Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-02-19
For The Green Mom,tain Freeman.
d" 0r0anIc Sins"

MEssRs EDIToRs-Having been mach amused,
somewhat instructed, and not little encouraged by
the following incident, will, if you please, give it to
the friends of the slave through the Fyeeman as be-
ing too good to keep
Not many months ago, | spent Sabbath in one of
the great cities of the United States and was favored
with the rich spiritual feast of hearing the celebrated
DR.. - preach. The weather was very unpropi-
tous the mingled storm of rain and being inces-
SAINT through the day. but the house crowded with
attentive listeners notwithstanding.
The subject discussed in the afternoon was the doc
trne of future rewards and punshments: it gave am
pie scope for the talents and eoquence of the learned
and doubt not truly plous speaker; and ceased to
wonder that the storm of and rain did not
ambassador of Christ pleading before empty seats
that sinners would " reConcied to God" In answer
ing the objections of Universalists to the doctrine Of
the future punishment of the wicked, he for moment
met them on their ground and admitted that there
was literal burning lake of fire and brmstone to be
the prison of despair of the memorable enemies O.
God; and undertook to show that vrtuous public
opinion, such Universe of holy nelligences, bear
ing their united testimony to the turptude of the sill
of rebellion against their Maker, would be more ter
rble, intoerable punishment than the literal bur
ming lake. | shall not of course attempt to give any
idea of the mastery manner in which this thought was
handled; the value of it to me- however, was prnci
pay single remark to the following effect, viz That
no man was prepared duly to appreciate the force Of
this argument but him who had been placed promin
emily before the public in controversy of a mora
character. This moment was thrilling one to me
and the So because saw the good man felt thai
there more in the remark than he could make his
hearers understand and feel The door of my hear
instantly opened wide enough to receive this dea
servant of the Lord bodily. But do you think Messrs
Editors, that at this moment failed to remember the
cause of the suffering bondmen in guilty land O
boosted liberty? Do you think failed to remember
the position of the American Beard the allabsorb
ing subject of slavery? Do you think that at this mo-
ment, failed to remember the sou-destroying pallia
tive, prepared and administered to the conscience Of
the stakeholder at the late meeting of the Board in
Brooklyn, in that new discovered doctrine that Amer
lean slavery is an organic sing" No indeed thot
of all these things, and thanked God and took cour
age And if that good man had not learned the force
of the argument of "vrtuous public opinion" by the
discussion of has doctrine of organic sins" since the
said meeting of the Board, am greatly mistaken.
Go on then, ye friends of the slave. A uituous
public opinion shall yet purify the Church and the A.
merican Board not only, but Northern public opin
ion itself, bothn Church and State and so bring its
concentrated rays to bear upon both the sin and the
sinner that Shareholders themselves will find it
hell too hot to be borne