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

sibiIity of delaying the application Of the
remedy. Truth is the only remedy for err |
ror. The earlier the application the better. !
Brother Peek SAYS my followers" are
q no, pIous, practical, godiy men" This |
is another part ofthe same odium creating
proceeding that have been exposing
And the Pharisees and scribes murmur-
ed, saying, this man reeeiveth sinners,
and catch with them" But who are
Sinners Who are "pious, practical,
cody men''2 Ifthere ever was a set Of
heartess hvpocrites and merciess pirates.
preying upon humanity and rhirsting for
blood, it was these same Pharisees and
scribes who brought this accusation
against the one they would make odious.
They bound heavy burdens aud grew
Gus 10 be borne, and laid them upon
mems shoulders; out they themselves
would not touch them with one of their
! fingers. All their works they did to be
seen of men. They made broad their
ply lactcries, and enlarged the borders OF
their garments They loved the upper
most rooms al the feaSts. and the chief
seats in the synagogues, and TO be called
of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. They shut up
bo |, &
going 10 themselves, nor suffering them
that were entering to 60 10. They de-
voured widows houses, and Cor pretense
made long prayers. They comprised sea
and land 10 make one prosefyte, and then
: made him if possible two fold more the
child of hell than themselves. Blind
guides they We're, straining at gnat and
! swallowing camel. They made clean
the outside of The cup and the platter, but
within they were full of exhortation and
excess - whlted sepuIchres, beautiful
:. outward, but within fully of dead men's
n bones and all uncIeanness. Serpents
! they were = generations of vipers.-
! Sure Y, were not they the ones to re-
5 preach the object of their odium FIR re.
ceiving sinners and eating with them p
And who are the pious, godly men that
, brother Peck talks about2 Are they oul
4 of the church, or in IL Ifthey are in it.
they are in. alliance with the mother o.
II harlots, on his own CONCESSION. For one
S l approach human beings as my brethren
o whether out ofthe church or in it, IshaI
) have confidence in them in proportion as
| find them intelligent aud practically hon.
{ est and humane. | have more confidence
? ia human nature than some have, anc
:, less confidence in institutions which orr
!, glnated in folly and have been perpetuated
n IN blindness and selfshness Pletv anC
l. goodness do not consist in NAME or in
If leading or following men under names
o however popular. Ontbe other hand ,impi
y ETY. and ungodliness do not consist 10 bear
. ing names attached by inimical hands
- however unpopular or odious. Isay,onc,
; for all. what have said once before,
n am not ashamed OF nv associates. =.
il At the closing up Of his piece, brothe
e Peek enumerates list of particulars il
IS which ne agrees with me. How lher
II can he agree with church that is cor
" rupt 10 all those particulars and more
Ga examination, he will find that til,
! things in which he q grees with the church
d., and dSagrees with me, are more a matte
Of belief than of practice Why ther
N should he cling to such beliefs that secur
,e no better practices-that turn away the
?. attention of those who follow them s.
IT. much from what is to de done to what j
At only to be said ....... 49,. @~
> EFhe lateness of the hour and the wan
$ of room maks it necessary to postpone no
5 tice of his remarks on what he undertake
al to set forth as my views of the creation 0
e man, the re-auimation Of matter, and some
y other things, till next week ] IL"
Il u Brother C. P" is informed tina
v, there is no disposition to neglect his com
lie munication. He will see, from what ha
lie appeared ia the Telegraph, how man,
:e other things have been under my atten
T. ton. l must attend to the subject of tn
L. " Second Advent" next week. if possible
= consistently with nv other engagements