Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-02

IGreTS OF MeT country, and c0uatfHmRR
lovers OF part Of the family. Jesus.
was a great philanthrOpist, according 10
the better parts ofthe history of him. The
LOVE-PRINCIPLE, said TO have been
preached byhim, producing .PRACTIC-
AL WELL-DOING, lies, as view il,
at the foundation of human felicity.
believe il to be implanted in mans Ma
ITURE,and that perfect KNOWLEDGE
L OF MAN will vel deve!ope it. Now it
matters nothing to me who was the irst,
the second, or the last to preach this doc
llrine whether it were Socrates, Jesus,
Con(ucius, or some other. 1t is Of no
practical importance to know whether
any such being as either Of these three
ever lived. 1t is the KNOWLEDGE
communicated to mankind that is Of i'm
portance, whether it comes through these
instrumcntalities or those = from this
source or from that. Here is where
differ with religionists. They fall 10
ao0rshipping their benefaclors, real or i'm
agined, 10 the neglect of what is bestowed.
The greatest benefactions, in my estima.
ion, are the largest bestowments OF the
most important KNOWLEDGE. Now
instead of paying blind aud senseless
worship 10 the testower. TO the disregard
and loss of the gift. would manifest my
gratitude and regard BY taking proper
care and making proper use of what is
bestowed. Some one has well said that
I"ignorance is the mother of devotion" or
worship. In their ignorance, mankind
have generally hitherto too much losl
sight Of the good, in their admiration Of
the great. Jesus is worshipPed a thou
sand times more on account Of his sup
posed display Of supernaturalPower, than
on account of The good thESNlone BY
him. The proof OF this lies MAhe fact
That so few Of his worshippers pay any
practical regard TO his practical instruc
lions in The great matter of DOING
| GOOD. They talk loudly OF being his
followers. But remind them OF his exam.
Piles in. well loing, and they are eff in q
tangent They have something else te
do, more important in their estimation
than doing good. They are aoorshiPpers.
They cannot stop to bind up the wounds
+ of him who has fallen among thieves
, They must 60 up to the temple and scor
ship. They cannot afford to feed the hung
ry, or 10 bring in the poor that are cas-
, out. They have got to build synagogue
and support priests, or their wors4lp can
; not 60 on sAnd what, pray, is all thi
: worship-this religion that sets aside prac
tical godlness and humanity Does an.
j good come from il? None at all = u
) much evil every way. II is fall Of decor
: ton, darkness and damnaoleness. If
). has rcdecming feature that feature is nc
i within the scope Of my present vision
v The proof that worship is nothing, an
:. infinitely worse than nothing, will be ar
n parent in a moment from the single fac
that II has been paid to everything. ~Wh;
; has not been worshipped, from thunlei
inc Jupiter aud murderous Mars dow
10 the meanest insect and even TO inan
mate matter2 Bad beings have bee
worshipped as much as good ones. II
: characters attached 10 objects of worshi
have been as various as the Imagination
of men. What then is Worship The
. is no connection to be traced between
and goodness. 1t knows nothing OF rig
or wrong. The vlest men that have Ii
ed have in their vieness been as devo
worshippers as the best mer that ha'
lived have been in their goodness. Wo
, ship occasions more quarrelllng dnisTI
this very moment than any other thIf
that occupies men = unless It be none
j getting, its handmaid in the work OF de
- lroying human happiness. The two a
:, twin monsters. They have always ke
human blood running in rivers. Th'
!. have made earth perpetual hell. ~
:, smoke of the torment they have occasIo
ed has gone up forever. They have ke
the human race in everlasting lea
:, Read brother Couing' paragraph on VIII
am now commenting. 1t is fear
"a T. FEAR" fear" Do not understand |
- as attaching any more blame to the b
-. man family fnr their worShinping th