Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-19
VOL. XIV. NO. 90.

OUT What nave wet do with that If Christ
and his apostles have taught a different
doctrine? Shall we believe Moses or
Christ! The words Of Christ are ..all
things whatsoever We would that men
should do to you, do We even so to them :"
The gospel that Christ taught breathes
the principle Of love to God and love to
man. DO not believe that there is a
passage in the New Testament that favors
slavery 10 any way whatever |. is not
strange that it is hard 10 fud access to the
consclences OF the shareholders at The
south, while men at The North, who pro-
TESS to have the spirit Of Christ, are in IA.
Vor OF such heaven daring institution,
and even admit the soul.driver into
Christian fellowship, and whole Church
les sanction such an abomination. Oh.
the depth Of iuiquity that is 10 the human
heart. My soul is sick with every days
report OF wrong that is practiced by hu-
man beings. ifthese wrongs were onIy
practiced by the Arabs or some other bar
barous nation, it would not affect NE as il
now does Il is ruIy humilating to wit
ness the wrongs of a professedIy christian
nation. God speed the day W hen slavery
and all the evils that grow out of it shall
be done away in this Iand. The same IN
dlHlduaI is strongly in favor of taking hu.
man life. Christ said, "ye have heard
THAT it hath been said, an eye fer an eve,
and tooth for tooth, but l say unto you
That We resist not evil" Here He puts
his fnser Oh the spirit Of retaliation, and
teaches US % render good for evil How
hard it IS 10 bring the human mind to this
one point TO follow Christ'S example,
and be willing 10 suffer wrong rather than
to do wrong. How different course is
pursued by those that profess to be the
lights OF the world Look at The profess
ed christian, with his imp cnen;s of war
ia his hand, and about his shoulders He
+ goes out 10 learn to take human life,
~ hen God has sad, "thou shalt rot kill"
And then see the professed minister of
Christ sanction this bloody system By Of.
teri@g mp prayer 10 the God Of the Uni
oerse on the parade. It is not strange 10
me that the war spirit is kept up, when |
! look abroad and see the inconsistency ofthe
church and the influence she xerts over
the rising generation. Suppose there should
De war between Great Britain and the
United States. And suppose they should
come into the field clothed IN battle array,
aad each CT the armies should form them
IseIves into square; their Chaplains
! should appear and take their stand and
! commence praying to God to assis, them
II destroying human life. The United
Ststes' chaplain prays that they may be
Successful III conquering their enemies.
The British chaplain prays equally as
earnest that success may attend their ef.
forts. Are not such prayers an abomina-
ton in the sight ofthe Lord ? Then pro-
Tossing christians on both sides point their
guns at each other and at the word of
I command from the officer, hundreds OF
human beings fall Iifciess to the ground.
! L.,
dist, Baptist has tQken the life of O.
Baptist, and SO on, while their wives and
children are left peanyless 3, home Oh,
what an amount Of misery is caused by
this system. And yet those wbo call
themselves christians engage init. When
look at this subject, ain compelled to
cry OCT, how long, 0, Lord-how long
shall this system Of things continue 3
When will tie time come that nations
shall learn war no more? The Me,ho-
dist denomination have given their infu-
ence in favor Of war and b!oodshed bv
sancHoning The acts of c.. S. Brown, a
missionary 10 Africa. they continue 10
Support HIM as missionary after he has
taken deliberate aim at ffties of human
beings, and poured buck sho. Into them
. like tornado. A singular way Indeed
Z 10 iustruct them in the way that leads 10
f lie eternal. If any person has such a
!. sense ofthe crimes that are sanctioned By
D the Church, thai he dare not hold his peace
0 but dares publish his views to the word,
: and wnhdraws from such associations,
0 they Immediately lay hands on his con.
Y science and say, Sir,you hurt our feelings