Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-31
To tho Editor of tho Telegraph.

To tho Editor of the Telegraph.
My Dear Brother:
You may recollect that, on account Q
your views in relation 10 the late oiutiny oil
board the Somers, you were desired, so ia
as the principles Of Non Resistance were Il
be carried out, 10 slate what those rules o
action might be on case of facts where nj
Qualification could be made in behalf of III,
mutineers.
The principles Of Non. Resistance, SO fa
as understand their practical use, have thei
foundation in Love to God. As God i:
love-and the human race being his off
spring, made of one blood for to dwell On al
the face of the earth = the first and greai
command seems applicable to their condi
ton with a relevancy and authority unques
TONED: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul
and with all thy mind. And The second is
like unto il: Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as myself. 49,: H.. ~~~...
Ye have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, aud hate
thine enemy: But | say unto you, Love
your enemies. Be we therefore perfect, even
as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Here is the platform on WEIGH nun.resist-
ants can carry out their principles. And
with these rules Of action universally adopt
ed, all the people of this world may be re-
transformed into children of the light, and
restored 10 the full favor Of their heavenly
Father. The Apostles after conversion
were non reslsIanls; and al period when
great violence prevailed in The earth, suffer
ed marty rdom, il is said, TO a man. For Ihe
tight shineth in darkness and the darkness
comprehended il rot. And non -resistants
Of The present day, since the light has been
chance, escape with their lives: having been
Knocked down and dragged out - and sent
TO The ielon's prison with ropes around their
necks, as the only place of safety. And this
boon, be il remembered, is the first and de-
rived from the Word-lhe Spirit Of Truth
mingled, as ii all along has been, with err
ror; and kept al the same time in earthen
vessels. XIII.
Oar brother, H. C.. Wright, who, if mis-
take not, calls himself belligerent non-re.
siSlaut, says, Ii matters little whether hu
man life be al The disposal Of one man, or
Of millions of men. Should it be at the dis
Iosal Of man ardl 2 That is the question:
The prophet Jonah was commanded TO 90
and preach 10 The inhabitants OF Nineveh
He disobeye in contrary direction
took ship, and was The occasion Of casting
out the wares 10 tighten il in storm. The
mariners We're afraid, and cried every man
unto his god, and rowed hard TO bring the
ship TO land; but they could not: for the
sea wrought and was tempestuous against
Them. So they took up Jonah and cast him
forth into the sea /; and the sea ceased from
her rag ing. Does brother Wright tell MS
that The shipmaster was murderer
Submit yourselves therefore 10 God !:
Resist the devil and he will fee from you !:
are commands no less obligatory than com.
mands TO be merci.ul and kindly affectionale
one 10 another. Suppose through hardness
Of heart all the commands Of God entirely
cast repudialed. And suppose, what
would necessarily follow, that the wicked
ness of man In The earth equal 10 what il
was before The food: That every magma
Ilou Of The thoughts OF his heart 10 be only
evil continually. Suppose them adnonish-
ed in this their wickedness. Would they
not reply: "Is God changeable z Does
he hate his rrring children while they arr
going asIray, and then turn and love them
when they turn? Does he change his con-
duct towards them, as often a, they change
theirs towards him? Is he as tickle and
passionate as they +? Love 10 others can on
ly be shown by doing them good, and moi
by doing them HARM" The men Of Nine
veh shall rise in judgment with this genera
lion, and shall condemn il: because they
Tepented at The preaching Of Jonas aid,
behold, greater than Jonas is here. And
God saw their works, that they turned from
their evil way and God repenled of the
evil that be had said that be would do unto
them; aud did il mol. But il displeased
Jonah exceedingly, aud be was very angry.
Then said the Lord. do<t thou we'll TO be
angry? And should mol spare Nineyeh.
that great CITY, wherein are more than six
score thousand persons thar cannot discern
between their right hand and their left?
My brother, you say, To hang people by
the neck IS mol the way 10 love thsn. |
think so too. And think, moreover, that,