The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-06-17

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ate asr Of III eshilesnaias d1aks.
This | restiva .;sA dndsasA nss'
" Is Belonging 70 M sane nssstU
Of iaassa.ion ] I'm pstatins ct. via
appear 10 Ao~ The progressive spirit
Of improvement o. ths aivi"e code
iast commenced.
The tree use of sti.alaling drinks
has been appreciated, ,nd enjoyed b,
the besa and xisest Of Wen fsr many
thousand years; the hottest and most
.levout christians af al nations except
Maly,msdaus. have received invixo.
rating drinks ~ common hesssass
from the hand Of their creator. and
approved By him. - aever receiving
a rebuke. The savi : COR Lord Je.
.us Christ sanctioned the free use Of
intoxicating drink by his ac,isn Al the
wedding, ard Saa denounced By Ii.
old phaiisces - 4 wine bibbcr," o.
drunk arl, and according t. rulss
adopted b. many u our churches
were he n,w here olst - expelled
LII 90 -
ihis solemn i'junc,ios u bis discip.ss,
"sLes no man Gays hs) judge ysu -
to your mea, or y eur drink"
How appalling the thought, that .
Christian Legislator should ray 20 III.
tic regard to an express ecmmand Of
their Savior
We will now sho~ By few extract Is
from large and respectable Journal,
the further progress now making to
bring the INSPIRED writings into disre'
pu.c, as predicted BY Franklin.
" 1t is now Gays the writer) bat q
few years since the 6rst attempt was
openly made in this city to establish
Journals devoted to In6del Philosophy,
At first such al attempt created moth
ing but disgust aud horror, in the
minds Of community. especially in
New England, which has been con.
sidered the headquarters Of good
sound old fashioned religion Of the
Bible. Of late years however. . grca,
change has taken place among large
classes Of society. Journals Of large
circulation have been established pre-
tending to all the virtue and morality
Of the day, which under the speciou'
garb Of pnre philosophy and morals
have been sapIing and undermining
J the religious notions Of the people, in
PRODUCING a new code OF morality o
the most atrocious kind, and expung
ing all those ancient ideas Of honesty
propriety and virtue. Those destruc
tive principles are disguised unde,
various applications, and appeal Il
, different sentiments Of the huma,
. mind.
Rationalism, Trans,ender talism
Socialism, Abolitionism, Rocheste
; Knockirgs,S Spiritual Communications
Woman's Rights, Teetotalism, an,
many other islps that pervade societ,
at the present day, arc all SO man,
! Efforts to affect the same end, viz. tn,
snbversion of true christian principle
:, and in6dclizing Of society. But tn
: leaders and abettors Of this iaiquitou
scheme are not confined to the laity
but,perhars uninte ntionally The clerg.
, themselves, are in the foremost rank
u Of those who bcscige the strong hold
of morality and religion" 1t is con
sidered that one half Of the Protes:an
clergy of New England and Ne,
York are deeply infected with Tran,
y cendentaIism, Philosophy and Social
ist notions Of the day.
!, Iufdelity seems to come in tn
!, shape of German origin. The wome
who are concerned in this scheme o
social revolution, make some strang
> movements against all the pure, sim
pie and important doctrines Of Chris
tianity, as taught for centuriex rast