Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-30

despotic sway, nor as an memorable Judge
dispensing Stern DEGREES ofjuslice-not as
a vindictive Ruler to be feared, but as a
compassionate Father to be lOctd-"Per-
feet love casteth out fear" II therefore,
man be true to his own nature, the iEflu-
ence Of love over him must be irresistible.
But, alas, how depfaved 10 his condition
He has become unmindful of his heavenly
origen and of his high destinv--But, deep
as is his degradation. has he fallen below
the brutes Is he the only being in the
creation of God unsusceptibIe to the infu-
ence of that spirit which seeks his redemp-
tion2 Is he so irretrievably buried in the
grave of his hearts lusls. that he cannot be
reached by the call Of that omnipotent
voice which say " come forth 7" We DO
not believe although bound hand and
foot m the graves-clothes of sin, he shall
| yet burst the cerements OF death which
enwrap him, and come forth redeemed.
BY no other power than that Of Love
can the evil passions of man be subdued--
youmay perchance, by force, suppress
their outworkings-but overcome The evil
in his heart by the constant exercise of
kindness and you completely disarm him.
Ifhe has been your enemy, he has now no
motive 10 injure you-the fires of ven
geance are extinguished 10 his bosom, and
he is transformed into friend. You do
not subjugate him-Force makes SUB
jects--LoUe makes friends. Your wish 10
subject fellow-being to your will, proves
that love has not done its perfect work on
your heart. Love works entire harmony.
The relation which it begets is recipro-
cal one, and Its service is a-constant inter.
change OF kind offices. Each seeks how
much he may serve the other, and how lit
tie he may receive in return. Each strives
for the blessing Of gicing, knowing that il
is far greater than that Of rsceiring.--
Whilst the enmi.y engendered by feari is ev-
er increasing in ntensty, until It's repelIiDg
forces can no longer be restrained bat burst
forth in fearful explosion the mutual
attraction of love is continually strength.
ened by its own benign action, until all the
elements of repulsion are removed, and
the hearts which it inhabis are indissolu-
bly, bound together in holy alliance of
sincerity and peace. On the one hand is
constantly increasing danger--on the 9TH
er, security more and more perfect
Much as has been said and wrilten on this
subject for eighteen hundred years--loudy
as men have protested to be the follwers Of
Him whose religion is summed up in that
one word, Love--how liltle evidence do we
see of con fiding faith in its power. Al
ter all The mighty works which have been
done by its agency, how waverng the be-
lief in its efficacy. Because the powers
of evil have not at once and forever sur
rendered, and the world has not been car
ried by storm; men have lost all conf
dencc in he power of Truth, and, in their
despair. have seized upon the insirumen-
tality of brute force. whose attempts hilh-
terto 10 subdue sin have been nothing but
an unbroken succession ofdefcurs. They
have thrown away the armor Of God, AMI
taken, instead. the weapons OF The Devil.
Fatal mislake-As if omnipotenee had
changed hands--As If Love had been
shorn ocils power and Hate had become the
strongest. Lore at.oays triumphs--wilh
every seeming defeat, she gains new victo-
ries. How short sighted to suppose that
she loses her strength with the death Of
her advocates. Think we that Jesus Of
Nrzareth accomplished nothing! His
dealh--was it in yain2 Know ye notlhlt
the awful scene of Calvary which closed
his earthly mission, SO far from spreading
pail Of gloom over The hopes Of lrumani-
ty, proclaimed The glad .idings of lis re-
demption +! What we want IS more faith
in man--an abiding trust in God--a s2ir-
il filled with love.-Esser County Wash.
mgtonian.