Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-18

now to generate a new order of outward
existence commencing with ourselves.
New pure being is wanted, not merely a
reformation of old impurity. The surer
hope, the quicker certainty dwelIs in gen.
Grafton of goodness, not in regeneration of
badness. Let US conserve the holiness,
the purity we have; or rather, let US give
up ourselves to holiness and purity. Let
each do this in his own heart. Let me
stand on ground little dry, if | cannot
reach the perfect standing, before hold
out Land TO draw my neighbor from the
ditch otherwise l may involve him
deeper. :.. .:..:*-.= ......
1t is doubtless beautiful object to be-
hold the most talentful men, the giant
minds of modern times, rising above their
own depressing circumstances, and striG-
ing over the battle field of wrong doing to
the rescue of an oppressed race Ora fall.
ing nation. We cannot wonder that the
gratitude and applause of the relieved or
admiring crowd attending their steps.
But how much more bes utifIl is the sight
OF such greatness, conjoined with equal
benevolence and purity, recalled to its own
inward state, and humbling lis energies
and love, to sef-reformation and selt-pur-
fcation If our best young men seek
noble station, let them look in this direc-
ton; ifthey would have true reward let
them seek it here. If our young women
would I'll their proper position, the same
course is free to them; would they justly
command admiration, let them pursue an
inner life. Let both sexes become faith
ful conservators Of those talents and grac-
es, which have been given TO tEetn for
the purpose of pure creation, or rather
which are not gifts, but loans which the
faithful steward watches not on barren re-
forms, but sanctifes to holy, new forma-
tons. r. T.. .. .~~....- ...-
The old and vicious Institutions of So
ciety can never be annihilated by the best
proofs oftheir depravty. This is mere
negative process, and an affirmative mode
is needed. What the well disposed have
to do is 10 build up new and virtuous in.
stitutions. The old ones will then either
reform, conform, or pass out Of existence
But some customs must prevail some 10
sti;utions must exist, and there is in the
youthful general disposition 10 adopt and
support the purest, The youthful relish
the purer habits, because their nature:
are ptrer. BY SO much they are The
younger, BY so much are they nearer tht
Crea.or. They are fresher from his i'm
mediate operation, and they can be more
easily and perfectly kept in his hands thar
the older members of the human family
whose every added year may probably
| have added but SO much more vice 0
know ledg e of vicious facts. All fact knowI
edge, as contraseI with instructive wis
dom, Is knowledge Of evil. Our invest
eating sciences are, in mora! point Q
view, llule more than an attempt to regain
universal wisdom through knowledge o
details. An effort which is about as sue
cessful as The attempt to obtain an integra
: glass vas, by patching the fragments.
There is indeed one fact which ma
5 b, lip US to the desired point: to which fat
. | have already alluded. mean that gran
! fact SO frequently lost sight Of by our ma
, ural phiIosophers.or else altogether denie
: by them; Of mans divine origin; of b
s interior and indissoiub!e connection vii
i deity, If it were possible to bring paren
} or proposed parents TO only the bare pc
n ception Of this fIct, or to the suppositio
: that it is true, 50 that they would in som
s degree test its truth by actual experima,
Il in generation and education, there Wou
< indeed be grand hope for the world.
: not in one age, yet in comparatively sho
time. We should have many gratifying r
e suits, or possibly a totally renovated rae
g But at present few persons seem to b
J. Iieve in universal love, even TOWARD
$ their own offspring. These are perhaI
n the most unfortunate as they are the mo
v unhappy victims Of partial and indiVidu
r love. AS they are at this moment Il
is most intense sufferers BY mistaken afe
b lion, perhaps it may happen that they a
ID destined TO be the first relieved. The
e, are the least guilty of the race, and Il