Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-02-09

1900 ~ 80 eo s'IucK Win sense OF It's pres
emf deformity, that they truly admit thai
we should have strange kind of a sab
oalIc age, with no better set OF christians
IMAM now eSist. And no believer who
has spiritual eye and understands any.
thug OF the gospel, will contend that the
race OF professors have much of the fea.
torres OF the church as there exhibited.
The TACT is. those who call themselves
christians, have but little of the gosDel
dressen them. Their habits, customs,
and tellowsh'ps are to great degree anti
christian, From these they have yet to
separate themselves and revolution
greater than that which took place in the
days of Luther and Melanthen must oc-
cur, or the church can never arise and
shint-her wilderness condition will con.
tnue. Always. when l think upon this
rigid Communion of my Baptist brethren,
as well as many other things which the
great body ofthe ministry and church hold
to and embrace, and which | cannot fnd
la the gospel, but absolutely repugnanl to
it, and consider its unfavorabIe bearing
upon christian union, fell that the mys-
tic spouse of Christ has not come out of
the spiri,,a. Sodom and Baby lon.
,8th Close Communion mol built on the
broad basis Of the Gospel. l am ever
struck with the manner in which this
strict communion is attempted to be sup
ported. Not bya thus saith the Lord, or
anything which begins to look like it..
None can contend that there is anything
in the New Testament directly requiring
it. Ask a rigid communion Baptist TO
justify himself in what he does, and be
will answer you by a string ofinfercnces.
His reasons, though often smooth, espe-
ciaIly if he be man of talents, are unsat-
isfactorv 10 the enlightened mind. Truly
a thing'which tends so powerfully to de-
'>t:oy The unity of the church, and ALLEVIATE
the disciples of the Savior one from the
other, ought to have something more than
distractions aud circumioculIon of arsu-
mebt. = - @sa
Having now gone through with what |
had to remark ON this subject l would
say that | have done what now have BY
way of testimony against what | feel to be
sin among the people of God, and one
of more than ordinary character. / speak
not as . sectarian. My position as re-
spects that is well Known Nor on my
own account. feel as dying man--Iike
one that will soon be away, Strict COM
munion will not affect me long. But
/ j; N sensiblv affected for The cause OF my
4 r deemer. His am It bleeds and suf
fers by this offensive thing. And | pro.
test against it 90, because am the leas
doubtful about the result. The practice
being in its nature essentially anti.christ
ian cannot long stand. 1t is relic 0
dark times, and being clearly opposite t.
the spirit of our Lords kingdom, he can
not ba, De opposed 10 it. My confidence
is full In the expectation that it will 500,
expire Holiness, light and love mus
speedily sweep it away with the man,
other remains of those dark and evil time
which Providence warrants us to believ
are nearly past. But | felt that | had a.
J Important duty TO do in testifying again:
it as sin. This ] have now dohe wit
such powers as God has given me. The
are broken. But what remained of lher
: have brought into the work. | no,
leave it with Him. He will cause it I
/. have what influence he sees fit. My clos
, communion Baptist brother, whoever
. be that reads this, is a sectarian. l al
+ not On this point we differ, all othe
: things being equal. | leave him to iudg
e which is the most likely to decide impa'
1 tially-he with his aay Interests 70 suI
! port and his sectarian stiffness to blil
e him or one who has 40 such Interests
| promote and threw an evil deception ovt
:, the mind. And as we leave the subject,
/. ask him to go with me again over Il
f ground. Is there any point from whic
II we can look at this exclusive principle
d his, without beholding 10 it black and d
; formed featufes2 See at one time tn
of excluding practiced 10 order to censure-
Dfl TO testify against something faulty. Tht