Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-16

e II kindness and affection towards sim
,er 10 fail of reaching his conscience, for
fear of offending him. Is il kindness aud
affection in the physician to allow the can
GER which is now on the skin to strike Its
roots to the vitals, because the timely appll-
cation of the knife would cause a little pain !
Would it be kindness and affection that
men whose hands are full of robbery and |
violence should be treated as though they |
were good practical Christians - and thus
left deluded and deceived, going down to
ruin and dragging their victims along with
them - lest they should be our enemies be-
cause we tell them the truth? Can it be
kindness and affection to suffer the elements
of servile war and determination to take
their course until blood runs; and then our
selves 60 and help spill it - rather than to
render ourselves odious by preaching such
preaching as God bids US in such cases?
The question returns - 1hdt IS "kiftdneSs
and afection"? Things have been mis-
named. 1t is not kindness and affection to
suffer sin on our brother, and look on and
see him 60 down to perdition, lest we make
him our enemy by telling him the TRUTH
The falsely-so-called kindness and affection
Of modern preaching has filled the church
with fraud, drunkenness, adultery, Cypress
ion, piracy, butchery - all the popular sins
that ruin the world and fill the pit of We
and despair. What has started and carried
forward the mighty reformations and revo.
lutions that are now everywhere going on
to the great alarm Of satan's kingdom, and
the brightning Of the worlds hopes and
prospects? Has it been the miscalled kind
ness and affection of popular pulpit preach
ing, and popular newspaper preaching? No
in the least. These have been charming
the church, and charming the world, ant
leading both down to hell in their SINS
The so-called reformations which they hav
pretended TO produce, have failed to bring
men out of the most fragrant sins. Th'
amount Of what they have accomplished ha
been, 10 get their proselytes to subscribe t.
certain creeds and submit to certain forms
This done, they are permitted to perpetrat
perpetualiY the grossest outrages upon tn
laws of God and the rights Of men, provide
their practices be popular - and there is n
practice too profane, or abominable, or ruin
GUS, or diabolical, 10 become popular b
being treated with sufficient "kindness an
afection"! The religion Of the times
. like the republicanism of the times. Gu
fathers proclaimed to the world that ga
men are created free and equal; )" but the
and their children have shown themselve
to be the basest of hypocrites by hrin
doDn their professed principles every mc
ment since the declaration was put FORTH
1t is just so with modern popular religion
i lists. They profess 10 be followers of Chris
! But they do not forsake their sins - an
!. therefore give no evidence that they hav
It repented Of them. Whatever the sin ma
(, be, if it be popular, the sinner must
e treated with such "kindness and affection
: as will no. in the least disturb him, and {
'r course produce no repentance. So did ne
:. Jesus Christ. He used such language, an
n pursued such course as frequently file
" those whom he rebuked with wrath an
II madness. In this thing his faithful follow
], ers will be found initiating him. The
e have been in all ages of the world-and tt
J. same results have followed. Stephen W;
d CRASHED on with the teeth of those who
e he rebuked, and by them stoned to deaf
e Paul was scourged and imprisoned, and
Re nally put 10 death, for disturbing the CO..
= sciences OF men and not needing what W;
r popular among time-serving religionists.-
g The same Esprit and principles" have bee
l. IN the world ever since. I agree that ev
rything should be done with kindness an
e affection. At the same time | hold th
1t these are compatible with such faithf,
]. warning and rebuke as will purge out pop,
1t lar sins-that, other things being equal, the
n who bring the most truth to bear upon Ii
e hearts and consciences of men, and TIT
n excite and bring out the greatest opposite
) from the enemy of all righteousness, gi,
:, practical evidence Of having in exercise Ii
1t most genuine kindness and affection.
: The same views and principles ha,
e now advanced will apply equally 10 tt
IS other implications and insnua,ions alre1d
1t brought to notice. All the connection ar
all the attending circumstances make
e clearly manifest that what they say abo,
q the spirit and principles" of their pape