Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-23
For the Telegrap
rrR FROM JONATHAN GREEN.

-, Brother:-I saw last evening, in
I. Quarterly Register Of the American
rlacation Society, notice Of the Baptist
D,,,..t Of the United States. In speaking
! Vermont, | observed something like
lore reflection on you, Sir, and your CO.
.Solors in the work Of reform, said to be
.Eom the pen of highly esteemed and
.,.ll;Oenl Baptist minisler-a native of the
S,,,e and well acquainted with its history"
! ,sems that il had been ascertained, BIZ
florence 10 statistics given in your paper,
n, there had been numerical decrease Of
V,olists 10 Vermont during six years, Of
g6 This loss, he attributed 10 uItraisnl,
which be says had stopped the mouth Of
MAYER, or destroyed its vitality"
nUluaism," in regard TO what2 The
writer who makes the sweeping charge does
not tell Us. Ezra June, Esq, Of your vii.
,ge some three or four years ago, sent me
m1e number of the Telegraph. SO far
4 could Judge, the ultraism Of your pa
Ter was not confined TO single subject
hi embraced several. ! saw articles on
be evils Of intemperdnce, and Hcentious-
lss, and Slavery; and exhorIation 10 life
purity, and temperance in all things
Tle incubation also of the Savior's rule,
10 DO TO others what we would that they
dould do 10 us.n Is this the ULTRAsM
rhch began in 1929, and has been SO prev
ka since 1882, and which has stopped the
mulh Of prayer, or destroyed its vitality 2
viii your reprover say this? Is this true
neraIy7 Will the axe laid at the root Of
h Tree which bears so deadly fruit, stop
mouth Of prayer? thought that the
d adage ran See SHINING will make US
ave pray ing" but it seems that Ills ultra
mia opposing sin! | hope, my dear Sir,
hvou will remember this, and beware
myou stop the mouth Of prayer!!
But suppose that the grave accusation be
me so far at least as the decrease OF the
utcuIar numbers Of your church is con-
emed = / ask what then? Is there moth
g 10 Be done but to labor to increase The
uubers Of ones particular church? Does
aeDglh consist merely in numbers? So
1--we not been taught. One church Of 4C
MEMBERS mag be worth more in the estima
lon Of God, who sees things as they are
Dan another Of 400. / don't believe tina
Is wisdom to talk Of numbers, and boas
strength. IL rightly read the word
God, such a spirit is rebuked. Supposin
hat during the six years alluded TO by th
Hiter Of the above paragraph, instead {
he decrease Of 316, there had been a nj
.nprical increase of 5000, but all these di
uDles had been dead SET against every e
@t 10 purify the land from intemperan'
and RIGHTEOUSNESS and slaver~-what wou
have been the gain2 And yet, am n
sure thai the writer of the above paragrap
would not have boasted Of strength 10 q
ause OF American Baptists! Al any ra
see the writer of the ''brief view" W
nserted those paragraphs, speaks in teri
Il commentator Of the Baptist church
Virginia. or course, the churches
hat State are not troubled with ultraism.
50 Of the Baptists farther South. lfspar'
expect to see what is said Of those churC
Is. pray that may be disappointed, a
erainly shall be, if he says Of slavery, I
gealest curse on earth, and OF the pracil
dslave -holding-a wrong doing than VIII
hone other can exceed it--that il has ST.
Fd the mouth Of prayer"
Go on my brother, and prosper. be
'smayed at the carps Of men who VIII
3aught themselves, nor, if they can P
Tent il, allow others to do more than III
d. | hope and trust that the mouth
payer will not be stopped BY anything
an find il in your heart TO say IN favor
aoWn-lrodden humanity. The mouth
payer stopped! Stopped while there
mans slave in the United States? WI
'aere may be seen within your limits
man capable Of buying the image oil W
while an apologies. Of this abomlnaole
VEN shall be seen amongst you?!
II
merely add, that several OF the mem'
v This Mission felt il 10 be their prlvlleg
sO'yto form themselves into an Antl-Sla'
society, and we did so iL june last. In
i'a nay hear Of US again. pray that
nay all have the spirit of our Divine a
Wand while you open your mouths
Is dunb, the Lord will not snifer 20
Neontounded before your enemies.
= am not mistaken, one, at least, O
'S.uer Editors Of the Telegraphls no
visionary TO the heather. Love 20