The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-22
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THOUGHTS FROM CLAIMING.

There IS. indeed, an exception to THIS RUE
There is one case in which God puts human
len..v holly ,lri.ncele,,, into anothcr's hands
refer to the chilli, who is wholly suhjccie.
to parents will. l'ut observe how careful
ly,I almost might say nnxiously God has pro
:. silcd against the abuse OF this power. II,
has raised up for the child, in the heart Of
the parent, guardian whom the m:.htcst OF
earth cannot resist. lie has fitted the parcn
for their trust. by teaching him to love hi
offspring better than himself No clo1ucnc,
nn earth is so >ub''uin. as the moanin. Of the
IInfant when in pain. No reward is swcctc,
than that infants smile. We saw, God ha
put the inian: in the parents hands
Might we MOI more truly say. that lie ha'
put the parent into The chid's power: Tha
little being sends forth his father to toll
and makes the mother watch over him b,
day, and fix on him her s'etllcs eyes b,
night. No tyrant lays such yoke. Thu:
Tod has fenced and secured from abuse the
power Of the pa eat; yet he has \, en- known,ir
Il moment Of passion, to be cruel to his child
Is man, then to be trusted with power over Il
fellow creature who, instead Of being com.
nen,lcl By nature TO his tcn1crcst love, be-
I'n-s TO a despic'l race, is regarded as prop
,sty. Is made the passive instrument OF his
qualification and gain? ak no documents
to prove the abuses oftllis powcr.nor do ] carc
VIVA. is said to li>provc them. Millions may
rise mp and tell M that the slave suffers little
from cruelty. know too much of human
nature, human history, human passion, to be-
lic:r them. arIuit >a, c,ol,lers OF all pc
',.iar depravi'y. Judge them by myself
! say that absolute power coIrupts human ma
,urc more or less. say that cxtracr linarv,
almost miraculous SclfcOntrol is necessary to
secure the STAKEHOLDER from provOcation ard
passion and is selfcon.rol the virtue which.
above all others, grows up amidst the posses
SONS of irresponsible dominion
There is one grand. all-comprchcnding
..,.urch: and If am a Christian, belong to
i. and no man can slut me ont of it, You
n.av exclude me from your Roman Cath
oil; Church, your Episcopal Church, and
,our CaiviniS:ic Church. on arcOunt of sup
IrSc,. defects in my creed or nv sect and
M content to be excluded. But will no,
he severed from the great boly of Christ
Who shall sander me from such men a>
melon. and Pascal, and Borromco, from
Lci.hton, Jeremy Tay.or. and
John howard: Who can rupture the spirit
,l bond between these men and myself: d.
| not hold them dear: Does not their spirit.
l,win. out through their writings and
lives. penetrate my soul : Are they not
PORTION Of my being: Am not ,lil, rent
mn from what should have been. had not
these and other like spirits acted on mine =
And is it in the power Of synod, or conclav".
or vi all the eccle,i.>,i combinations on
earth to part me from them: ! am bound to
them by thought anil Affection and can these
Ire suppressed 10y the bull ola Pope, or the
cxcommunication Of a Council? The soul
breaks scornfully these barriers, these webs
Of spiders, and joins itself to the great and
good anil, il it possesses their spirit, will the
great and good, living or dead, east it of be-
cause it has not enrolled itself in this or an
other sect? \ pure mind is free of the uni.
verse. 1t belongs to the Church, the amil.
IN all worlds Virtue is no local thing. 1t i.
not honorable because born in this communi
" or that, bnt for its own independent an,
.'crastin. beauty. This is the bond of tn,
universal Church. No man can be cxrommu
nicatcl from it but by himself, by the dca,l
ii yo,lucSs in his own breast All sentence
:" exclusion are vain if he do not dissolve Oh,
tie Of purity which binls him to all hol,
souls.
There is strong tendency in mcr to at
tach the i,lca Of necessity to an unchangin.
regularity Of operation, to imagine bounds 4
being who keeps one undertaking path, O.
who repeats himself rcrpctualIy. Hence
rejoice in miracles. They show and asscr
the supremacy Of mind in the universe. The
manifest a spiritual power which is in no dc
gree enthra'lcd hy the laws Of matter. re
ioirr in these witnesses to so great truth
r.joirc in whatever proves that this ortle
Il nrtnic. which SO often weighs on me as
ri':'in. and which contains no promise Of IN
perfection. is not supreme and immutab!c an
that the Creator is not restricted to the mar
row modes cooperation with which am mos
,uuiliar.
Oar Great AMI most difficulty duty. as 50
rIal beings, is to derive constant aid from 50
eirty without taking its yoke; to open on
minds to the thoughts. reasoninrs, and prr
Sua>ionS OF others. and vet to hold fast til
tered right Of private Judgment: to rccciy
'mpnl>eS from our fellow beings. and vet +
1T from our own souls: 20 sympathize wit
others. and vet to determine our own feelings
''act with others and yet to follow our owl
""ns'ienccs to unite social Difference am
-''!t-'!omnion; to Join moral self subsistence
with social dependence to respect other
without losing sct:re>pect Ito love our friend
IN! I" reverence orr superiors. whilst on
ui'emc homage is given to that moral pcr
lection which no friend and no superior ha
realized. and which faithfully pursued. vii
often demand separation from all around rs
>uch Is our great work as social beings; an,
TO perform it we should look bal;tu,u, 4.