Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-23

moved men who never before were moved.
Cavilers and doubters say ait is all an
excitement" Well, it may DO aud probably
is partially 50, but, we contend, not call"
We are told that there are hypocrites in
the movement men who take the part
they do simply to gain notoriety; men who
are in business and hope thereby to add to
their trade /; men who join the popular move-
ment simply because il is popular; and
those who hope thereby to attain better
position in society Furthermore, that many
will fall back where they were before, as
soon as the excitement subsidies All this
we admit. Good things always were aud
probably always will be counterfeited, in
this world. The fallen angels undertook to
become gods, and one Of the inducements to
our first parents TO eat the forbidden fruit
was aye shall become as gods" Christ has
had many counterfeiters, and prophesied
that in the last days there should be false
Christs. If, then, wicked men will even
aspire to counterfeit God himself is il to be
wondered at that they should counterfeit
good men, when the task is so much more
easy2 Then we should expect hypocrites
in the church. But if there are insincere
and hypocritical persons in the move, there
are also honest, earnest, sincere hearts. If
there are some who, as soon as the sun comes
out, shall dry and wither away like seed
Lsown in stony places, there are others who,
drawing strength and life from the diving
waters" will endure unto the end.
In the light of these earnings and adverse
criticisms il behooves each honest convert
1--WE are not talking for the benefit of the
other kindly to be very careful how he walks,
knowing that the eyes of enemies as we'll as
friends are upon him, and that every mis-
step will be loudly heralded to the world, not
only to his own injury but to be a STUN
bling.block in the way of others who are try
ing to walk. 1t matters not to him who is
truly doing right what foes and calumni-
ators may say, for it is written "Blcssed
are ye when men shall prosecute you and
speak all manner of evil of you falsely, for
my sake" But to him of whom the evil is
true there is only the cold consolation LET
none suffer as an evil doer, or as a busy
body in other mems matters"
What is wanted is a religion that will
not only profess Christ before the world,
and talk, sing and pray in meeting--hypO-
critics do all this-but which will also cause
its possessor if grocer to give just weights
and measures, and not put any sand in his
sugar nor sell poor quality of tea for
good one which will cause the dry goods
dealer to give full measure, aud not sell
imitation goods for genuine; which will
cause the well-dressed and wealthy man or
woman to stop and speak kind word to the
poor and ragged shoveler or washerwoman
when meeting them on the street, instead of
haughtily brushing past them which will
cause the owner of thousands, who is able
to buy the costliest clothing and the choicest
luxuries, or 20 to a fashionable watering
place, 10 give not only fifty dollars TO sup
port the minister or a few hundred dollars
toward building the new church-these are
well enough so far as they go-but bar
rel of -four to the poor foreigner who would
almost rather die than apply to the town for
aid q religion that can take home Jesus
words: "Yet lackest thou one thing sell all
that thou hast and give unto the poor and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven" this is
the kind of religion that is needed in this
day and generation, and as We witness such
a revival as is now in progress we feel
thankful that, though some, perhaps many,
are hypocritical aud only look for popularity
and an increase Of customers in their business,
yet there are many moved upon by the
Spirit, who determine to sacrifice all, and
devote themselves to making the world bet
ter and happier and purer for the benefit of
their fellows. Such persons have peace
and happiness that the world knows not of,
aud they receive for their sacrifice aud self
denial "a hundred.fold in this present life
and in the world to come life everlasting"
The religion of Jesus makes people better
citizens, better neighbors, better husbands,
fathers, mothers, wives, or friends. 1t re-
moves sefshness aud sour temper, and oil
that tends to make SO many homes unpeas.
ant, and makes home the dearest, sweetest
place on earth.
Not the participants only, but every per-
son in the state, and even the stranger pass
ing through the state, arc gamers by this
revival, and its effects will reach into every
walk Of life, the store, the shop, the farm,
and help to keep for Vermont her good
name as the home Of sterling integrity and
truth, and the another Of men men with
a faith in God as strong as that of the
Scotchman, love Of country, liberty, and
home like that of the Swiss peasant, an
generosity of soul like the son
Of Erin, aud the sturdy self-dependence of
the Briton, all united in the Universal
Yankee.
To those who have SO much to say about
Hypocrisy and who even 60 SO far as to
call individuals by name as hypocrites, we
repeat the words Judge not lest ye be
Judged" None but the Almighty can k1loio
one is insncere. We may see him do what
we consider wrong deeds, but we cannot
know the motive Of the heart, and God will
Judge from our motives, not from outward
appearances. Had Abraham offered up
Isaac when he prepared to do SO, he would
probably have been branded as murderer