Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-02-21
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The Gallery OF Gods.

en- nations worship as Gods. lie said he was
much impressed while viewing those representa-
tons of what the imagination of men had con.
trivcd to conjurc up of the Creator.
The god Of the Indian, for instance. was re-
presented by an image of some ancient rcinorka-
bic chicftain warrior. lie said that every lin
camcnt of this image seemed to cmbody terrible
hideousncss,
vcnturcd to suggest to my friend, that It
the gods Of some men who call themselves
Christians were but so carved out in wood,
their appearance would be anything but lovely.
"Blcssed arc tho pure in heart" says Divine
Wisdom, "for they shall sec God" How can
any but such, discover the true character of the
infinite Creator; and how accurately will the
image of a mans god, If it be bat accurately
carved In wood or stone or painted upon can
Vass, represent the state of his own heart.
once heard methodist preacher, oil the text
Z" My sheep hear my voice, and they follow me,
represent the Lord Jesus Christ as gentleman
slave owner. "Christ," said hc :" has purcha-
sed u.s." "We arc his SLAVES" &c., now this
priest was STAKEHOLDER himself, and rs q mat
ter Of course so was his God. l little thought
when l made the suggestion to my friend, to
have so good an illustration of the point rs has
just occurred. We have been repairing the
brick church in Vernon. After painting it up,
it looked so much better, that our minister
thought it ought TO "bc dedicated lest the
Lord might mistake it for another church, l
suppose. Mr. Fairchild of Hartford was called
to give the address. Having heard sermon
by him, in which he proved very ably, that the
present religious organization is the true, or
christian church, because there nrc rs many,
(and he said he thought there were morcl crimes
committed out Of, than in it. felt quito nnx.
ious to know what kind Of n God he would set
up in the Brick Church in Vernon. / was
somewhat disappointed howcvcf for he did not
give a regular dedication sermon; but on the
next Sabbath evening he preached a rcfoima-
tion discourse, in the same house, in which he
brought up picture of his god dasucrcotyr-
cd to the life. will cndcavor to report little
OF the latter part of this sermon: the greater
(bettcr.) part of which contained large amount
OF the best pra:tical instruction,
The preacher was on the subject Of sowing to
tho flesh, and rcaping corruption. When he
came to show the sinners harvcst-"hc,l,' he
said. "was not like any description of it in the
bible, because that nothing which is know 10
us in our present life could represent infinite
torment" alt was compared to Ghchcnna
near Jerusalem, where the worm and the fire
were continually consuming, and the smoke was
ever ascending. but Ghchcnna could net repre-
sent hell. for those frcs have ions since ceased
TO burn. Then again, it was compared to fur
mace Of Arc. lie badc us stand before the fur
mace and behold the intense heat that melted
the ooduratc iron.. Now reflect, said lie how
terrible to be thrown alive into the midst of such
a place, and to remain alive to all eternity in
such torment Then the lake Of burning brm-
stonc was introduced and dwelt upon. Then
he told us to fancy ourselves upon some very
high prccipicc, with deep and dark abyss be-
low, "how you would shuddcr and rcco.i from
the brink Mt the bare thought of fallins-but
tho sinner will be hurled from a rrccipcc into
an abyss, that has no bottom, for hell is bot
tomlcss pit. In short, said lie, think of every
thing that is miserable in this life, and then re-
feet that nothing can come up to tho tormcnts
of hell" Having prepared lis audience in this
manner for the solcmnty, he proceeded to in
;roducc the image of his God, acting rs his own
banaman or executioner to in1ict this terrible
horror of penalty.
II - 4 thai bo will
whct his sword against you" At this le took
the attitude OF man with the hilt of sword III
his left hand. the point resting against his shoul-
der, while with the right he applied the whet-
stone vigorously-thcn changing his position as
tho figure changed. "God," said he, "tas said
that he has made ready his arrow upon his bow!
he is even now about to launch the mighty
shaft right at you T. at this, like modern Rob
in Hood, the minister seemed TO grasp with all
his might ponderous "six feet bow in his left
hand, while with his right he drew "cloth-
yard anov," even to its head, and remained
some time aiming frst at one, then at another
part of the audience until he had brought his
winged DEATH" to bear upon the entire as
sembly; happily, was in some measure cover
cd by pillar, which very fortunately happen
ed to be between mo and the mighty archer,
and feeling thus secure, thought at once OF
my friend Browns 4" Indian God, in the mis-
sionary gallery in New York. had only time
to observe the striking resemblance, when the
cap of the awful climax camc laundering down
in the following words, SONY think of sens hid
sow savGgs ,Oith his musket pointed right at yo"'
and about TO discharge its contents into your rery
hsarii!r Do you think you could sleep any
tonight, if that were the case p
Now my brother, know you will think that
have overdrawn. That such pleasant, edu-
Gated, and rciormatory man, as Rev. Fairchild,