to break alliance with mans,
not ers, murderers and pirates! What care we