The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-12
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
East Bethel, Och 6, 1913.

FROM THE EDITORs
East Bethel, Och 6, l943,
Brother Brown:
Having for a few days inhaled the
breezes of the Mountains, and feeling
some what in o sermonizing mood, | lho't
[ would prepare a discourse for you to
deliver to the readers OF the Voice of
Freedom. | will take for my text the
9Th and 9Th verses Of the Sd chapter of
Exodus.
And the Lord said unto Noses. Go,
get thee down; for thy people which thou
broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves: they have turned
aside quickly out of the way which l
commanded them: they have made them
a molten calf, and have worshlpped 1t,
and have sacrificed thereunto, and said
These be thy gods, o Israel, which have
brought thee up gu, of the land OF Egypt"
La the context, we learn that while
Moses was gone from the presence OF the
Israelites, they had become impatient of
his return, and faithless as to his leading
them to the promised land, and said unto
Aaron, up, make US gods, which shall
go before US; for, as for this Moses, we
wot not what has become of him. ODE
dent to their call, he collected the mate
rails thew had brought from Egypt, and
converted them into a solid body and,
after having shaped it to resemble In form,
a calf, the people said, as in the text
: These be thy gods &C.
We learn from the above, that the hu-
man mird is not idle. If it is not engaged
in going ahead in the path of duty, 1t is
inventing something that will! corrupt the
moral man, and leave him 10 worship the
workmanship of mans hands, instead OF
the Creator of man. W. learn, too, from
the context, that, although Aaron was
looked upon by the lsraelltes, and claimed
10 be by himself, a Priest of the Lord,
yet he would cater to the demands of the
people, seeming to have a stronger desire
to secure their good will, than that of his
Maker. We may see, too, how torgeiful
man is, Of blessings granted him. Also
the danger Of looking solely TO our fellow
beings as leaders. The lsraelites had been
brought up in ignorance and slavery
had been promised the land flowing with
milk and honey; they had been preserved
while getting their host Of women and
children across the Red Sea, while their
pursuers were enguIphed in the deep;
and no wonder they should at first feel
eIated at their success and prospects, and
after their wanderings, despair of being
led by Moses into the land they had anti
cipated.
In the case Of the IsraeIites, we see
many things which were similar to the
case and conduct Of the people of this
country. Our forefathers escaped relig-
ious oppression and crossed the ocean
were saved as by a miracle, but soon for.
got the God in whom they had protested
10 trust. They bowed down 10 The 'gol'
den calf and sacrificed the rel man on
their affairs. They demanded of their
priests a concurrence of views and aid,
and readily obta:ned them. In 1920, jew.
els of gold, sc. were gathered together
and formed into an idol, in the shape of
slaverg. The black man was hurled rom
the high position where he originally
stood, and was forced to take his stand on
the platform with the beasts Of the field
This original calf has grown to the size
of an ox, and he has demanded, and OBJ
tanned, millions to glut his appetite and
slake his thirst for blood. The people,
among the whites, have said, These be
the gods which have served US thus far,
and in whom we will trust, and the lead
ers in church and state have responded,
Amen.
Previous to, or at the commencement
of, the Revolutionary War, our forefaIhers
having felt what they considered, the op-
p~ressive power of the British government,
declared in the face Of the world and
before God, that all men were created
free and equal and called upon the Su.
preme Ruler Of the universe to witness
their sincerity, while vowing on the altar
of freedom, that they would carry out the
principle Of equality so far as their ability
extended. They secured freedom for them
SelUes, but denied it to the cOlOred man;
thereby again sacrificing, or renewing
their sacrificing of humanily on this bloody
altar, and to this blood-thirsty god. There
are now piled on, and being offered up as
living sacrifices by Observation-Disclosures
of protesting christians, more than four
hundred and fifty thousand human beings.