Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-06-03

the Sabbath-that sacred day of rest, when
every irritating and disturbing theme should
be kept far aloof from the Sanctuary and from
our hearts, for we come to the Chucrh to be
comforted, and political preaching is an out
rage ON our feelings, and dissertation of tho
day of God and preaching on the sin of Slave
ry is political preaching, and if you preach
such preaching, it oHends the pew-owners, and
drives away the people from the Church, and
prevents them from hiring pews, and diminish
ing our revenues, 50 that, if you preach such
preaching, the interests of the Church and So
ciety require that we should unsettle you.
Well done, Simon Magus There you stand
unyel your face step forth into the light only
avow that you buy your minister, and use him,
or lay him on the shelf, just as you would
case of umbrellas or bale of silk, that you
settle him for pew revenues, and that your pull
pit is up ut auction to the highest bidder for
the man who will insure you the greatest sum
total of pew-rentals, and your power is at I'm
end. The statement of such things is enough
to make by-word and Kissing You never
can get the people to admit that the final end
OF Gods Word is just simply to keep the fnan-
ces OF society above water, or as locomotive
to drag them uphill. Gods Word is given for
edltylng and saving souls, and not merely
building temples and paying for them. And
the ministers of Gods W ord if called to preach
in Nineveh and fleeing to Tarshish, will not
md the churches to be mere packet ships, in
which they can snugly sleep out the storm, and
pay their passage by concealing their mission.
Concealment is not the law of Gods Word,
but MANIFESTATION, and in times of danger and
of treachery, you are compelled to vary the Or
binary law Of Gods Word as raips and gentle,
showers, and to come down in a yperfect cata-'
ract, as if all the windows of heaven were
opened, and the fountains of the great deep
broken up. We may learn something here
from our colored brethren. During the war
of our Revolution, it is said that particular
important point of his lines Washington
found his sentines, night after night, picked off
by a party that could not be detected. At
[ length he committed the care of that point to
/ sagacious, trusty negro, on service in the
army a negro citizen Qet Secretary Cass mark
: it) was particularly trusted by Washington.
lie told him the nature of the danger, and babe
$ him have all his wits about him, remembering
the watchword, if any suspicious movements
: was before him, which was to call, Who goes
| there three times, and then fire. The faith
) full, kecn-wtted negro reflected and made up
l his mind Past midnight bis watchful ear
caught the stealthy advance of the enemy, and
just waiting long enough in one sentence, at
A one BREATH Who goes dere tree times and then
, fired The foe was shot and discovered, the
1 alarm given, and the post saved. Sometimes
we must thus concentrate. and give the warn
S ing and the shot in the same movement not
here little and there little. but all at once,
G and blow after blow followed up SO rapidly,
3 that neither compromise nor retreat shall be
e possible.