Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
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would suggest 10 The writer signing,
"Cephas" on the first page, that he has
undertaken hopeless task this time. If
| understand him, he would bring the
priesthood together and unite them in the
preaching Of one doctrine. As viewthe
matter, there are at least two things in
way. First, the interests of men employ
ed as priests will always stand in the way,
while they are thus employed. 1t is for
their interest TO disa gree. 1t is quarreII-
ing that furnishes them empIovment.-
Con6ne them TO The truth. and you spoil
their trade Make them to have common
Interests with mankind in general, and they
are no longer prieSts-they become only
men. Truth finding and truthtelliag is
so simple a thing as 10 furnish no coca
sion Tor priesthood. There is no other
way for the craft 10 perpetuale itself but to
lead The peone into obscurilv and mystic
ism = into mysterious things 10 be talked
about, and not to be comprehended Ito
be speculaled upon, and not 10 be under
stood. Thus they divide the minds of
the people; and then the people vii d.
vide their purses and pay for keeping up
the division of views. H.. -.
The second difficulty arises from re.
curing the priesthood, or any other set of
men TO be agreed in .bings that are in
themselves perfect antagonisms. The
more this matter is studied at the more it
may be. Ii there ever was depIorasle
deias:on in the heads of mortal men, there
is one IN the heads Of as many as under
| take to reconcile together The contradictory
and Inconsistent things contained ia the
Bible. Il is sal pity that those who de-
desire to be useful should hot better EN-.
pIoy themselves. | shall stop now TO call
attention tc single case only ont of an
nnnmerable multitude that might be cited
Take prayer Of David and compare it
with a prayer ofJesus The former is ia
be found in tho l09.h Psalm. The frs,
| twenty verses run thus:
Hold not thy peace, Q God OF nv
praise; For The mouth of the wicked and
he mouth of the deceifu are opened
| against me; they have spoken against me
with lying tongue. They comprised
me about also with words of haired and
fought against me without a cause. For
my love they are my adverSaries: but
give myself unto prayer. And they have
rewarded me evil for good. AMI hatred for
my love. Set thou a wicked man over
him: and let Satan stand at his RIGHT
rand. When he shall be Judged, lie, him
/, De condemned: and let his PRAYER become
sin. Let his days be few; and let anolh-
er take his office. Let his children BE-
| ta'herlesS, and his wife widow. Let his
children DE continually vagabouds, and
beg: .et them seek their bread also out of
th-Ir desoate places. Lei the extortoner
catch all that he hath; and lex The stang
er spoil his la6our. Let there be none to
extend mercy uoio him: neither let there
be any TO favor his fatherless Children
Lei his pos,erity be cut off; and in the
generation following let their name be
bo;ted out Let the iniqoity OF his fath-
! ers be remembered with the LORD; and
let not the sin OF his mother be bIoued out.
Let them be before the LoRD continually,
that he may cut of, he memory of them
from the earth. Because tha, be rememb-
cred not to shew mercy. but prosecuted the
poor and needy man, that he might even
Stay the broken in heart. AS he loved
cuTsing, so let j, come unto him: as he de-