The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-03-29


per q NOV ~ Tie sermon yaa az
was beard ailh markel interest and
approval Mr. JencIs attempts e
prove that lhe covenant u ciFcamca
siau conveyed % the Jews q yalid title
q the LAID q Cauaau ~ en- oglf,asi-
ing possession. or ss long IS time %
duros The word everlasting does not
convey the idca d duration as long SIS
time eudurts. fof that vord used r.
express the perpe,uity q the passover
lbe Auronic Priesthood II Jewish
fras.s What are the stipulations IL
the covenant 81 circumcision ,Aa,
Is The real question ia issue lis g.
legal question and should be decided
upon legal principles Did the eayeH.
ant o. circumcision convey 10 the jews
tho land Of Canaan The covenant Is
recorded Ia Genesis NNII.-9, 10, II,
II, IA il Mr Jencks makes ths
verses s, 6. 7, S, q pant OF the covenant
u circumcision. The division Of tbs
scriptures into chapters and verses Is
the work Of man, and frequently in
I lures toe sense. II the FIRST eight
verses 10 chapter XVII bad been IN
/ elnded in XVI, end XVII had began
at the ninth verse, no rational man, il
appears 10 me. would have thought Of
connecting the FIRST eight verses Of
chan. XVII with the covenant Of cir,
eumcission, There are no grants Of
lands or Of other blessings contained
in the covenant If the FIRST eight
verses were q part Of that covenant it
would contain no grant. These words
are confirmation Of a previous prom
ise and a previous covenant In Gen
esis, XIV, Is, 10, 20, q, the deed is re-
corded, by which the land Of Canaan is
given TO the seed Of Abraham. The
boundaries are given, and the ten ma
tons named who use them in posses
sion. About 40 years after the deed
was recorded and the Gentiles were
about TO take possession Of the land,
Moses was commanded to describe par
ticularly the land contained in the
deed; and when Joshua had subdued
those nations mentioned in the deed
recorded in Gen. Nv he divided the
lands among the tribes Of Israel The
1 covenant was then established and pos
session given. II the covenant of cir
cumcission did not con yey the land Of
Canaan, it may be asked what was the
design Of circumcision The design
was to show who was entitled to tho
grants The grants were to the seed
Of Abraham. Circumcision made
them citizens at the action Of the Jews
"a Gods visible people. If one Of the
national children Of Abraham was not
circumeised at eight days old, he was
cut of from Gods people, and SO was
he that was born in Abraham's house,
or bought with money, or stranger
that sojourned with them. When they
were circumcised they should be as one
born in the land, -" One law shall be
f t. him that is home born, and to
the stranger that sojourns with you,
none would go into the possession OF
the land OF Canaan till they We're cir
cumsized, 10 shua 8. The rite was ike
our naturalization laws. Congress
! granted presumption rights to all citizens
Of the l, 5. Foreigners became cit
liens Of the L. S. and would receive the
grants Congress had made The act OF
naturalization contained on grants OF
lands or other privileges. II Congress
had not made the grants neither the
home born or the naturalized foreign
er would have received the lands 10
tue cireumsized peg;ained tho adoption,
the glory covenants, the giving Of
/ tie law--the service Of God and the
promises SO to the na.urahzgd citizen
pertains the preemplon rights ] now
( refer 70 legal decision Of high authority
to sustain the position have taken
I The Gov Of \. II. IN every grant Of a
township OF six mi les square, one right
/ Of $50 acres, was reserved to the church
Of England as by law established. -
These rights welo called globes, were
leased by the church and the rents used
for the support Of the church. The
Episcopal church after the Revolution
leased this land, aud received the rents
the same as before tho Revolution The
church beng the same as the Church
Of England, except in name, aud little
variation il forms In 1910 or about
that time suit was brought by The
town otPawlet Vt toiecoyer that right
! The case was carried to the Z S. Count
and decided ii favor q the town Jadge
Story delivered tie opinion, in whieh aiI
the judges concagel. The Court held
"thai the Church q England was not
body corporate aud coull not receive
= donation - agmu 50 = foreigner
can not receive a donation Of land It'll
! be becomes a citizen Tbs town Of S.