Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-06

~ thew dufy 10 be- Supporters 81 religion snd ro'
the iyrsn'' ", fear We prey that the time ray
,c-pc wh-n Kegs shsl he nursing taihcys and
QDern, shall - nuniEg ulsshers' rod " hen there
,hsil ~ roth nr 70 hun 70 snnoy "a all God ,
hois NORMAN" W. bold that every depa rtfnen'
81 Govrtnmcni should BE- loarensd with Christ.
snry and every fsnciionsry IN H. from the high.
en- 10 The iowos shoah be under ~ influence -
gApri'stel Though NC GUS the Establish m, nj,
Y % ngh, that Il he understood that we 70 out on
che Establishment principle Hear, hear. We
are ihc advocates ior national recognition and
naiioDsl ssppor Of religion, and are no. volunia-
rlcs (Chccsl Again, they thus openly pro
claimed ihc,r difference from those who, under the
avise Of principle refused 70 acknowledge the au
ihofay Of The church With such men they
could no, have fellowship, an4 sill less so with
those Who would la ~ menaeng from, against
'The powers that ~" an1 could carry themselves
s-ains the constituted authorities Of the land with
dshsnce and contumsly
Bsri he nccd no, proclaim. in the cars Of that
assembly. the duty TO guard against tho lawless
and revolutionary politics Of those who spoke
evil Of digniiaries, and were given 10 change
Heafl lie knew Il was not necessary TO warn
his brethren present sga,as such men, and the
danger IN beng m any way associated with such
wsen; but IL necessary and RICH, that they
opportunity
their views, rs = warning 10 the world, because
many nigh, M present circumstances, miscon.
ccive their object, when IN the character OF grea,
home mission, like the apostles Of odd they would
be accused Of "turning the world upside down. -
tIear, hcar) They would for peace, law, and
order,--thear. hear, mo, iumult turbulence, and
confusion. (Tlear, hear II suffered to prose
cute their labors, quietly and peaccaby they
would soon prove themselves the best friends OF
social order and social happiness and peace, and
the nris,ocrsey Of the land would find il to be so
bu, If they were nor permitted quietly and peacea
bly to work OIL, the Christian principles Of the
church Of Chris, they would find tina, The aris,oc-
racy themselves would suffer loss With men
who were recklessy attempting to pull down the
nrisocraey they bad no sympathy; with such
men they could hold no coparinership.
Motions were subnil,od and agreed 10 for asso-
.cia,ing wnh the Free Assembly the ministers who
had declared their adherence, and one adherng
member from each kirksession for appointing
commieeto consider the proper course for efIecting
and completing the separation and toprepare and
lay on the table draft Of an address 10 her Majesty
setting forth the grounds of the separation from
the Established Church. Arrangements were al
so made for enabling all who wished to sign the
the protest, and i, was stated by DR.. McFarlane
tina, 1913 members OF the Assembly had signed the
protest, and the total number Of ministers who had
signsd il was 400
A, subsequent meeting DR.. Chalmer stated,
tina, including the money already received, and
that which they were Justly entitled to expect, the
fund a, their disposal for building and the susten-
taiion Of ministers nigh be said to amount in the
gross, to the magnificent, sum OF f223,02S 6s, |
lid, viz Ei503il IS Id for the Building
Fund, and r72,6s7 Is lOd annual receipts for
the sus,entaiion OF ministers