Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-01-10


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| act, bur only us he was bid. His individuality
Wes mus merged IN authority. The Philosophy
OF iilc system was sort oil Panthesm of man.
IL admitted his existence and denied his personal
NY,
InndeIiy, to which unreguated renuon hurried
"nuei dlc lntOxlcatIon OF sudden liberty, and
which at one time threatened the destruction OF
ooln rehg'on and Government, is the opposite ex-
Tehe' IL cut The golden chain that draws mnn
upward TO his God, and tempted the human intel
lect 10 waste Itself in blind endeavors nfter an
"hNnoWn good, to feel in the dark, for what u,
a'ter an, more than nsinuned is not TO he found.
IN England tins great contest ended, nj length,
w. l'e establishment OF national Protestant
Ehfch u system OF worship so beautiful in lis
h'ua'i so reverent in It's forms, md, under lib
e'"' administration, so blending authority with
reeuo'h, mat conslderne mum would hardly
uGolae change. The Purnns themselves,
nld not, at first, entertain the thought of sopa-
Ia'o NoLShp' Ihey only prayed Tor the omission
VI oe''"h Iorlhs OF expression ana certain cere-
".o,'IeS, Wh'ch saVored OF Rome Fnlllng OF MS
1uo "rseu oy despoIlsm to the extreme limit OF
nuniai patience, they left the Church and the
NlhSdom'
was great struggle and great determine
u on' men read, that the little company, who
nus Heh WIN the Ark of Liberty, to the free
o,aeS OF Holland and thence to the rcer forests
" hnlerich' We're all young men, most of them
!roW twenty To tlIlrty, iee how wicked, and how
important, IS tlmt authority, which denies TO man
"Prisuha' ana moral independence
Inc consequence OF tins movement, among the
people OF me North OF England, was fuller de-
equipment OF me right oil private Judgment q
nlgncT es"hate OF Intelligent moral existence,
!ooer iuca OF me ends OF all order, civil ana re
Hs'olis ana n Jlstcr apprehension OF the means OF
socp9l happiness han had ever before been attain
co. IL attached to lie higher character, by dis
covering III hohler elements. Man, IN amy
,"r'h anu III any usage OF ms existence, was no
Ionecr reSarae" as thlng, or creature, or a
snlYect; he became spiritual being, with sacred
capacities nallenabe rights, and untransferabe
responsibilities.
Such, was the practical Philosophy of the Pill
! grims, was the idea of nan-a great idea and as
! it seems TO us, very obvious This alone bowev-
err, did not suffice to fit them for their hpb calling
| This idea Of man wanted n counterpart i'm the idea
! Of God Giving TO mnn this absolute finite moral
! being they nscribed 10 God absolute infinite NOR
al being-l tllgent Sovereignty and Free Grace
| Thus they brought into immediate contact and
! practical harmony the two opposite poles of hu-
man noture-action and suhmission-freedom and
! desliny-ndvidunlity and Independence. speak
| not here II melaphy siciun ! care not to NEEDLE
with the Theology Of the Pilgrims, ms u system
| look ut it only ms mn historical element of
| their character. They, like the lluguenots of
France, undoubtedly belonged 10 the school of
Geneva. Bun whatever we may think of the
metaphysiclans, of the disciples or of he master,
we KNOW, rs an historical iacf, that no men bave
he'd stronger opinions on the freedom OF man,
than they, who at the same time believed in n
| special Providence, spiritual adoption 10 an init
mate relationship with God. al election OF Grace
to accomplish sublime purposes in the world.
They felt themselves to have been divinely called.
They saw nothing in life but misson-a fulfil
ment OF The plans and the promises of Heaven.
Erecting themselves on this lofty sense of The SUI
pernaturn, the Divine, the iufnite, with the hook
OF promise in their hands and the Faith of Abra-
ham IN their hearts, nothing was impossible TO
.neH': lhey coua 40 al ihings, they could bear
a,' lungs III 'e Deuutiu ana touchihg ietter oil
hou,"so''' " NC O'u'eh ~ y,'ou'h, wrh'en I'M
n'ena'ely a''1r e'e ',ioI"ny VI .he hrsl WINTER,
w.'h u'i 'la'' i'rlr nu'l,oefs: IN pa,lie,
TS Nv, ~ 10 ny 'ooNon '' put t,'u' u'e's shoui
d. "ns", ~ VIC 'u'il'iel 'ono"'n9, uio May
n .e','"eo no' one ,ila" no. one woman was
T G""u - ~ 'e''" " '"o P'e"sa'' 'aiu u via
i', rEr,
inese 'neiS u, humanity ana Dl'ihly, as ihey
hr,'e,supposeu .hougnt, so iney nourshed 1t
no" ~ ~"s ~, e'etl,' ~ "h,ch sucn 'ueas Nv
ee. ing 'ree use OF intellect me natural acuon
oi OhI'stu', se".lnen's' maze up IN an eminent
ueg'ee tne 'uen winch our raihers had OF man
Hence 'nelr characteristic sell respect; Hence
'"er Hea io' P"Pu'ar instruction, LOT lnteiiigeh'
preaching lor academic education. And hence
wnat was, Petnups' Oh more inhuehce IMAM any
'hinS e'se, the'r singular domestic discipline
winch gave 10 the house OF pilgrim an order
'lat llkeheu IL 10 camp, culture that llkened Il
10 schoo'' ana a devotion that made it Bethel
Every 'owh Oh MY families was, by law, Obliged
10 ihn'n'aih schooi master, and, when II reached
huhdreu FAMILIES, Grammar SHOOT, la which
young men might be lifted for the University, an
institution III aciuai operation at Cambridge, and
ios'eien ny an ''e New England COLONIES, anu
wiliilh twenty years rom the landing OF Plymouth
Every town had place OF public worship and a
minister when new swarms went off from the
parent hiVc, 'hey settled together IN some sunny
meadow or upon some mountain stream, and thus
formed village, compact neighborhood for the
enjoyment OF common school and common
worship. The Southern colonisls lived dispersed
ana widely separated They have no convenient
,'tl'e cenle,s OF population with a mill, and q