Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-01-31
ADDRESS.
To the Citizens OF the United States.
mr. stoRer COME.

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"A = -,,.oiiug the places Of religious worship Of
/. ..,,l of vour secls, have received profDun /
i ,-,,s.,on Of the vvatity Of the religious sen,i-
x en-. a7,ong YOU. !, therefore, consider religion
q ,a,. couuity ~ the most prosperous condition.
~, sad es,aes, zeal ior tho glory OF God
~ A TIE welfare OF hnn1n souls, evinces itself
III, ,aaumersblc forms 1t is true that perceive a
-sai diversity OF doctrines but this fact leads me
II nplv 10 the conclusion that much vet remlins 10
A. lone before the true Interpretation of the Scrip
"A re shall lie comp lcied and that many improve
II cots remain to be introduced into Christian theo.
II ~ beffe II shall md side by side with reason
ID science. and cxhibi all the symmetry and Eau.
j, Of harmonious compartment IN the great temple
4 universal Truth. Tar from regarding the dlversi-
Ar OF your sects as m evil, view il an unspeak-
y bic advantage The existence of wide diversity OF
4be opinions Of Christian secis is TO me irtelraqab'e
a,Iesce that error Is not yet fully exputgaied from
popular Christianity.
How, then, is the religion fJesus TO be purified
ny, by adopting one form oil lis corruption and de-
fclfng it. by statute, 10 be true. This has been
xrsd and has fdi!ed. Not by the reconcile studies
in CONNIE utaries Of clustered monks, or sate-en-
bowed and state chained diviues for what human
H,e,eatch and learning could accomplish. has been
achieved bv them already. The doctrines, generally
s iaann under the name OF Puseysm, alI,rI a spec
II tnea Of tie Improvements IN Christianity which
earned priests even in the Hine;eeih century, pro-
pose when len to follow the dictates OF heir own
8ludsmcn,. Christian theology is not destined 10
q s4t,nre by such AIDS as these. The conflicts Of
,oor scots will do more for lis Improvement than has
4 been accomplished by all the commentators who
e baye abofed IN the field since the reformation.
One palp1ble advantage OF a number OF religious
,eci. all equal in the eve OF the law is, that their
clergy discuss each others interpretations OF Scrip
lore and the doctrines founded on them with fear.
iessness energy, and effect, which rarely charac-
q isei the efforts Of laymen in the same field. Each
a sect brings the doctrines of its opponents 10 the
touch stone Of reason, although OF them shrink
"a from applying reason to their own In discussion
* on points OF Scriptural doctrine, between layrnen
GOD religious teachers the latter prone To charge
the nimer with nhdelty, as the short answer 10 all
"a osee,.ons and the religious world too often makes
I'LL Common cause with The teachers giving effect 10
B ia accusation, But when the clergy of one sec,
n contend with those of another, their religious char
n aciets proiec, them against This brief method OF
81 dealing with their Arguments and The subject must
be treated on lis merits. BY this means, truth is
q advanced, and theology and reason are hrough,
more and moIc into harmony. II a layman, for in
n stance had attacked the Cavanistic doctrine Of f.
Z lection, he would probably al have been de-
nouuced as an inhde. Bit when tho Rev. John
Wesley, himself high puberty IN religion, IN com.
meaning un tue Rev. James Hervey's advocacy o
This doctrine in his Theron and Aspasia," saws
"But what becomes OF other people Chat is, be
sides tic Eleci) they must inevitably perish iorev
a et The die was cast ere even they were in be
III fg' iHe uoCitlhe 10 pass mem Dy, nasA
q Consigned their unborn souls to he'll
81 And damned them from their mothers womb
y coad sooner be rurk, Dcist-yea an Atheist
"a than could believe This; il is less absurd TO deDl
u Tie very being Of God, than TO make him an Almlgh
~ ~ fyfan' when religious man writes thus, Ia
m3sl he answered in reason, and in Scripture rec
oncll,ble with reason.
III Again, when tho church of Scotland, claiming
~ CHRIST its only head. asserted that in coniendnI
q Tor rs own power and privileges with the suprem
olrn court OF the country, IL was only defending III
D "Redeemer's Crown Rights" any laymen VIII
should have stgmaiised this as an act of unwarran
y table and iueyerent assumption, would probabl
have been accused Of inhdelity and the religious
a pouon OF the community would have given effeC
4 10 TIE charge but when the Rev And. Marshal
o. huckinulloch speaker at a great meeting {
n Evangelical Dissenters, held in Edinburgh III
ION December, 1910, used the following words, ID
religious public could not treat them thus but mus
n nave poDdercd them well and answered them
reason. "lhe system Of non-intrusiOn," said III
q IS an s'temp, "a set up an institution Uhe Chutc
a OF seolland) in the name of Christ which Chr;
never sanc,ioncd-an institution breathing n spr
ana clothed with character which the religion
Nhna utterly disowns-an institution calling iise
H"O""l' and Ginning large portion ol the ns,ini
II az F'ptiV-an Institution claiming night 10 di'
Il l"sf OF he national property, the national honor
'"I VIC national emoluments; yet al the same tin
e'lS'ng to be controlled by the national authnnt
an1 setting a, defiance all laws but its own.
VAS Christina institution l. this an insttuiiu
% ee tolerated IN any free state Yet such is n
Institution which the non-nirusiOnis's are trying
set Up IN Scotland, and OF this institution they 81
Aai Chris, Is the head. deny the assertion.
consider II an assertion bordering upon b.aspbem,
an assertion throwing stain. a foul and lnjuTlul
.lain. upon the great name by which we are calle
The head OF the Church Of Scotland Christ
the head OF hos own mystical body. the foundaii,
and ohiei cornerstone OF that spiritual living ter
n pss which Is composed of ali christian men in a
paris OF The world hot have vet TO learn lhat 4
Church Of Scotland, either a. It has existed hnhe
70. or would exist provided the non inir5sio
q ss had their will say have yet 10 learn n
TIE Church Of Scotland and ihs living temple :
ore and the came thing. grant. indeed, that The
10 sense in which Christ NAV be said TO be 4
head OF the Church Of Rugland, Just as he Is 4
a read Of the Church OF Rome and JOS, as he Is I
lead Of any other eislng society, or any other Pc
II Ton Of human beings as The head, for instance
ne BRUSH empire, or the empire OF The Chl0ese.
VII grant lhsi there Is sense ~ winch Chr
ofoers The concerns Of The Church Of Scotland, .
IN which he supsrinlends all their aif4irs, great a
.ma bu, that il eIacily ss he supernients !
ttsirs Of the French, OF The Affairs Of their fiie
II Aehemet All" Such Arguments A. these procee
tig fon feii sious men aud directed against q
e"ciilaes Of religious nen, open % The under'isn