The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-09-12
"How Long"
From the Springfield Republican.

StilA's Tie c!cls scontfnoNerSlal-nay worse
r personal. One profcssed Christian is pitch
, ing INTO anothcr.-qucstioning his cando
e and truthfulncss, and cndcavoring. witt
: might and main. to become a personal vecto
over his brother. the point in difference hay
ing no special Importance with the public
We take up another religious newspaper, an.
we flnd 1t upholdng bigot who refuses tn,
use ofhis pulpit to one whose blamclcss If
and noble genius and gentle good FELLOWSHIP,
WIN the love OF every man with whom he i
brought INTO association. because his scctari
an affiliations arc not identical with those OF
tho editor. We toss boti! aside. as a RI,
comes at the door, and a gentleman of pleas
ant address enters and announces himself -
Rev. Mr. Falrchild of Boston. lie is irwin,
to build church. He has written book
the profits of which are to go to that object
lie tells a sad and humiliatins story of persc
cuton at the hand of Christian brother
lie has written it down in his book. ",
buy his book, bid him God speed and he re-
tires. At this momcnt , ,,,;1 ooo.: r.,
FIRST document we take from the. pile is al
address on the state of Knox Col,orc do
h'cre'l by Rev. Edward Bccchcr. ID. d., be-
fore the citizens of Galc>burrh III" 7, oc
cupic~ with its shameful story. sixtrcn ncw.
paper columns. sbov;no bow ~. c,r..ro h..
literally been rent in pieces hx ro,o,,,n,
having their basis in \ >cc,,r;,u .,r;,, ho
IT,, '''''' '"' - 'S'''"''ai'>'S
c,1;,, l, ''','''7 '''> ''i''' f"s
puo:,n, WV l'o''N7 ON
a., IL '''S "''" "'>-'>'iliS
>'''',''7 '''' N"P'> ana 'l"art-
'''''''l va '''i>'lNn Families
~, ~ ''' ~ '"'''''c ''''f ch'."f'n
Wv ''''e o''h broken uN
'''''' f'"P'It! over to tlt
'' ''''''''' exercises con
:, '''' "'.' ''''.'' ~ "'S>"ii'n' VIII
r. ''''''' Va "'''> ''''' '"'! were almost
''''" nc >a'"'''"f! and vale
wi ""''''S>'> were not c1NNcrrd.
rs thc>c tnlnSs followed one another. til,
'Nciamatlon winch heads this article Spranc
uholddcn to our lips. and we repeat it-"IIow
Long How long shall Christian men
quarrel Ill the name of ChriStianitv?9 How
long shall par,izan fccln. in the Christian
church disgust the world with Christians and
with their religion? How long shall rcli.,-
etfnrt, :, ,nr.onl ,,.ai - ''''''"'''
noiuts of ];,tIo ,,r,ot;o1
world, 11ou 1iun .n.u ~ :.
he del,,od tho, ,ho ,.,1: ''7'' y
may br ach;cvcJ or n,.;n,,;,, H.,
shall tbc Je>u;, ,o;rt to ,,o ooo.a:
ONT of.,,r;v,to ,,r,,. :
,ro coun+.1 ,v ff,;a. .,:, ~ way
:, 90 e,r.o,. a.. n.,, '''' AZ "'' ''e
Hour low. .1am q. ''"' :
Of tho ra,] Christian, u, rne ''i'> ~
e.. ms nm " >"'''
''''''''''''H '> are
long shall bigotry in Christ> name deny its
own dishonorcd footstool to Christian dis.
ciplc? How long shall those who represent
religion to the world be allowed to prove to
the world that the religion they profess h,s
not hheralizcd or sottcncd them. but has
II, 1 I
trating il. and cmhi,tcrcd their tc,,n.r ~,
voking it with partizan ZcaI9
". bc,vc , .;uh of ,,; ~
ism: wc 1cnrcc,tc ,bo .d,,noo g .,:.:.1
ism; but il is hardly foo ,,,,ch % Ill.,.
they are the or,boot< Of >, +,;n.o1 chr: .;a.:
tv. and that in too many ;,st,roo. ,to,.
only Theoretically, vorso H.;
cd a bar,! ;udomcnt hu, ,,,;,o :, .n,,,, -
hard to pro,c. # is ]cri,;m,t. g., on.o..,:. 1,o
on;n;on that e tho Chn;.; .,,, y,
what it ought TO have heon IN uo.1 o,
will to all. unity efficiency c,r;t, .n,1 ,o,,, -.
-ncithcr of tboso f,r,,s of .i:,u: -,
/ ever nave existed,
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" ''.''' '.", @ '''''e "'e''' III our "Plnlon' 1t
" ~, " '"'"' l'''sS-of ''''' pof-
''''' VI 1t WHICH 'eiie>eS 'ha' IN the progress
anu P'','l''''e Oh 'he hrlS'lan rellsl"n are
:, '''' w. ,''' ''e'''''' anu pest S"od OF
M "o''' sp''N Out pan'!' an" put
~, ''.> 1'''' |'s ''."'''' ''iiS''"" men
49, ....,1. .e ~ ,r ~ anu ''''''i
y" " ''i" ''lchl up