Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-01

Mr. RI wish could say few things tt
our abolition friends to stir them up to do more in GU
great enterprise this coming year, than has been don
the last Had we done all that ought to have beer
done last year. would not progress have been mucl
greater than it proved?
Now, abolition friends let us see what we ought t.
do this year-oug say, to do, because we can do it
and when man do duty and will not he must be
guilty and bear the blame before his God Well wha
ought we to do? These among other things: We
ought to come out from all prosavery bodies in boil
church and state, who will not come off from saaery
for does not that man support slavery who supports them
and is this consistent? We must not be partakers O
other mems sins We ought to come together imme
diatey, say Immediately, as Counties, and make ar
engagements to have the Counties well lectured ove
this winter and spring, and well paperea also. Nc
time should be lost. Consider how important the win
ter is for the above work, and how soon it viii
pass away Hitherto we have begun our work when
we should be leaving of-a lew weeks before election
What we then do, when mems minds are any thing
but calm and fit to work upon? Our strength lies in
the DISTRICTS light and knowledge are wanted
Let us dfuse them without delay.
We ought to have two State Conventions this win
ter each side of the mountain, for the accom-
mediation of the friends Let both be fixed within a
few days of each other, that the speakers could at
tend both. Both sides of the mountain want warming
up, and if act as heretofore, we shall warm one
side and leave the other to freeze; and who likes to
be in such fix as this
We ought to get up some christian conventions -
Christians, such, should hold holy convocatons
and spend at least two days in praying, preaching,
discussion and consultation to make their principles
bear against slavery. Does not the church want rous-
ing and purifying? In Great Britain, abolition made
but little progress till the evangelical churches took
hold init.
We want more mutual and united prayer | know
of but one church, that has stated meetings of prayer
for the poor slave, in all this State Should it be so !?
Should not abolition christians in every town have sta
ted prayer meetings for the overthrow of slavery? Can
we do any thing without God? And is it not our du-
ty to ask Gods help and to seek his blessing on our
cxertions?
Our enterprise is vastly important; slavery is mon
strous moral political and commercial evil; nor does
strous evils, war, rum and Popery and it our political
parties mean to cherish and maintain these fearful
evils in our land, what will be the end thereof? Three
millions of heather we have to educate, enghten and
convert to Godnot in foreign land but in our own
national BOSOM What reproach is here What a
duty! Shall we not be about it in good earnest? And
how shall we do it Oh, just as the good book tells
ns,-"theefore my beloved brethren, be ye seadfast
unmovabe, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
for asmuch ye know that your labor is not in vain
in the Lord"
Very respectfully yours,
Wolcott, Sept 81. J. GLEED.