Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-26
know lis soundne.s or lis unsoundness-


so sensitive on this subject. Alter all
they have done in making up that volume
as they have-putling out of the way
from time 10 time the balance Of the ma.
terials from which it was complexities
ing or wilfully destroying the history OF
large parts of it, so that it is not known BY
whom, when or where they were written
by this and other means throwing all
possible mys,eriousness and darkness
about it-overhau!ing and altering it as
often as their purposes and interests have
required it is not strange that they
should be highly sensitive at its being
touched by way of being scru'inized by
those not in league with them. But If it
be what they claim it to be, why are they
SO troubled and disquieted at the examin-
alton of it out of the church2 VIII not
the laso Of The Lord stand forerer p
Whence then their fearfuIness? The
Lords work will endure. 1t is on y the
work of men that will come to noug ht.-
Their sensitiveness here Is quite as ride
utous as it is elsewhere. They are at
their wits ends to take care of the church
and the priesthood, and keep them from
destruction. And yet all the while aver
ring that their church and priesthood are
the LORDS institutions. Why then are
they terr6ed2 Is not the Lord able TO de-
fend his own insti;utions2 They convict
themselves Of the grossest infdelty q
They are utterl y wanting in belief and
trust in the Lord. Are they the ones to
cry infdelity against others? The truth
is, they know the corruption of their
church and priesthood. They know their
hands TO be full of oppression and deceit,
and their garments to be stained with
blood. They know that the cries Of the
slave, and of widows and orphans desoIa-
ted by war, have came up against the
church. And they trembIe to have the
people See and know how it is. They do
not fear God-or they would long ago have
put away their ungodliness. They only
fear men. The favor Of men is the thing
they court To show men their abomin-
atoms they know will endanger their
Graf. Hence their onlcrying. Their
professed concern for the Lords work is
sheer pretext and hypocrisy. When hey
have shown any practical regard for God 5
law, by putting away their own utter un-
godliness, it will be In season for them %
cry out in6deIty agains: others.
But was about 10 mention a passage
Of scripture which often meet from them.
1t is 10 be found 10 the last chapter of
Revelation, commencing at the 18th verse,
and reading thus" For testify unto
every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy Of this book, if any man shall
add unto these things, God shall add unto
him the plaques that are witten in this
book: and if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of This proph.
ecy, God shall take away his part out Of
the book of life, and out of the holy city
and from the things which are witen in
this book" The first thing have to
say by way of comment here is, to return
the chaIice to their own lips. Let those
who hold the Bible 10 be thing too sac,
FED for inspection, and yet have added to
it and taken away from it TO suit their own
ends and convenience, take this passae &c
into serious consideration, on their own
Interpretation of it. The next thing
have to say is, that the Interpretation
which has generally been given it is false
1t has been Interpreted TO have allusion t
the Bible, in what it says about "thi
book" But | say, fearless Of conlradlc
lion, that the writer of the passage neve
had though: of the kind. No sucl
book as the Bible was then in existence
and it could no, possibly have entered BIZ
mind that there ever would be such
book. The "book" and tie prophecy
which he was speaking of could hav
been nothing more nor less than tn
apocalypse, the book now called Reveal
ton" the wiring of which he was thel
closing. That this was 10 be used as tb
closing part. or airy other part of such
volume as the church have made up,
say could not possibly have been know
10 him and nc many as know the fac,