Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-26

pecause you take away the Bible history
,f,bese things, and vast many others,
- where else to be found, and important
hr mankind to know and we are envel-
oOed 10 as complete darkness as the heath
en- philosophers Of the dark ages. We
are without a lamp, light. or guide, TO
suess. like Plato. Socrates. Confucius, and
vast number of others, how man. or any
hing else came into being. The effect
of,his system is. that some, especially the
Young reject The Bible as book Of any
more value than an old almanac, and OF
course feel themselves under no restraint
from what il contains. But the Bible IS
Of too high aniiquity-has been preserved
through too many revolutions, and con-
WILSON'S, and has been too long considered
by Jews and Gentiles (christians,) as an
authentic account Of all il prelends for the
benefit OF man, to be called in question 5y
any but sceptical minis. And so far as
am acquainted with your followers. they
are not of that class, with lew exceptions,
who can be denominated pious, practical
vodly men mean those who 60 with
you through your schemes.
five NAV not admit in some, yea in
many instances, the special exercise OF
Omuipotent power in the administration
Of Gods government, among the children
Of men, and in the literal world, either
what we call merciful, or affective, we may
a. we'll dash the Bible out Of existence at
once. aud call it mere tale of flbles. But
there is TOO much corroboraling testimony
from various sources, to admit for mo-
m,ut that il is collection Of human
stories. Who can believe that the par;i-
cleo of some human, or other body, long
since mouldered 10 dust, five or six feet be-
low the surface Of the earth, beneath
where the roots Of vegetation scarcely ev-
er attain, animated your body; and that
YOURS will animate some other when de-
composing! Or that man came into be.
inc, by certain combination OF elemenia,
" principles, like musquetoes, snow heas'
bed bugs or lice Il when we absolutely
know how human beings came into exist
ence2 Ii does not seem that nnv person
ofcommon sense and book learning in the
world. could believe such sentiment. Ii
this were true, the same combination, OF
,bewme. or similar principles would unite
and form men, and other animals. either
like or unlike the pres ent races. Why
notl If beings came on earth in this way
once. whv not thousand times; yea.a:
often as musquetoesdo and in such sworms1
The reason is, the statement is not true
But these sentiments, with some others
which have not time nor place 10 men
lion. and which so conflict with the gen
eral belief OF mankind, are not the mos
alarming, nor tho most in the way OF tina
reform YOU once set out TO effect. You
denial Of the Divinity Of Christ, or IN 9th
er words that he was actually God as wei
us man. produces kind of revolving feel
log, even in men Of profanity and SIM
One nan Of this character few day
since told me he was surprised when yo'
were speakiug Of Christ as a man. tina
myself and others could sit still. In thi
your sentiments are Unitarian, Socinld'
and Universalian; all of which meal
nearly the same thing, from the slmllarIl.
Of,heir views oil God, Christ and salvation
will 10 this place just glance at thel
beginning. The reputed founder OF tn
Unitarian sentiments, was Martin Cellar
ius in the sixteenth century. The found
er Socinianism was FaCs!us Socinu:
also 10 the sixteenth century, neither c
which has an age of more than 30
years, Of course cannot be true, becaus
the christian religion is 1900 OF more
wears old. Universalisn claims an olde
existence, aud indeed il did breathe once i
the garden with Eve; the next breath
drew was 10 The person Of Origen in tn
second aud third century. The first heG
Of them as a name was 10 the days ofJoh
Calvin. Ii is however. after all, demon
nation Of modern date. But TO return,
is utterly impossible, brother Murray.
explain more than forty passages ofscriI
tnre in PsaIme, the prophets, and in b