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then. We look in vain for the formation
of a public sentiment against licentious
ness on heathen groifnd, when the church
hewelf refuses to lend her influence to
form such a sentiment at home. O when
will the church be consistent T O when
will the seethe necessity, the absolute ne
cessity, of taking as bold a stand against
lewdness, as against intemperance? We
are much comforted in the belief, and it is
almost the only comfort we have on this
subject, that the day is coming when the
churches must and will come up to this
work. .Then, what minister, u hat male
professor will not be ashamed that he stood
aloof from this sharpest conflict with the
kingdom of darkness, till females, timid
females led the wav, and by their example,
did what they could to inspire the bosoms
of the bold soldiers of the cross with cour
acre to face the enemy. And if in the mil
lennium there is any one thing for which
the church will blush, it will be at the
recollection that there was a time, when in
a direct attack upoa a giant vice, the men
retired from the field of battle, and left the
contest to be waged for more than an en
tire year, by weak and defenceless females.
Advocate of Moral Reform.
POPERY.
Purgatory. The following statement
and illustrations of the Romish doctrins
concerning purgatory are extracted from
the, Pittsburgh Herald. Nothing can be
more Incontrovertible than the fact, that
if the Romish purgatory be a reality then
Roman Priests, are as Paul describes
them: "covetous, without natural affection,
and fierce 2 Timothy 3; 1 5j and if it
be, as it self-evidently is, only a Popish
"lving wonder," then Peter's prediction is
fulfilled in them j "through covetousness
with feigned words do they make mer
chandise" of the silly sheep, fleeced ten
thousand times before. 2 Peter 2: 1-3.
4 From the Trotettant Vindicator.
Every Papist professes to believe "that
theTe is a purgatory. The torment suf
fered theTC is great, according to some ;
as great while it lasts as tha torment of
hell. The priest professes to have the
power of delivering tbe poor soul, by say
log a few masses. A man dies and goes
thefo. The man was a member of his
flock, who never did him any harm, who
paid all his dues &c; but now he is in pur
gatory. His wife believing that the priest
has power to deliver him, applies for the
necessary assistance. The priest replies
Yes, I hive the power, but before I exer
cise it, give me the money. She has it
not. lie pictures to her imagination all
the horrors of his sufferings In fancy
she sees him writhr ; she hfars him groan;
andjyct'the cold calculating Pague refuses
to io any thing to allay her sufferings till
he receives her money. If thedoctnnc of
Furgatory oe true, the priest is a monster .
f raiS3, he receives the money knowing it
to dj false, he is a villain "
4A few years ago in a neighboring
country, a Papist in indigent circumstan
ces died. After his burial, his wife went
to the priest, and made inqqiry about the
probable state of her deceased husband.
She was informed that ho was in purga
tory! The priest immediately urged her
to have him released from n is pitiable
condition, and offered his services for the
accomplishment of the desirable object.
She informed himt hat' the only property
she possessed was a horse and a cow, and
that she had a family to support. She
made an offer of the liorsc, if the priest
would perform the, benevolent office."
Poor deluded creature ! "He told her he
would try, perhaps he could succeed for
tha proposed offer, Put after some time,
he returned, and told the sorrowing wid
ow, that he could not release him for the
proposed amount, and insisted that she
should fjive the cow also. The woman
after a long struggle between the prospects
'ofKer poor children arid suffering hus
barid, concluded to consider the matter a
few days. . In the meantime, she conclud
ed that it would ba better for her husband
to suffer a little longer in purgatory, as he
was partly released by the prayers of the
priest.than that her children should suf
fer. May God in his infinite mercy, convert
these poor deluded people, and bring
them into the liberty of the gospel of his
Son l"
From the Protestant Vindicator.
CHALLENGE.
The Roman Prelate and Priests of
Montreal, Messrs Conroy, Quarter, and
Schnelbr, of New York Messrs Ten
wick and Byrne of Boston Mr Hughes
of Philadelphia the Areh Prelate of
Baltimore, and his subordinate Priests
and Cardinal England of Charleston, with
all other Roman Priests, and every Nun,
from Baffin's bsy to the gulf of Mexico,
are hereby challenged to meet an investi
gation oi the truth of Maria Monk's
y Awful Disclosures," before an impar
tial assembly, over which shall preside
HttM gentlemen ; three to be selected by
the Roman Priests, three by the Execu
te Committee of the New York Protes
tant Association, and the seventh as Chair
man, to be chosen by the six.
An eligible place in New York shall
bo appointed; and the regulations for the
decorum and order of the meetings, with
all the other 'arrangements, shall be made
by the above gentlemen.
All communications upon this
subject from any of the Roman Priests or
Nans, either inditidually or as delegates
for their suriors, addressed to the Cor
responding Secretary of the New York
Protestant Association, No. 142 Nassau
sireet, New York, will be promptly an
swered. c
I Withhold not food from them to whom
it U doe, when it is in the poweT of thine
h and to da it. Solomon, .
Origin of The New York Discussion.
This Discussion, which has produced
in this city such an unparalleled excite
ment about the Scriptures, and which was
conducted for twenty-eight evenings in
the presence of thousands, arose out of the
following circumstance.
Dr Sleigh, professor of anatomy, and
surgery, &c. &c. while delivering, last
October, a course of lectures on physiolo
gy and the laws of life in the Franklin In
stitute in Philadelphia, took occasion to
observe that the laws of nature, so far
from militating against the truth of the
Scriptures, as Infidels generally suppose
they do, powerfully corroborate them ;
and that it is onlyka superficial knowledge
of nature which leads any man to imagine
that her laws contradict the Bible. A few
other observations similar to the above, ap
peared quite sufficient to excite the spirit
and arouse the pride of the Infidels of
Philadelphia who hold meetings every
Sunday in Military Hall to revile the Liv
ing God.
Accordingly they invited the Doctor to
deliver his Lectures in a place where
they would have an opportunity of reply
ingto them; or in plain English, to a pub
lic debate. The Doctor acceded. A
large room was taken for the purpose
regulations were entered into between the
parties Moderators were chosen and
on the 13th day of October. 1S35, the
Discussion commenced.. Mr Camfield,
editor of the Temple cf Reason. Mr Bur-
ral a member of the bar, and Mr Purser
of New York, appeared on the platform,
as the champions of , Infidelity : Dr
Sleigh as the advocate and defender of the
Scriptures. The debate was carried on
for six nights, and terminated in a man
ner the following resolution sufficiently
explains.
Christianity Victorious. At an
over-crowdtxl meeting held on the 30th
inst. in the Temperance. Hall, Northern
Exchange, the following resolution was
carried unanimously, and with enthusias
tic applause.
" Resolved, That afler six nights public
discussion between Dr Sleigh in defence
of Divine Revelation, and 'the Represen
tatives of the New York and Philadel
phia Free Inquirers,' in support of Infi
delity, it has been satisfactorily proved that
genuine Christianity is of divine origin,
and that the attacks made by Infidels on
the Sacred Scriptures, are as frivolous as
they arc unsupported by reason and com
mon sense, and destructive to the best in
terests of mankind." Nem. Con.l
The reverse was then put, and not a
single hand was held up to support it.
(Sitrned) R. H. Close, 1
John Steel,
5
Jno Martin,
F D. W. Ward, .
Tiios. Brown,
Philadelphia, October, 30, 1835.
This discussion in Philadelphia had
not actually terminated, ere the Infidels of
New York invited the Doctor to this city,
to meet them before the public. There
fore, as soon as the above Discussion had
ended, the Doctor came off to this city.
The Infidels assembling in Tammany
Hall, under the name of "Moral Philan
thropists," appointed two gentlemen as
their representatives or delegates, whose
appointment was communicated to the
Doctor, by the'following document:
New York, Nov. 4th, 1835. The un
dersigned, as Trustees of the Society of
Moral Philanthropists, do hereby nomin
ate and appoint Mr Benjamin Offen, and
Mr G. H. Purser to be their delegates to
confer with Ur W. W. Sleigh, relative to
any Theological Discussion, and to make
such arrangements with him on behalf of
this Society, as they may deem proper
for conducting the same.
(Signed) Tiios. Woodward, Chairman.
John Woods, Secretary.
Jou Ditchett, Treasurer.
Accordingly the New York discussion
commenced in the Euterpian Hall, Broad- j Up0n. You might frame ever so many
way, on Thursday evening Nov. 12th j laws for making people better, and enforce
1835, and wascarricd on for fifteen nights them bv all the' terrors of an inquisition,
in the presence of thousands; when such j and it would do nothing at all towards af
wasthe interest excited that it became ne-, fectine a moral renovation : but brine it
jcessary to have the police in regular at-
tendance each evening. Mr Offen with- j guch a practice is an aicful sin in the sight
drew after the fifth night's dobate, on the j 0f God, aui there i.i no resisting it. Wick
plea that the Doctor turned his arguments J ed men may for a time make a mock of it,
into ridicule, (!) was not fair, and would but the irrepressible consciousness of
not reply to some of hjs objections, till he wrong is gnawing within y ard without
(the Doctor) thought proper ! The meet-j there is a constantly increasing public
ings were about this time removed to j sentiment, growing purer and holier from
Chatham-street Chapel, and Mr Purser j day to day, and uttering louder and louder
continued the debate for the remainder of j its" feat less rebukes. t
the fifteen nights. At the expiration of j I iaVe unconsciously wandered almost
this time, he declined proceeding any long- j t0 the end of my sheet without telling you
er in a very friendly letter addressed to j anv thing about our own prospects. We
the Doctor, iu which he assured him that are in a dark land. Generations may
tho resolution he had come to, of not con-1 pass before these countries shall rise un to
tinuing the discussion, did not proceed
from any personal feelings towards the
Doctor, but from a determination he had
now made of separating himself for ever,
as a public advocate, from Tammany
Hall ; and concluded with expressions of
high admiration for the Doctor's abilities,
&c, (Signed G. H. Purser.) This ab
rupt and unexpected termination of the
discussion w ith the immediate and regu
larly nominated representatives of the In
fidels of Tammany Hall, deprived the
Doctor of the opportunity of going into the
internal evidences of the authenticity of
the Sacred Scriptures. The Doctor was
therefore induced by the advice of his
friends, and with the wish of the public to
deliver a regular course of lectures on the
internal evidences of the Bible, and pub
lic notice was given that at these lectures
a full opportunity would be furnished to
all Infidels and Sceptics to impugn any
statements made by the Doctor, m his lec
tures, and that they might send to hira in
writing all questions they deemed most
calculated to expose the fallacy of the
Scriptures, and the strongest objections
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
they could possibly devise or obtain
against the truth of the Sacred writings,
and that he would devote an hour after
each lecture, to reply publicly to those
questions and objections. Moreover that
any gentleman who might wish to speak
or to advance his objections viva voce
should have perfect liberty so to do. Ac
cordingly, the Rev. Doctor Maclay's
Church in Mulbery-street was obtained,
(the Chatham-street Chapel having been
required for some special meetings of its
own congregation,) and these lectures or
rather discussions commenced on Tues
day, Jan. 5th, and continued seven nights,
during which time the numbers of letters
containing numerous objections, many the
most powerful ever advanced against the
Scriptures, taken from the works of Hume,
Paine, Voltaire, Gibbon, &c. were sent to
the Doctor. All these he regulaily and
systematically answered, to the perfect sat
isfaction of the public. Thtse letters
with the answers to the questions therein
contained will be published in their prop
er place. This order of the discussion
terminated on Friday, January 22d, in
consequence of the Doctor having been
twice publicly challenged in the papers
by a Mr G. Vale, teacher of Astronomy
and Navigation.
This third and last order of these dis
cussions commenced in the same place on
the following Tuesday, (Mr Amos Bel
den was appointed Moderator by the wish
ofboth parties) and lasted six nights, when
it ended after the closest and most ener
getic combat for every inch of ground,
(in other words, for every letter) during
the whole discussion. Upon which the
following resolution was regularly pro
posed, seconded and carried without a sin
gle dissenting wice.
Resolved "That the thanks of this
meeting be presented to Dr Sleigh, for the
able and efficient manner in which he has
defended Christianity, and incontroverti
ble proved the truth of the Sacred Scrip
tures, and for the important benefits that
must result from the same to the moral
interests of this community."
(Signed) Amos Belden. Moderator.
New-York, February 18th, 183G.
Amonrr those who approbate this reso
lution are Brownlee, Mc Carter, Maclays,
Bangs, De Witt, Proudfit, Waugh and
numerous others of high theological standing-
THE TELEGRAPH.
A P R II, 21
We are indebted to brother Graves,
o? !
Ludlow, for the following extract of a
Letter from brother Brown.
Calcutta, Oct. 20, 1836.
My dear brother Graves:
I rejoice to hear of the zeal with
which you are carrying forward the vari
ous enterprises of benevolence in Ameri
ca, especially in the department of Home
Missions and schools in the Western states.
The public mind also appears to be rapid
ly awaking to the awful guilt and danger
of slavery. Before I left America. I saw
so many evils in it that I thought it a very
bad country ; now I look upon it as the
Paradise of the world. There is certain
ly no other country like it. It exhibits a
grand experiment, which is to convince
the world whether true religion can exist
without the shackles of law, the protection
of lordships, and the services of a legaliz
ed hireling priesthood
I believe that through the blessings of
God's ?race, the experiment will succeed
gloriously ; and although infidelity and
popery may for a time raise their haughty
heads unrebuked, yet I believe that if true
religion ever has existed upon the earth,
it is to be found in America, and that it will
flourish there in its purity till every spe
cies of vice and iniquity shall sink away
abashed before the omnipotent and unap
neasable rebukes of enlightened eon-
science. This is the riffht string to null
i home upon the conscience that such and
the privileges of America. But there is
a wide field for us to labor in ; an open
door and every encouragement. True,
the native mind is not in a state to feel the
truth as people do in our country; but still
the grace of God has a visible and perma
nent effect, even upon these sunken minds.
Let us then labor without fainting, believ
ing that in due time there will be a har
vest, and a glorious one, though perhaps
we may never live to reap it.
The Lord bles3 you, my dear brother,
in all your labors, and preserve you to his
heavenly kingdom.
This from your unworthy brother in
the bonds of the gospel.
NATHAN BROWN.
Our readers will doubtless recollect
that brother Brown was an immediate ab
olitionist while he edited the Telegraph.
It was during his controversy with the
former Jesuitical editor of the Vermont
Chronicle, that our attention was first call
ed to, and fixed upon, the doctrine of im-
mediate emancipation, as at once the de
mand of God, the duty of the slave-holder,
and the right of the slave. Ed. Tel.
f Brother Brown has it right. There
is nothing like taking hold of the con
science. Before men will leave off sin
ning they must be shown that they are
sinners. Where there is sin to be repent
ed of and forsaken, there must be care that
the sinner be not led to view his sin as his
misfortune merely. The two must not be
confounded, for then you lose hold of the
conscience. Ed. Tel.
H3 The editor of the Vermont Tele
graph is informed that the reason we did
not notice his reply, to a recent article of
our s touching the conduct of Mr Birney,
and another gentleman, was, that his said
reply was wire-diawn and evasive. The
Telegraph says
"The question concerning Mr Birney
was placed before the readers of the Spec
tator in such a shape as in our view, to con
tain a most slanderous imputation, it left
unanswered."
We fling back the imputation of 'slan
derous." What we wrote, we have been
well assured is the truth. Mr Birney is
not the only brawler for immediate eman
cipation who took care to sell his own
slaves before he began thus to brawl.
Ncic-York Spectator.
Remarks.
Our readers shall judge between the
editor of the Spectator and ourself, as to
whether of us are "evasive." He inti
mated but without an attempt at proof,
and evidently without daring to assert
that Mr Birney, sold his slaves instead of
emancipating them. His intimation may
be found on the 98th page of the Tele
graph, in the shape of a question, if we
mistake not precisely in his own emphatic
characters. In, reply to this question we
testified that we heard the statement to the
contrary, from Mr Birney's own lips, in
public, in the city of New-York: which
statement was published to the world at
the time, and must have been before the
eyes of the editor of the Spectator. This
our plain, unequivocal, direct statement of
fact, given in answer to his question for
the truth of which, we appeal to the testi
mony of hundreds who heard, whenever
it shall be necessary for them to testify
he regards as u wire-drawn and evasive."
Now let us see where the evasiveness
is. l:i his former paragraph, the editor of
the Spectator inquired, " Now we beg
leave to inquire whether Mr Birney did
not sell his own slaves, AND POCK
ET THE MONEY, before he joined
the anti-slavery society?" This interro
gation we hesitated not to set down as a
"most slanderous imputation' In en
deavoring to get rid of this charge, what
defence has he made out? Why,
" What we wrote, we have been well
... , ,, , . , .
assurea is tne trutn. CQ " is one thing
to be "well assured;" it is quite another,
and much better thing, to have the proof
to have the truth. It will require addi
tional power to any thing here exhibited,
to " fling back the imputation of ' slan
derous.' '' It will stick to his fingers.
Ay, it is now nailed to his forehead, ond
he must wear it, until such timeas liedare
assert what we stand ready to prove to be
fal se viz. that Mr Birney did not errmn
cipate his slaves. The editor of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, and Specta
tor, "is not the only brawler" against
"immediate emancipation" whose wri
tings have been full of " slanderous impu
tation " ever since "he began thus to
brawl. ,;
Horrid Butchery horrihile dictu!
On the 6th of March, about midnight,
Santa Ana, the Mexican commander, at
the head of about 2000 men, made an as-
j sault upon the Fort at Bexar, defended by
132 Texians. So terrible was the car
nage, that at daylight only 7 of the 182
were left alive in the fort. About 1000
of the Mexicans had been slaughtere:!.
The seven then asked for quarter, but
were told by their assailants, who had
raised a blood-red flag, that there was no
mercy for them. They then fought until
the butchery was complete. Only a wo
man and a wounded servant were spared.
David Crockett was one of the seven.
The bodies of the slain Texians were
thrown into a heap and burned.
Another War. The Camanche and
Pawnee Indians, on the borders of Ar
kansas, have commenced war with
sacre of about 50 or 60 whites.
a mas-
To Correspondents.
Brother Carpenter's query would have
been attended to sooner, but we have been,
and are yet, Availing to get hands on cer
tain facts, now out of reach.
'Daleth' is under consideration.
We have several communications on
hand that contain many good thoughts;
but some of them are improperly arranc-j
ed, others imperfectly expressed, and oth
ers still badly penned ; all which would
cost us much more labor than the prepa
tion of new articles.
We are sorry to disappoint any who
write for publication. Let young writers
not be discouraged. They should perse
vere in the exercise of committing their
thoughts to paper, whether they at pres
ent very frequently offer them to the pub
lisher or not. Let some friend who can
be confided in, and who is capable ofjudg
ing, be consulted as to the merits of your
productions.
Account of the revival in Bristol, next
week .
For the
Telegraph.
TEETOTALISM.
Mr Editor, I perceive by your paper
of April 14th, that another society has re
cently been formed at Wallingford, called
"The Rutland County Temperance So
ciety" A more appropriate name I think
would have been, The Rutland County
Teetotal Society; for then wc should not
have to seek in the constitution lor the ob
ject of the society. (I) I have borne my
uniform testimony in favor of temperance,
and am a member of a temperance socie
ty. I have watched with deep interest
the progress of the cause from its incipient
stages, until "a little one has become a
mousana ana a small one a strong n:i
tion. fc5ut, sir, the subject has at length
arrived at a starre nr vvbirh. nltrn na I m
1 find it necessary to stop an solemnly to ! Pause m idleness.
pause. (v) So numerous, so frequent'and i Why does our brother pati-c? H- l
urgent are the calls now made upon us by : , , n" , , , ,
the various societies of the dav profeinir ! "l US h ,S. m dn r -benevolence,
(and new ones are continu"- ; ni8n''st consciousness of danger. Re
ally springing up) that it has bciome irn- he come to ilio m l? Hahe reached im
portant to inquire first of all, by whatau- .oal? Are there no more drunka.d
thontythev act, and who ?ave them their " -
authority?" And if their principles appear rc,",J' y.-uth to rescue from
to be founded in the plain word ofGod, we , tne roa,l tnt itaJs to drunkenness ; from
may not oppose, although we may not i the operations of the infernal machinery
choose to connect ourselves with them, or ! that has brokcn ,ni un(l lo dut
comply With their demands. (3) Oi these i . , .
various associations, one is that now mak-1 Parcnts or thm lrlenJs- ;ni ls r"c!ll,i -ing
requisition upon all members of tern-' after and now getting hold of them' Ar
perance societies to renounce, as indispen- ' the wounds healed? Are the tears v. i; vj
sable to the continued progress and uhi-; e ,x c i i
, , . r,. 1 5 , ; from the eyes cf trie w;k-, the mother t v
mate triumph ol the cause, the uj-e of the
apple and the grape. (4) I shall not in- ! cll,ld- thcvlJ-'u' and orphan, the. bro:!n-r,
quire, at this time, as to the cxprdieucy of i sister or friend? U the cup of jrief t
the relinquishment of the use of either of j ly and removed.' Is tl r,i.son label-'
uiete iriiia ir neaven to men ji a:i tne
joys and sufferings of this world, and nil
tne ieiicities and wees ot another, have i ll uc;1111--' -vie me ne:s uroken an i a.
been set in bold relief before the intemper- sti -.yed that have been used iu avls r
ate, to dissuade them from their disoust. he ;.jctiins? IWlh mnWys ,..fV
ing and beastly practice?, in vain, feeble I
indeed might the arguments be expected to ; abandoned their i!e employment ? 1 1 is
prove, which might be drawn from the i our brother done all he can afford to (i.
influence of an example in the surrender ! all that duty j o,juirc all ,!rit naUllv ,n
of the smallest conceivable quantity attend ! j - ' , , ,
ed as it would be with little, or 'at most ; U"U d"U lh t.ou demands. -with
but a proportionate degree, of self- I rc"tnedy this body ;md .soul ruining ti!
denial in those by whom the surrender is j If he has not. why does ho pane ? H( w
.Id.VU f-h -P- long he r,mm uV,, fwh ,
Taught, as I have been, sir, by the ul- i WOrk and ':uch motn rs are h hi::. '
traists of temperance, that the use "of wine ! Nl lng, we trust.
is an immorality, and never havin heard
the doctrine before, although my head has
been whitened with the snows of more
than three score winters. I have been
driven to my feet, I have inquired of the
I fnrmnr n a ..A J 1.- . .1
'u""1' aci aiiU pieutireu inyseii 10 tne
search of the fathers, and the result ha
been a conviction that holy writ does not
condemn, but approve, and even command
.c ueu, wine, yuj u is m uie excess ,)
orny m uie use oi any ol the bounties ot
heaven, that the sin "and evil are to be
found and avoidedthat chanced the
iruit ot the vine into the poison of dra
gons and the cruel venom of asps." But
who, sir, shall stand up and alone to affirm
that the temperate, thankful use nt u !nr
r . i . .
! or oi an.v f tne good and nnd perfect cifts
OI l-fOd, 38 SUl. a VIO at ion at Lu ! -. u- ?
" To eniov is to oIipv '' .v.- Hr
Young, and a greater than he Lath said, ; collt,on upon .anrun-, :nd nre.here
" Every creature of God is coed, and noth- ! ore ""billing to think that Kai i x
ing to be refused, if it bef received with j would be willing to have ur believe that
thankSLTivinrr of them thnt believe ind V, iji
, '., ,KI iniai tmr( ano he would, under r.ny circwms'.; n -e-. i
know the truth.'' In the prohibition ... -
therefore of the temperate use of wine, we, t0 sUu'uI a oof from ;u,.v ,n:i
cannot fail to discover a departure both ' lion u'hosv '-principles appear to be f,;.i; i-
lrom the letter and spirit of the Bible; a ; ed in the plain word of GoJ.:'
work ofsupercrrosration.a false, fanatical 1
J?Plsh sPirit' Commanding us to abstain
tt V'T!
V , (-) :
I have ever deeply regretted that the'
use of wine in the sacrament of the holy
supper should have been admitted for dis- !
cussion in our temperance periodicals.
in some portions of nnr rmintrv- if I oIT,
COrr-flv infnrm 1 1, aA dl U I "
rarried so far that individuals in many
churches have suffered the cup to pass
them, believing the use of wine even on
that occasion to be sinful ; so far from the
path of safety and peace arc men liable to
be driven when once they leave the king's
high way to follow the ipse dixit of weak,
erring, uninspired men. (9) But the dis
cussion of this question by mutual con
sent, 1 understand, has been discontinued
in all our printed publications, and we are i
now told that wine may he used in the !
communion service. J nis, sir, m my,
humble opinion, is inconsistency render-!
ed more inconsistent On what ground.
I ask, have these human dictators so gra-:
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condemn its use in all other cases as '-injurious
to the health, to the social, civil
and religious interests of men. ' Con
vince me, sir, that in the fermented juice
of the grape lies connected the deadly foe
that we are told there does, and 1 "pledge
myself that I never will lake, that foe with
me to the house and table of the Lord, nor
taste wine again on any occasion while
the world shall stand. (10) -
I conclude, in view of this subject, that
there is nothin
irreconcilable to the will
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of heaven in the temperate, thankfu
juymeni oi tne uuu oi the wine tree
the apple tree, more than of the fie
the olive tree, the sugar tree of our
forest, or of any of those trees f d,.
or c
T r,
0;
which by their all-wise and bei .fi ''"'
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itaiui uae ueen pronounced coorj
of the fruit of which he hath given us re
mission freely to partake. (11) !''
a n-
Not Young, but Pope, ia
sal Prayer. (En. Tel.
his r
Notes.
(1) Called by whatever name a .0c;tv
may be, no one ought to join it, wiihn-r
first reading, or hearing read, its ' Conxi ' .
tion," and from that learning i.s obT-t
and its measures too.
(2) It is always proper and right ' :
one to pause, when he finds himself in
darkness or feels himself in danger X0
matter whether the danger thrr.r n him
self or others, ho should pau.-e uril le
obtains light and safety, awUhon V.shouU
go forward. While maintaining hi
pause, however, he should not be idlr
U he be in darkness, let him call
lor
with his eyes open. If he be in d
let him inquire for safety, rea.lv wheiK--
; t'r it is pointed out to him, to co forv. i
- ; or backward, to the nht or
!hn left.
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i Ulc ca?e 1Tia roclU!rc
II
e mi;
and laij cut of reach- h hell
n.lbe-
Why he should pause at
:s j'ace
the conflict, wc are unable to divine,
h ss it be because his weapons are citht :
"used up.' or have become pnvrr'cv
, . i . 1 1 nil, hi Mini mm iiimsen v.ir
' . . . ...
! imn,t'iaieiv , tnore lie or any ol j;i- innM
I or neighbors fail into the hands of the -
; emy. Wc offer him th
(.( armor
lias yet been manufactured It va:- i:;
ed down from the arsenal of hea en.
power is omnipotent, and yet it iii'v
wields! by the weakest mortal. :
"Touch not taste
n t-
Jian-ile ne,:
1:
;s 'tectotai.-m."'
() We wi.-h to pit ' the m-j-t hvora)
; 0) No- Mother Xot the u.- of
lhp aPPlc ad gpe. but of the pow,,
tfuit is extra-ned lrom them. Not the ue
f . . ,
01 lhc Polatoc aud lho r-vo' but f'f ,hc
whiskey. You are not required bv the
word of God. nor bv any society that ve
. .
T "'"tod With,
to reject any of th
good creatines of God. The requirement
is, put out of use mail's self-destroying in
ventions. ur Creator made apples, and
he made ing"!s too. But he made neither
alodiol nonievils.
(ft) A feather against a tornado is a very
strong figure, it is allowed. The manner
in which it is here introduced renders the
argument, w hich it as designed to finish,
Vt.ry plausible mail examined, it is a No
. .
aiued. But wealso have a figure which
we wish to place by the sid of this, and
leave the comparative applicableness of
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e who ex-
amine.
A score of idle men have chose.
their ground for frolicking directly over a
magazine of powder. Trains of the pow
der have Wen carel.-ssly strevvd in every
direction, extending to the place which we
occupy. Wc have waraed the reckless
fellows of their folly and their danger, m,
vain. We feel ourself to be at a safe dis
tance. That portion of the train which
reaches us. vxceedinedy thin. We are
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