Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-30


Mediator, until the mediatoriaI. office
should be no longer needed, and then this
power is to be returned to the Being
wheEce il emanated. So with each hu-
man being TO a certain extent, j. e. we
nave thepower Of acting in various ways,
ana the power Of choosing whether we
Will serve God or not while or the earth.
When the time Of our probation has clos
&c, this power returns 10 God. who gave.
1t to US Tor thelime being. Brother John
son quotes the following" Not by might.
nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the
Lord" 9"Quench not the Spiri,'-
'grieve not the Holy Spirit" &c. What
| understand by these quotations is, in the
first place. that God will have all The glo-
ry, and that all the power. will be ascribed
TO Hin, because it all emanated from Fl i'm,
and therefore il is His Spirit which either
directly or indirectly does the work.
And in the second place, (" Quench no,
the Spirit" &C., means reject not the
spirit of trush;;" for if you continue long
TO reject it, as natural, and philosophical
result, your hearts will grow, hard, and
you will be very likely 20 60 on from
step to step in sin until your consciences
become callous, or scared as with an hot
iron." and you De finally lost. And from
what brother Johnson says, think he be-
lieves man has some power. For 10
speaking of"Burchard, Knapp and Kirk, ="
he says-"They know that efforts forihe
salvation of sinners in the midst of cold,
heartless, prayerless church, will be worse
than useless. The sword Of the spirit,
Though in the hand Of never so skllful an
agent, and directed to the sinners heart,
may be turned away by the. influence of
an unholy church, and thus prevented do
ling its appropriate work. You will sell
dom get these men to preach 10 ilnpeni-
lteng sinners, over dead, Inactive chu rch -
Here we have the whole story. These
men are not fools. They know that in
order 10 convince the unconverted that
There is reality in religion, they must
Iapply the truth TO those who already pro-
fess to be the light ofthe worid-get them
walked up, so that they show signs oflife,
land then the minister must preachin such
way as to convince his hearers that he
belieues what he breaches. This priaci-
pie may be illustrated in various ways.
a stakeholder preaching In favor Of uni-
| ve, sal freedom, yet of his own accord con-
tinuing TO enslave his fellow men, will
not gain many converts. A qpm-seller
, preaching temperance or total abstinence
will not convert very many, until he ceas
es selling rum. A rum adTinIer can't BE-
instrumental in converting many, until
his practice accords with his preaching
, So in regard TO religion. And Mr.. Bur
!, chard and the others know that they mus
first get old professors walked up, and gu
> Of the way, so that the sword of the split
:, or word Of God, may reach the hearts Q
: others. And | believe as general thing
) that all who are converted TO anti slavery
temperance or rel, gion, which embrace
;! the others, is done BY the "foolishness {
: preaching" II believe spirit other tha
7 The truth is as essential in the one case
u according to the magnitude Of the objee
! embraced, as in The other. | believe IN
!. change Of heart required is, ceasing a.
y known sin, and a, fixed purpose of III
: Individual to seek for truth and duty, an
9 to walk as The New Testament and soun
u sense shall dictate believe that / hav
J the same power 10 seek to know the tratt
y and 10 walk uprightly, as have 20 tran:
. act the ordinary business Of life. AID
J. both cases. | receive the power from tn
;. Author Of my existence.
Of ~ at $50 's@@@ J. HoLCoaB.
is Brandon, March "a, 1912.
!, .aaE OBITU "A r Y.
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~ after d painful illness of nine DAYS, She
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