Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-26
V o l.. XIV. NO. 81
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TEE
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0f''' o''O'' VI Tue hlote' twice on Christ and
the Atonement, and twice on Ch,r,, y
Ministry, Sabbath. Vocal Pravsr Ra.n
reclion, and some other ideas corna.,
with your peculiar system; and have con
10 the follow deliberate conclusion in -,
erence 10 the probable, aud indeed aIm..
certain result Of the CO urse you ATE m.
suing. ....".
But, before give you my views in =,
gard to your present movements, | thin.
1t proper to remark, that almost every no,
son, and perhaps all, who profess III.
christian religion, will acknowledge !,
sober moments, that all thugs in H..
church aud ministry, are not exactly q,
they should be, and consequently need r.
form. That there is more or less d,nar
ure from primitive christianity, as found
in the New-Testame Mt, both in theory an
practice, is a fact too stubborn 10 BE- Success
fully contradicted by any person scqqaipt.
ed with the Bible, and the present sla,e Of
things. Every one out OF the pale Of the
Romish- church, Cor nearly all, } will say
that that church is the anti.Christ Of The
scriptures-the man of sin-the mother
Of harlots, &c. and yet, every protessed
christian denomination. called church, is a
ramifcatlon Of this pretended mother Of
all churches, more or less pure, that is,
some approach vast deal nearer Chris.
like, and aposoIicaI Oh isti unity than 'ta>
er's; but all have departed. l believe,
however, it IS just to say that the 3 p,ists,
in reference to their history as denomi.
nation, are an exception to the above state.
ment: but they have some things which
belong to Romanis:n instead Of Chris. II
am aware that such declaration will be
alarming to many, and, perhaps by some
will be called faIsebood But if Mosh.
eim's ecclesiastical and other his orv is
true, every denomination or church called
christian except the Baptist has an exist,
ence within three hundred and fifty years.
And Indeed Mosheim's history is subsar.
tally a history of The Romish church, for
more than 1000 years antecedtnt 10 The
Reformation. know that mention is
made OF some, here and there, VITO did
not seem 10 be connected with that chUrtt;
but very liuIe is known efthen as having
a continued existence down 10 the Reior.
nation; IN CT, their history is sb>oUdtd
IN almost complete obscurity. Ga Mss
subject, the Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge SAYS, "innumerabIe volumes
have been written under the title of church
history; but after all, we know but huie
Of the real church Of Christ for many
! hundred years. We have very ample &C.
counts OF the anti ehristian church, that
false preteHder, ia unhaIIowed alliance
with the kings of The earth and druuktn
with the blood of the saints; but the his
tory of the uncorrupted church which
maintained the word, worship, aud orJr
nances of Christ, while all the word wen
dered after the beast, is envelopet in The
obscurity of that retreat which Goa pre-
pared for her in the wilderness"
OF this need of church reform, and NOR,
al reform, you seemed to have a correct
view about two years ago; and like 2
oneer in this very desirable object, you
Sc: out and had many of The first rate spit'
its to help you-such as Amos Eddy,
Samuel Cotting, Joseph W. Sawyer, Rob.
ert Myers. and host ofothers in different
parts of the country. And had you con-
tlnued in the course you then adopted, yOo
would, in my opinion, have had thousa ds
to assist you before now. and the otjrc!
would in time have been accomplished
But you have latterly taken so lorg
stride-Ieaped so far beyond the line Of
| that reform, which was so much needed
that, SO far as am acquainted with The
general state of feeling from personal
knowledge, observation, and other sources
| am satisfied that your present 2ost'on
and movements, will produce a trtmeOo'
Gus counteracIing influence in the church
if not entirely defeat the object you set 0o'
to bring about
i Your views of the creation ofthe wor0
the formation Of man-the deuge
passage of The children of Israel through
the Red sea-and many other ImpoFI'M
/, and very rpmarkahl events as recOT0tu