Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-02
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
July as, 1s43.
LETTER FROM BROTHER cOTTING,


The following communication mas been
hing on the shelf several days, waiting
lime and place. | annex few remarks
The form ofnotos.
|Ty Brother MurrGy.-
fear the course you are pursuing IS
nugm with evil, not only to yourself, but
all on whom you may exert an inau-
hce(N have never doubted your hon.
ay or sincerity. believe you verify
bnk as you speak and act Wherein
o. are wrong would gladly hope you
nc gnorantly so, and like him Of Tarsus.
wilI never cease to hope and desire that
br The same reason that he obtained par
on yo1 will obtain also. Nor can for a
moment suppose you are exclusive and
|pfsh ia your views. You are not
|lolar-and-cent" man. Perhaps, even,
rou nav have erred on the more favorable
LlAn this particular (2) But let that pass.
During the short time was in your
MEETING for Universal Inquiry and Re
bm" on the Alb inst, saw much to ad-
nire, and some things TO be blamed. i
dmire talent wherever discover il, and
his respect could not but be pleased
With the young men who were your
9eakers on the occasion; and deeply did
regret that their talents and the influence
hey mic b! exert had not received differ
.nt direction "AIl is well that ends well"
lisa saving not moro tri;e than true. We
NAoud look as we'll as We may to the end
IA things. We should weigh them in the
barring they may have upon our own and
hes's deslnies through all coming time.
|3) For God hath appointed a day 10
Which he will Judge the world in right
business by THAT MAN whom he hath
Iduned," Of whom | have seen you
rrle and heard you speak so lightly.
lad what will be the condition Of those
10 that day, who have rejected him, should
|hcv tben learn, TOO late, that he Is at! and
Even ten thousand times more than the
|riptures have declared him to be Is
here nothing 10 fear in The wrath Of
Hn that sitteth upon the throne and the
wrath Of the Lqmb2n Nothing to fear
|rm the declaration, ale that beIieveth
pol the Son shall not see life, but the
wrath &C God abjdeth on him." Moth
ng that sinners should fear standing in
III s presence before whose holiness heay-
"a and earth fee away and there is no
ace found for them2 eau he who dis
believes savior was ever upon earth.
hope to fad one 10 heaven ?(i)
have been sorry 20 witness in you and
yoar companions from time to time, too
much Of he spirit that has marked the en-
lire course of the Second Advent delu-
son, a spirit TINT casts far into the shade
all the learning and talent and moral
worth 10 the land that has dared Use IN
opposilon TO its claims.--a spirit that an
initiates a mountainsor leaps over It with
he same ease that il fli.s the dust IRON The
paper on which il is writing. It's spIrl
hat "rises not up before toe hoary head
nor honors the face Of the old man. u
But was glad ia the meeting 10 hea
YOU remark that you "knew more nov
Than you had heretofore, that your feel
ngs were not so denunciatory as they hat
BEEN SC, May not say to you herein
Go on, there is yet room Tor further re
brm." Your spirit, my brother, has to-
often hitherto been any thing but the spir
It oi a reformer, any thing under the SUI
hit Non Resistan!'s spirit. Hard name
and hard usage never reformed me1, no
will rscriminalion and denunciation OF ex
sing civil or ecclesiastical organization
reform them, or correct single evil Il
hcm.(6
That there are evils in the latter, 10
fearful extent, all must admit. The Ian
h,s ben divided for gain and those wh
have divided il are the gamers The dlvi;
ions that exist in christendom are ID
work, no doubt, of error and enmliy TO tn
truth. But to charge the errors and col
rnptions of christianity, which have bee
brought in by wicked aud designing mel
as was doue 10 your meeting, upon chrr
liauity itself, (7)is The greatest error of al
We may not judge Of the goodness OF
hing BY its abuse. We do not reject II
pure gold because selfish men have allo.
Ell and corrupted it. Ii is not the lea
troublesome of the insect race that alIgh
upon the defective parts Of he living tle'
not inherent 10 it, Much that is good al
praise worthy vet remains 10 US in our
Iigious institutions, and much good doub
less accrues TO US from them. This &C
lainly should be respected and cherish
by US all, as It a, ay be rendering the wor
tolerable state TO live in, which wou
Otherwise be absolutely intoerable. Tn
the prophet exhorted the lsraelites duriI
III their 10 years captivity in Babylon,
seek the peace Of the city and pray III
the Lord Tor it. for IN the peace Their
shall We have peaeen (Jer. 28:7) (8)
An allusIon was made in the meeti
10 the "Age Of Reason" COY will j
say that the weapons with which Pal
assailed the christian scriptures. W,
mere Jest AMI ribaldry and ridicule Tb
were vulgar, obscene. unfit to be read
decent company, the satellite and copis,