Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-08
v OIL. XIV. NO. 81

power IN the destruction Of the wickea
and the success of the saints. neyr
saw so much delusion manifested in :,
short a time, as has been exhibited !.
Braintree, for a short time past On.
very fine man has become so much p,
cited as to produce insanity. Prior to this
two other men have become insane flon
the excitement of Second Advent; and
what will become of the deluded null,
tude, am not certain, but think many If
them are preparing themselves FIR Seat
in an insane hospital, instead of pIa,e
10 the New Jerusalem, unless common
sense can be substituted for deuded can,
imalism.'' The 10 here, and 10 there, az
those who are teaching the Second Al
vent doctrine They are looking to some
particular place from whence Chris is
coming from behind cloud. to destroy
that witch they consent is wrong in all,
They are deceiving MANY with animal
feelings Of religion, W lille the treasure c:
eternal duration is not possessed-the IN,
changeable riches are not known. They
have not, as body, oil in their lamps,
and now when they are directed TO the
Great Fountain Of all truth, as the only +
source of obtaining it, their deIude1 pricss
are keeping them back, until they ATE
being completely blinded in The drunken
ness of their own insanity aud W hen The
scales shall fall from their eyes, they will
barely have strength to knock, bul rone
TO obtain curative their overthrow il
inevitable from the very nature OF ib .ngs.
Those teachers who are the very chtrlc.
ters, who are deceiying and being deceiy.
ed, and if it were possible they wcul
deceive with their 'animahsm } The very
elect, or those who are acting in harmony
with The attributes of the Divine Mind
Rerarals of religion are one thing all
over the world. 1t is however no, Chris.
tianity, but an excitement Of marvellous.
ness, hope, veneration, &c, 10 the excIus
ion of reflection, and the moral sentiments
The devil is used as a servant to The
priests, 10 affrighten souls TO heaven; o.
as some are now doing in their teac hinos,
convert God into an arbit ary, vivItnt
animal being, coming in the clouds, moved
by the freaks and passions f men, and
then those who refuse to believe in these
dogmas, are denounced as being fit onlv
for their own servant, the devil, and bis
angels. A religion like this, is fit Only
to be spewed out of The mouths Of t,ery
human being, and lost in endless uJ2h,.
Under this religion, man can sue his
brother at the law, sacrifice his proper?
at half price, working it up Into pocket
money for magistrates, sheriti$, aud law
yers, and then leave him to feed on the
Z wind. 1t the tiger like disposition nao,
tested here now, is to be carried 10 the
New Jerusalem, surely no homes! mn
would wish TO inherit it. The ar9umrts
they use against those who oppose ,bsit
. scheme, are such epithrts as fool. devil,
| lie, &C., showing themselves 10 BE- PRESS
| OF the same stamp of the old school e
Papacy.- have learned from experience
and fact, that the priesthood are the great
est foes to free Investigation and Il 9TH that
, walk on the earth. They ever have bttn
e as body; and from the very nature Q.
. The case ever must be, opposed to unpor
e ular, philosophical truth Ntural pbr
e losophy found its greatest foes in the prizes:
: hood AMI by them the art OF print NJ
was said to be Of the devil. They per>e
r cuted Calico for teaching The reyoIu!on
o of the earth; for said they. if this is t'e
, il expiodes our hell under the earth, AID
. the Bible is in danger il we are lauo hi thai
d the sun stands still; so men musl BE- Kill.
n ed. or imprisoned to save the Bible
y Phrenoloey, pkysiognomy and human
| magnetism have been opposed by the
v priesthood, until our common school tOa
e can read their dispositions 10 their sco"5
e and until they saw its popularity arising
u like a terrible storm, sweeoiuo It's va!
:, through the ignorance of the world, ADD
e leaving its impregnabe truth in thetrea
at ury OF every scientific MUD. The Ph0'
:, opby of mind is developing itse f N d'fs"
d opposition to the false theology OF The DAY!