Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-03

/ uOWu 70 IuVOlOSy thul uainS"SSVS"
by words without knowledge"
"Dear Brother Murray
have for some time been hesltating
whether 10 continue your paper, or request
a settlement and discontinue. On the one
hand, there are many things Of which
do most heartily approve, and sucn
| paper seems somewhat necessary to tell
4 The wo Id truths which few papers seem
disposed to tell. The rich, as a class,
assume 10 control the affairs o. society in
church and state, while the base, fawnlng
sycophancy Of many among the poorer
class, shows their readiness 10 bow TO any
golden cale Sc, up as the God Of their
1 idolalry. The whole fabric OF society is
founded on principle Of antagonism -
/ 0 mans seihshness is Set over against
unothcr's, so as TO produce an equilibrium,
and when like two men Of equal strength
pulling with all thsi! force against each
other, these opposing forces are balanced,
it called peace and safety No wonder
that the constant turbulence OF these con.
Aislng elements should be Compared 10
"rhr troubled sea whose waters cast up
4 mire aud dirt"
The remedy for this can BE- found only
| in the pure principles OF the Gospel. But
4 these will, If ever lived up TO, entirely
i revolulionize society. So far as your
4 principles are calculated 10 effect this end,
| can most heartily bid you God speed.
lf YOU had confined yourself TO reform the
abuses OF government Instead Of uprooting
i - -.
at its exlinctlon--if you had left the Bible
without impugnine its Divine orign---the
Savior clothed in the majesty of the God
head, and the simple, salulary ordinances
Of HIS religion 10 their original force an
authority, you would have been sustained
BY the sympathies ond prayers Of muny
christians, who now must turn away with
sorrow and dlsappoin ment."
EMARKs.
The foregoing is an extract from let
Yer which | received, several weeks since,
from a B ,ptist minister. whom love and
regard as man. If he were out of the
priesthood he would be- useful. At the
close Of the entire letter he says-"lht
above is no; for publication. have
omitted The paris which | supposed be
would object to having published. anC
have. US he will see, suppressed name and
date and all circumstances ;fat could lead
10 any unpleasan,ness, in any possible
way. Some views expressed by the broth
er are correct, and some deem to be vast
ly erroneous. My object in publishing
the extract is, to give full and fair ex
preston on both sides-to furnish hear
ing tor all that can be said in opposition I
my views and proceedings, aud at the sam
time point or. what view to be the Ell
roTs in the opposition.
The Brother, after pointing out wha
he believes to be the great evils existini
among men, says, 'tne remedy for TIL
ran be found only in the pure principle
OIlhe Gospel. Bot these will, il ever li'
ed up 10, entirely revolotionize society
So far as your principles are calculated !
tA CT this end, can most heartily bid yo
God speed AnG afer all this he woul
hud me to reforming abuses" Wht
ore The pure prthci pies Of the Gospel,
Of which he speaks? OfcouTse they ar
ne reverse OF what is now prevalent
For he says IF they "are.ere' laced up To-,
they will "enliIeIy rscoltkionize society.
Here il is frankly confessed that they al
not now lived up lo-that. In fact, the RI
OF life adopted is entirely the contrary
Them. Else how could obedience to the
"enlirely revolutionize society"2 II
true that they are not lived up to. The
are ODly seized on, in words. for profes
iou. They are entirely violated in pra
lice by the mass Of those who make Il
profession.
The "pure principles Of the Gospe
ares practical lore 10 God and maa
geaz'ne bsnssOieaes : tceiI doing. II
EXISTING institutions Of church and sta
are based on principles perfectly antago
isIie TO these = on 'eiGshaess, which Il
Brother made TO be. and which i. At /,
foundation Of mischief among men. w
my Brother. will any discerning persc
with conscience. pretend TO say that $,
ishness does not govern in church and
sale9 10 fact now see. on giancing bs
'hs, this last question was uneslled for
he has already answered il in peri