Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-17
MILLERIsM AND ITS MEANING.

=" III hIH lNDER.>.. ~ - lie
best hebdomadal In America, in our hum
bic opinion. The character of our Ii:era-
ture is being elevated of certainty and
not any too soon. The quantity OF trash
that has inundated our market is really
appalling, considered as cause and effect.
Disastrous must be the effect of such read
ing, and that effect becomes a cause that
perpetuates The mischief ..~...
Ii is cheering in the desert of ink ard
paper to find such an oasis as the Path
finder, If it makes It's way to the hearts
of the many, as it has 10 ours, it must
prosper. ......."...
Present and prospective Society are
freely and fearlessly discussed in this pa
per. A far-seeiEg, deep, analytical arti-
Gle entitled Penalty" appeared in the
Sd and 4th numbers. This article alone
is worth ten years subscription to the
Path Finder. We trust its author will
frequently edify Us with his Divine Phil
osophy. Mlilerlsm and It's Meaning"
10 the 4th No. is an article of much mer.
1t, and strikes US the more forciby as the
same Thoughts had been careering though
our brain for some time previous 10 our
meeting this article We give the follow.
ing extract from ii in place ofthe remarks
we should have maGe-premising that we
feel sure that the approximation toward
harmony, the coming Of the Kingdom Of
Heaven, is making itself felt by many
Those who are sunk in sensuous exist
ence have a perception, dim and dull
| though 1t be, that great changes are al
hand. The sensuous mind has more cre-
denciveness than causality Hence such
mind slezes upon passages of Scripture
! that seem to lis abundant faith to tell Of
the end Of the world. A diseased nervous
system and large caution impel the zeaIor
to warn the world, and forth with We are
warned. Said Grahamic friend of ours
the other day, "aIl the MiIerites have bad
teeth. " There is meaning in this say
ing. People regret that the Miller doc
trmes are carrying many to the Lunalic
/ AsyIums. We deny the fact. No per-
son who has preserved the integrity OF
his or her being by life of purity, will
be MIlerite, or be craz5d by any reli,
gious humbug; but when the Life oil
God is wasted by excuses then men are
ready TO become insane, and many and
various are the occasions Of insanity, bur
the cause is lost sight OF. Some suppose
that when 1913 is past these persons will
be cured Of their folly. Ten chances 10
one that they will make fools of them.
selves about something else. They are
prepared for it and it matters little wha
pebble trips up The drunkard; he will
manage to fall with slight help or with
out any. The cause is In himself, not the
little impeachment over which he stubles
t The emancipation of the human intel
Iect from its ancient letters, al fist SO pro,
ductive Of scientific and social advance
ment, has, in the end, conducted, US to {
state of wild disorder and indiyidualism
Every man has come to be his own gov
eminent, his own philosopher, and biz
own church. There is complete wan
= of unity 10 our aims as well as ia oul
} opinions. Confusion. separation, uproar
t mutual repugnance, perpetuaIly renewed
: and perpetua!y baffled efforts, are lh,
+. characteristic of our politics. our science
: and our social existence. Ali men are
} dissatisfied with the present. They be
! gin TO apply an unsparing criticism I,
, every institution, law, custom and persol
with which they have TO deal. Nothing
is any longer sacred from their approach
The EXTREMIST form of all political doc
? trines has become insufficient for their as
pirations the most venerable truth of re
!, Egion has no more a living significance
Old and narrow sects are drawing them
selves closer TO escape the con!agion Of ex
| ternal liberalism; while tina. very Iiber
alisn is tossed about by every wind O
q doctrine. Society IS vibrating with nev
q and strage isms. L takes new doctrin