Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-17
49,. ~" .-s~. LUKE XXI:33. .
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my word
shall not pass away.
Co u c ! u q e d.


COmcLw ded.
To turn away from the disputes of the
Catholics and the Protestants, of the Uni
tartan aud The Trlnltarian, OF Old School
and New School, and come TO the plain
words of Jesus OF Nazareth, Christianity
is simple thing very simple. 1t is abb
solute, pure morality; absolute, pure re-
lIglon; the love OF man; the love of God
acting without let or hindrance. The o.
ly creed it lays down, is the great truth
which springs up spontaneous in the holy
heart-the:e is God. LIS watchword is,
be perfect as your Father in Heaven.
The only form it demands is a divine life j;
doing The best thing, in the best way,from
the highest motives; perfect obediepce to
the great law OF God. lis sanction is the
voice of God in your heart; the perpetual
presence of Hin, who made Us and the
stars over our head : Christ aud the Faith
er abiding within Us. All this is very
simple; little child can understand it;
very beautiful, the Hottest mind can find
nothing so lovely. Try it by Reason.
Conscience, and Faith--things highest in
mans nature-We see no redundance, We
feel no deficiency. Examine the particu-
lar duties it enjoias; humility, reverence,
Sobrety, 2entleness, charity, forgiveness.
| fortltude, resignation, faith, and active
love; try the whole extent OF Christianity
so we'll summed up 10 the command,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind thou shalt love thv
neighbo as myself" and is there any
thing therein that can perish2 No, the
very opponents of Christianity have rare
! y found fault with the teachings ofJesus.
The end of Christianity seems to be 10
make all men one with God as Christ
was one with Him; TO bring them to such
a state Of obedience and goodness, hat we
shall think divine thoughts and feel divine
sentiments, and so keep the law OF God
{by living a life of truth aud love. Its
means are Purity aud PRAYER; getting
strength from God ard using it for our fell
low men as well as ourselves 1t allows
tperfect freedom. Ii does not demand all
men to think alike, but to think upright
lily, and get as near as possible at truth +;
not all men to lioe alike, but TO live holy
land get as near as possible to fife per-
-fectly divine. Christ set up no pillars of
Hercules, beyond which men must not
sail the sea in quest of Truth. He says.
+" | have many things to say unto you, but
We caanot bear them now. d. Greater
works than these shall We do.n Christ
ianily lays no rude hand on the sacred pc
. fculiarily of individual genius and charac-
tier. But there is no Christian sect which,
does not fctter nan. IL would make all
men think alike, or smother their convic-
ton 10 silence Were all men Quakers
or Catholics, Unitarians or Baptists, there
would be much less diversity Of thought,
character, and life; less of truth active ia
the world than now But Christianity
gives Us the largest liberty Of the sons Of
God, and were all men Christians after
: the fashion of Jesus, this variety would be
a thousand times greater than now, tor
Christianity is not a system Of doctrines
but rather method of attaining oneness
with God. 1t demands, therefore, good
life of pieiy within, Of purity without, and
gives the promise that whose does Gods
will, shall know of Gods doctrine.
In an age of corruption as all ages are,
Jesus stood and looked upto God. There
7 Twas nothing between him and the Father
3 OF all no old word, be it of Moses or