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: VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
HUADON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18. 1840,
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NON-JIESISTANCJS.
- When I was' broken off last week, I was
remarking' upon myopponent war fenti
rnerfts. It appeared to rueand appears so
jliUihal it avails nothing for him to con
"demn war under some circumstances while
lie approves it under ofAev-especially as
be did not, and probably will not, undertake
la draw the linef that shall not be passed
by those who spill human blood and kill hu
man beings accot dip g to gospel principles I
All that needed to make war as common
and a bloody as human depravity requires
or allow, is, thai il be taught from the pul
" pi, by Jhe professed ministers of the Prince
of Peace, that it i justifiable, yea necessa-
under some circumstances. There will
.not be wanting the ingenuity to tnake it out
a very plain Case that those circumstances
attend any war that it may be desirable to
get tip. Depend upon it, those who are for
var take il upon themselves to judge of the
circumstances. The bloodiest of them will
never justify aggressive war. Not they.
The verriest human tiger that has lived
since , Cain .never justified war under all
circumstances .None of them would have
war :ooly when it is necessary !" Take
the case of Great Britain and Canada. The
former find it necessary to defend and pro
tect against rebellion. The latter finds it
just as necessary to defend and protect
against oppression. ' The revolutionary war
iu this country was another case, very much
parallel. Look at the case now coming up
betweeinhis "country and Great Britain.
Both will plead ' the Very necessity which i
uy opponent makes to be the justifying
cause of human slaughter! These chris
tian communities, having full permission
from their christian ministry to fight and
slay each other whenever they find it "ne
cessary" for " protection," have as good
authority as they want for drenching the
land with blood as often as they choose it
being of course for the parlies concerned to
judjje, for themselves when and hoxo often.
When, 0 1 when, will religious teachers,
ftofessing to be the ministiy of Him who
taught "peace on earth and good wtll tow
rdj men," cease to give license to this
crowning sin of the world ?
ton just what the views and feelings of
men have made them to be like the count
less" forms of religion that men have con
jured up to themselves is doubtless cor
rect. But how is this doctrine to be recon
ciled with the idea that 'these governments
are the ordinances of God ? ' How will the
two appear by the side of each other ? Let
us see: '
"But we are asl
ured here that lie
god approvingly or-
daims civil govern
ment,"- &c.
" Governments have
been in most cases,
MERELY THE EMBODIED
SPIRIT . OF THE NATION
AND THE AGE."
Huw an institution can be the ordinance
of. God, and at the same time the mere
creature of man's forming, according to his
own views of propriety or interest, is some
thing I am unable to comprehend. ' -
He says, "It Christianity") will only
convert them governments'! by converting
the communities which these governments
represent." Now if these governments are
already the ordinances of God, what need
of converting them. To convert them to
the government of the Prince of Peace is
just what Non-Resistance would d6, and is
doin?. But how is this to be done 7 Bv
the children, of Christ's kingdom joining
with the children of Caesar's kingdom in
doing the works of the latter? Is this the
way that Christians labor in other things?
If they would " concert " the drinking man,
do they lay hold of the cup and drink with
him? If they would convert the swearer,
do they swear with him? If they would
convert the fighting man, da they fight with
him ? And so in carrying on any other
work of conversion.' Mark he has in vol
untarilv. admitted that these governments
are to be converted! . This is, so far, theo
retical Non-Resistance, Let other thing
be brought to consist, with this, and let the
whole be subjected to the commonest prin
ciple of practical Christianity
Finally, The idea of using deadly weap
ons against a fellow being, and at the same
lime " feel kindly towards, and wish well
to, and pray for " that fellow being, is some
thing that I cannot conceive of. , It is exact
ly reversing the practical leaching of our
Savior and the first following martyr. The
former prayed, " Father forgive them j for
they know not what they do "the latter,
" Lord, lay not this sin to ibeir charge.";
body, every sinew and muscle, every part
of the man, aye, of all men, of every tribe
and nation, set down in God's book of re
membrance? ; Is the flesh and blood of
each and all registered as the property of
God?
And yet, how has their flesh been torn,
how have these sinews and muscles been
mangled, how has this blood been spilled !
And we, Americans, have done a full
hare of this human butchery. Look at
Bunkers' hill, hard by : on tiu hill more
than one thounsand. men were destroyed,
some pierced by the bullet, some severed
by the s word or crushed by tne neavy
blow of the musket, and more tnan one
hundred thousand were thus cut and mu-
tulated in the battles of the revolution or
estered, became corrupt, and thus perish
the death of a man is a mutderer. Con-r Gospel, to the end that they should leave
nected as we are one with another," sub-; the law and embrace the fullness of the
ject to the influence of each other, being gospel, that being dead wherein they were
each of us our brothers keeper, crowded! held" (Pro. 7 : q:) if we then turn back
ana irace ins recoru 01 iuusc uiius nuu
together as we all are in the mazy laby
rinth of life, we cannot trace out him who
caused the deadly blow, by whose means
ascended the dying groan. But this dy
ing groan goth up to God who seeth and
knoweth all things, who looketh direcdy
into the heart of each. To him the guilty
one stands revealed. Lr?t every chrisiian
look to this, and determine to free his own
skirts from blood ! . elliott."
Portsmouth, N. II. . f
For the Tetejrapft.
: No. a.
THE JUDGMENT OP INTERCESSION.
III. The introductory cause and &ri-
. . i i : mi.. !
ed in your jails ana prison snip, xuougu - Df anpointment of the first-born of
thev were of oiden ti.nes. we nave not lor- ln ,J:' r ,t . a.. i ,r,a
f . .... i. i,U IAIKi UUlll IllUilii lilt' I, lLU'Ofr. tlll,u HH.
gotten the massacres of the Indians and t.;rrilv,,nrp f n . n,Lniln n. nf th first-
the crfrnae of the French wars. Let U3
call-to mind too, the cuts and gashes and
death wounds of your last war with Great
Britian remember the battles on trie Uan-
ada frontier the work of destruction oa
the banks of the Mississippi, think of the
decks of your shij;s slippery, with human
trtice cut tLe tin k cl iM- privateer
by the bloody. water which follows in her
wake, look into the cock-pit and hear
the shrieks of the wounded, the groans of
the dvinov More than a million have
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perished in your wars. iSrmg togemer
before your imagination as distinctly . as
vou can, upon some vast plain, this mass
of suffering, this immense army of wound-
born of man,
Exod. iii. 11: 'And Moses said unto
God, Who am that I should go umo
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth
the children of Israel out of Egypt?'
iv. 22: Thou 'shall say unto Pharaoh,
Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son
even mv first-born, and 1 say unto thee,
let my son go, that he may serve me ;
and if .thou refuse to let him cro, behold I
will slay thv son, even thy first-born.,
At length (xii. 20:) ' Ircame to pass that
at ' inidiiisrht the Lrd smote all the first
born in the land of Egypt, from the first
born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, to
the fiist-b-Jin of the captive that was in
. . . ... . . ..in
ed and dying men, side by side, extending the dun(Teorii and ajf the first-born of cat
in every direction as iar as tne eye can
reach I dare not attempt ihe description
of such a scene. - 1
The hair upon the head of each of these
ppear in, the general simplicity of i God to be so favorable as to honoi
jsoel. lhatdignilv; yea, I do affirm, than
points above written, and all other things
which bclongto Christ's crown, sceptre.and
xiii. 11: and onward ; And it shall be
when the Lord shall bring thee into the
land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto
Lord all thy first-born, &c. the malos shall
be the Lord's, and every firstling of an
ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb, and all
the first-born of man among thy children
shalt thou redeem.. And when thy son
askeththeeia tune to come.saym
What
Were such prayers as these ever lound
Again. Although I have often enough, hn the mouths of those whose hands were
md in ways enough; shown lhat there is no at the same time engaged in slaughtering
parallelism between family government and hheir fellow beings ?
the eovernment assumed by men over each l p. S. It has been intimated to me by
other, stiik another admission of his fur-1 some one, that I have not sufficiently met, as
fiiihes another illustration in point. He dis- I have passed along, my opponent's doctrine
etrdsthe jdei that human governments may jQ regard to means and ends. It has not
"JiUntaL'-eays they may only ? protect." been my design to pass over any thing. But
.Now I should like, to know if he discards I have necessarily made out some parts of
punishment in families. Will he pretend my review in great haste. Thanks for call
tliat ihe '.parent'. Was no authority over the jng'my attention to this point. It is import
child 'iurthr'lhan lo protect himself or ih aQt thai it should be attended to and it rot
fAtnily against invasion from the child ? ' tenness exposed which can be done in a
- And again. He represents Non-Resist-1 very few- words. . . ?!
ants as " disdaiSins' allegiance " to civil I flis whole argument on this point pro-
governments "because" these governments ceed on the monstrously corrupt principle
have been ubtised. i This is a gross mis- ,nat th end sanctifies the means. He cov
reprntation.. JThe objection is, not to the ers up very plausibly, to be sure. But it
nbuse of those governments, but to the foun- can be uncovered in a moment. In illus-
datioh. principle, on. Which they are built, trating his view of the case he alludes to the
viz : thekwar-making power,- tne power to means we use in procuring food, securing .
punish with the destrnction of life, and with our$elves against wild animals, floods, &c.
less violence. WhenVill he cease to deal 1 Now- there may not be every means used to
was numbered', and though their bodies , thee anj t0 tilv fathers, and shall give it
have become trust and ashes, though the.. lh MLnIl S(t narl utUo the
um, i
names oi most ot mem nave passeu away ;
from memory ofrnan, notwithstanding this,
every blow which was struck, every wound
which was given, is also set down in God's
book of remembrance and the souls ot this
million of murdered men now live, in an
other world as a memorial against those
who thus marred the image of Uod.
We hing him who, in passion or lust
or covetousness, destroys one ot hi fellow
men so intense is our indignation at the
crime of murder. Now tell me, have
millions Wen murdered and does no sin
attach itself to those who caused their
death? is it not an awful mass of crime ?
Where' then does ihe guilt fasten itself ? or
where does this soul-crushing weight of
sin now bear T '
Oa ihe nation? the nation has no soul.
Men are not judged by. masses, by armies,
in companies, before the bar oi Urod.
Each soul stands aLne before the judge
of all the earth ; the dread weight of sin
cannot be borne up by united strength.
It bears down unon each and every one
who has mutilated the body of his brother!
man. I Know mat tne sin may oe iorgiv
the history of those times to which ahu
sions are so often msde, (and not unfre
quently in so few words as to be wholly
misunderstood without recourse to the
types, customs and ceremonies of lhat dis
pensation,) the meaning of the aposile
will a
the Gospi
V. So Christ teas once offered to beat
the sins of many? ' '
But corresponding or answering to and
ulfillinsr what? Ans. As it was appoint
ed unto the first-born men once to die, but
after this, i. e. after it was appointed lhat
hey should be slain, be ofwred in pacn-
fice to God being redeemed from death,
or appointment o die,1 to bear the Judg-
ment, even lha breastplite el judgment, to
execute the ofike of priest, was appointed
unto them: and as the Levues being tak
en in their stead were once and only once
offWed, So Christ was once offered,' ful
filling what was faintly typilted m ihe
Levitical law, or first testament
VI. But tcere th. Levites once offered
therein typifying the Savior who was
once oiiered I .Let the sacred Historian
answer. After giving us the number of
the Levites who were to be made an ot-
ferin-r, and the number of lha first-born of
Israel unto whom was first appointed the
office of priest, and instead of whom all
the Levites were afitrrward3 taken ana
consecrated to the same service, he makes
the following statement: .
In Numbers, iii. 39, the number of
children of Levi (i. e. from a month old
and upward) being 22,000. (v. 45) the
number of ihe tirst-born ot Israel zz,z,
(v. 46. 7.) 'And for those (i. e. the 273
which are more than the Levites,) 'thou
shalt take even five shekels a piece.
But as I said, were the Lsvites once of
fered? Ans. (Num. viii. 10:) And
thou - shalt bring the Levite3 before the
Lord, and the children of Israel shall put
their hands upon the Levites, and Aaron
shall offer the Levites before the Lord for
an offering, of ihe children of Israel lhat
iney may execute me service ui uc ujiu,
(v. 16.) for they are wholly given unto
me lrom among the cnuaren ot israei.
all her meetings and conventions amongst
her me-nb?rs and 6uljects.' - These two
points, Ist.That Chrisi is the head . of tho
Chcrch, 2J. That she b free in her gov
ernment from all other jurisdiction except
His ihese two points, I say, are the spe
cial cause of our imprisonment, beingnow
convicted as traitors forrnaintainUigthetn.
We have been ever waiting withjoy fulness
to give the last testimony ot our blood in
confirmation thereof, if iishould please our
or us wittx
hese two
kiogdom, are not subject, and cannot be, to
any other authority but His: So that I
would be most glad to be offered up as a
sacrifice fr so glorious a truth; it would
be to tne the most glorious day, end the
gladdest hour, I ever saw in my life; but
1 am in Mis nana to uo wiin me whatso
ever shall plrase Him. John Welsh, to
the Countess of VigtoK Scots orthxes.
Glas. 1833. Vol. 1, p. 120.
is this! that thou shalt say unto him,
By strength of hand the Lord brought
us out from Egypt, from the house of
bondage, and it came to pass when Pha
raoh would hardly let us go, lhat the
Lord slew sacrificed all the tirst-born in
ihe land ot Egypt, both
man and the first born
w r . i t 1 r I i ... lA .t I
isacrmce tome m .yj --,v are minP. bolh man and beast, on
born, being mate, out a i we n. x aU lhe firsl.born ia
my chi dron - ? TAihe land of E-VDt I sanctified them for
said "liehold all sou.s are imi.f.uim iu . ; . . , . .
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Levites for all the first-born of the child
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k iSe-fira born of instead of lhe fl?sl'born of lhe chUdren f
f I Ju ?ar?forl Israel have I taken them unto me.' (v. 17)
,bif,Si7?.? 'For all the first-born of the children of
rattle unon a thousand hills are mine,
And as it has cost me all ine nrst-Dorn oi
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eem you rom oonaa m - - , . pfiest who enterclh inl0 lhe
turn you snaii "ive m an uu. ,r - . . ...
. - . - , ! . . l . i .., riu v inacc cyc v vaii i" u'uu"
both.o man and oi oeosi, ?i . Lrsbut as LsVites were once offered
turn it to this account, or lo.mis ur of
i t : i - i itdL Liir v 111 1 21 LIL tun v.w
w.wf - - Ll T J 1 A I T t. .KMilrl Irt
A line LiUllI. o3 MtMiouvuiu mw
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s:i vation ot your
ITmfll 11111 I lltf Ifll.lall.lv Wl J . 1 .
en, that the tears of penitence and ihe ' " Jd ( 2.. ?IaniYhe Lord the service ot the tabernacle oi me con-
blood of the Lnmb.will wash away the 5e "ie.Td Uhich brou-rht thee out from eregation, and should bear their iniquny,
guilty stains of the soul.so that it shall be gJ J h out of the house of ' ? ?AmMvas once offered to bear
as white as the snow. ' 1 know thai God bonda Th00V shah have - no other the sms liniquit.esl of many,
is merciful blessed be his : holy name-- , before, me? &c. I will set up the N' lmA'
yet this lakes not trom the enormity ot iri worship of the living God by you that
crime. . ti is mercy uy iueairoStuuuaS. , 0 more UDOna 0 that cannot
with the cruelty of man adds to the deep
colors of the carnage, making the petition;
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us,' a mockery
on the lips of unforgiving men. '
Rut on whom does the ffuilt rest ? Not
on the soldier only ; he js but the passive
instrument of death, a part ot tne machine
ry of war often no mote accountable
than the sword he wields. Oa the attack
save.
Therefore lay not thy hand upon the
first-born of man among thy children,
as I have done to Pharaoh, that 1 might
eofiPn his hpart to let vou ro. But thou
shall redeem them, and I will make them
priests upto me for a . blessing to you.
Religious Miscellany.
The Eloquence of the;PulpIt
Pulpit eloquence ahould be the eloquence.
above all, of an impressed and affectionate
heart. As Mr. Simeon used to say, 44 of
mm ft
all men in the world, the Christian pastor
should be a man of an affectionate heart,
And every firstling of unclean beasts y W,en he preaches, he should be the
Hall also redeem with a lamb, which to
relher with every firstling of clean boasts
not always, for they are taught to fight! 0f the tabernacle, and of. the sanciuary,
from the pulpit, encouragf-d by 'public 1 flud which shall come near to minister un-
nninmri.thnv areexc'ited to the work of m the Lord.' 't(
K 'Ti neiim'"fur victOTV In th wnnls of Jeremiah, fvii. 16 0 To
ucai i ulviuu w . j v..w... - . .x ,
in army the enemy?. The soldiers ' Ve shall sacrifice to the Lord, and they
m. A n mi m i -I . I
in wholesale misrepresentation 1 , , Uecbre these ends. We may plow, and unredressed in red bear no more, malice 'to shall be meat for the priests, even ror me
.7 - . C .' L.I .. . . r 1 L... At Lt. "." J." .o'J" in kino than ikoit In I 1 . . , 1 r t - Vlrt T n ft f 1 h V C h I 1(1 Tpn . 11 ntO
Oa reading along turther in nis paragrapn, an(j reap, to procure loououi we mose uimocu u uu jf w muu, rfureiu u,ol"u,ur -v :
MiVtounhhrnent" He Wp'mav leave the Wr in On the officers, the commander-in-chief ?l whom it is now appointed to be ' ministers
UIIU II I II I V , V "Vt w w m, J '
iay8) " lathe family, punislunent is chief- cage and use laudable means to secure
ly, and ever should be reformatory in its lfU there but, for fear our own lives will
character." ButMn the - State, which exists be destroyed we may not cause him to de
fer a different purpose, punishment should str0y lhe lives of others. We may use
be protective mainly ;". &c. .Two ': things, justifiable means to secure ourselves against
e worthy f..' notice , here. . 1. The self- fl00'4 but, for fear it will sweep us away,
contracicfion Only 20 lines preceding he we may not take hold and turn it to the cer
wys, u Human J, governments have.5 not ,am destruction of our neighbors. So, if
rightful power to lake vengeance." our Tes are Ja any way jeoparded, we may
their business is not io punisnsin, Qcc. uje christian means to preserve mem
Placed bv the" Vide of each other ihese pas- I. . ... save oor own lives, we may
?;e appear thus : "v-' V '. - not slay our fellow beings. In support
:k . Unman govern- w. " In . 'he laruiiy, if lhese opinions Iappeal to every act in
to bear the Judgment, or.
Jeremiah, (vii. 16
suny in your churches by the lauiets make intercession fur the people.'
which your poetry weaves for them by 1 IV. What is it to bear the jud
O "
the monuments upon the fields of blood Ans, To make intercession, to execute
such as look upon you from the neignoor- i the ofhee ot priest, iee l.hV. i. o . auu
ing height. On civil rulers and magis- onward) An I, says Butterworth, The
trates? Let us remember that fie-j.arei Priest under the Law was a person con
aDDointed for this very purpose. : Oi s?c rated and ordained of God, not only,
...tmm than Hnaa tr navv wcii;ut. ' iu leiitLii iiiu iituinv - - ,
shepherd in search of the lost sheep the
bereaved parent m pursuit ot the lost
child. For as well might you have a
marble statue to supply the place of a real
falher, as a marble hearted preacher to
sunnly the place of a real and affectionate
pastor. "A sermon coia ana poor, says
Claude, will do more mischief in an
hour, than an hundred rich ones will re
place." The affectionate, gibwing, sanc
tified heart, after all is the true source of
:enuine pulpit eloquence. Jerome ust d
to say, " It is not the clamor cf praise but
the groans of conviction that should be
Heard whilst the minister preaches." And
aarain, 4the tears of the
RELIGIOUS STATISTICS.
The established religion of Denmark, Swe
den, and Norway, is Lutheran, and the
goverment of lhe church Episcopal
Denmark has seven dioceses, exclusive
of cnein Iceland; and th rerenues of lhe
prelates is fiom 400to'JC1000perannut.
The funJs of lhe clergy are chiefly derived
from tithes; the rerhander from three an
nual congregational collections, and from
the fees for marriages baptisms and funer
als. 1 he bishops have no temporal power.
Norway has nva bishop, larty-nine"
deacons, and 417 pastors of churches and
chapels. The incomes of the bishops are
about 84000, and of the Rural clergy,
from 300 to $1000, derived from a small
assessment of grain from each firm, Easter
and Christmas offering?, fees for marriages,
christenings and funerals. In every par
ish, beside the glebe, are reveral farms
which belong to the living, and which
are let on shares, or at a small yearly
rent. One of these is appropriated to the
minister's widow as a kind of annuity.
Swedes has a metropolitan," eleven
bishop, and 3501 ecclesiastics. The
Episcopal revenues arise partly from
tithes, but principally " from lhe "church,
lands ; and while the archbishop of Upsu
la has 300 a year, the bishops have from
250to 260. The salaries of the infe
rior clergy are derived from their parson
age, tithes in grain, and certain perquisites
iromimer congregations, ana sveragegen
erally from 70 to 100 per annum.
In these countries, di tie rent sects are al
lowed the free exercise of iheir respective
modes of worship, and it is in Sweden on
ly, that Catholics and all other dissenters
ere excluded from the Diet and higher of
fices of state.
The Swedish peasantry are reguhr at
tendants on religious ordinances; and as
the parishes are very large, they hive to
travel sometimes 50 or 100 miles to their
place of worship.. Oa ihese occasions
they dress in their best and gaudiest nt-
lire, carrying iu tucu uam a cuia! vivitf
tolded in a clean nanaKercmei.
Their '"religion however, it is sppre
hended is commonly too much a matter of
mere form. At least, their hbit are char.-
acterized by strange inconsistencies. Balls,
revels, and theatrical representations, are
more common on the sabbath than on any
other day. In some districts, the church,
forms a sort of market cross, where seca
lar business is transacted on the Lord's
day, for the convenience both of merchant
and customer.
Such evils are unavoidable, where
Church and State are so closely united,
and where the support of ihe ministry de
pends, not upon its fidelity snd devotea
ness, but on the provisions made for it by
civil government It ought not to be for
gotten however, that similar evils may and
do exist even among ourselves, noiwith
standinx the difference of ourcircumstahc-
es, and the only hopes of uprooting or
avoiding them rests on the increased pari--ty
and zeal of ministers and churches. -
Boston Rec.
nents have not right
tulpoiDertoluke ven-
PUNISHMENT 19 5UKW - . Qn,i onnall0(S
ly. and. ever should me lives oi uur. .Mv...-;-, r-
be- reformatory in ns well as to all' their , precepts ou me poim,
On him who teaches that christians may
fight; that the choice between human
o-nvernments outweishs the law of God,
congregation
form the highest praises of lhe pulpit ora
XCngllch Baptist SIImIobm ,
Patna. Under datey of March 13,
1833, Mr. Beddy gives an acctunt of the
addition of two female members to th -
church at this station. They have come
7'heir business is t&r character, - But .'-;manv of which I have quoted from time to
to rcNisn tin, but to
protect socteiy
the ..State, which ex-
mimlv " t
doctrine that our own
. m i
. ' , .3 ft V 1 Ilf Bill ft II 17h
im n - i inorpnr 1 - r -
purpose, ' pcnisb ment lives are to be preserved Dy nu meuns, wu-
shoald .-ber protective not be found in the precepts or examples
lhe Great Teacher or of hi dbciples. It is
not to be found in lhe Christian religion.
. ... .... v i . i . l u i h 1 1 1 1 rv i isrtiu in i hp
'Thou shalt not kill ;' thai propeny, irp-une names ui iu- vu. ;
utation, glory are more essential than for- breart-plate.of judgment upon his heart,
criven.ss to enemies; thai a religion of. when he gocth in unto the holy place or
i m.,ac,nrl hinr.iiitvcaanct.se- 'memorial before the Lrd continually.
u.. h.imm hanmness. Uv. 30 And thou shalt put in the breast-
tUIV UU IA l& t Mmm. t ft
but also to offer up sacrifices for his own
sms and those ot the people. see aiso h d Treat obiection against ex
Exod. xxviii. 29: 'And Aaron siinti bar nreachinir. thinking that it
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. . i . f -r. a ( I JT . . ...
tor." The anecdote ot uean iwuner ana out arn,dst much orposition and rterseci-
Rowland Hill, here is apposite. Dan l-,or,f through which they are said to have
maintained a very pleasing degree ot
. . . L T T .1
n. ...u.": i..c, .n na mas npoosc rut,., nf tu( irment. ine-urnn au iuc
th rpirn of the Prince of Peace upon) Timmmim.nndthevshallbeuponxVaron s
ea
who do not lift uo their hands, their hearts, Uhe Lord continually. ; . ;are. afierall, the best preachers: it wentt
S?.-2i i.?h knowledge of r the breast-plate and fae h irit wenl to the heart, fifirP
. c -f
It comes onlv fro m the corrupt iouniam u.
4 i uvr - Y e .
- -. '-. 5- ..1 ... : . . ik., oh fUinar of mail S
numan uepravny. - uneir voices agaius. iiic c...- - , - . rrv,mm;m iV,rf,.Va rrrpal
,;nt- n th. Knbiect of Mor. nn i? ,hn nrP conlortued to thisUt the Unon and Thummim l.irows greai
, O :tana onnl-iin enrni I tvnrfH ' Innlfinor tn Dllblic OfUfllOn
rewB iuu iivu-i.v..- I . . - 'e
rllbla
,2. According lo his own showing,' the
M Stats, cxist for a diffbugSt ecaf oeE,"
trom -lhat of the faiSAly, just as I have all
long contended. ; lf' f:CrS.
My cp)nent says': " 'ViJ
uo?ernmenisnaveoeeniainosii;5e8,raere-i , . ; . ....i,!..,,;,,- ftr mv on.
ly the embodied spirit oftk. tuition and the 1 fj. ox lhe consideration ot my opr
a?e. - It -was not Acre nor Domilian nor ponent and as many as agree with him.
Aurelius nctDecius nor Viocletia lhat per-1 v Fr;h Christian Rcgbtcrand owWw;
cmea me cuurcn oi kxvu. ii "S" yg is THE GCHVT
7ne.v. it was noi naoieun mai uewwi"
d Europe, It was infidel France. , And
yunsiianitv. win noi auorcn goveraiuwius,
in order to" its final glorious triumph. , It
ill onlv concert themJ by converting the
communities which these governments rep
sell-sacrifice is the law of Christ, on a
w.i r red arram?t the nrccise and orthodox
mode. However, being attracted by the
great fame of Itowland'Hill, he was led to
iodut;rrt hi3 curiosity by once goinsr to
hear him. After the sermon,-' the Dean
was seen forcing his way, in much haste.
to the vestry-room, when, seizing the hand
ia ri crii il I liik k i iitio jx t - . . r vv v -i
arih.n ihn who sneak of self defence heart when he goeih ia before the L.ra,J . h nreacher. in his enthusiasm, hecri
a l!,w of mn nature, forgetting that I ar,d Aaron shall bear the judgment or the , out Well dear brother Rowland, I per
v - - III-. . . . I W. Ii, .-. T ,- fim
children of Israel upon his heart before ceive now, that your slapdash preachers
rather
right;
This doctrine, lhat ' governments have'
"fn in most cases, 'merely the embodied
lttliVf "the nation and the .age e., that
tt7 have beea merely affairs o( public opin-
lio-ht uron the ordinance ot intercession
thin to the cbsDel for a standard of right; and redemption. . "
feadv no phys.c.an Ihere. - . .J-V.ZU of the coniresa-
I n acs not this smol nwra"rf. I-?-","- V..r- . .. . :.-::t.. :-:..7,'
An WkVas bn mad 6 upon i pro-1 r:.Wy ft-i. of .-wli1-,?fei? Sc eMSrSrt2-iVibi.
:sot ol the ffosoel of peace. r The good no riffhl to lodge any one. .V'" "i , . j : ths'foreoart of
1 . - sv . 1 . .. IVJ r-AIMHIIV 'Llinillfl "CUVIUIHi ii - ...
man rvreferrntrf rather to -sutter wionff- of no heart is known iu . "r. ..." tT. f .i,'
than to do wrong, neither sought to repel try ourselves by the la w of our conscien-
hs assailant by force, nor to escape,, fie ices, ana tne suDjeci -ic - - -.
j c ctr;L-:;p lermlnat;An.' We know, that the
sioou uiui, nuiiuHug,, .M... w., r " . . manrlt. no
11, but remember that every Hair of ray body ot no man is ior .---o . f
hA ; n.tmfred ' one Dours out nts biooa upuu
ia isnumDerea. . ; , 1 Inf murder attaching
Ana IS tniS SO t IS every uau ui wo diuiv w hwm - ' - . -ansPd
head numbercdl U every limb of the itself some wheTe. He who has causea
r- - r - . . , . I
the tenth, that the apostle sougni
before tb,e minds of his Hebrew brethren
A.rPi). nnd shadOWS. OI tne Aiaw,
'"". - - - T-. . . il .
ko h;m?trht show their lutnimeni in
Christ, who was both the Limb of God'
th Hitrh Priest of our profession.
! the articles of our" - profession being the
the heart. Sir it went to thetheart. Sir!".
John Wklsh. WTho am T, that he
should first have called me, and then con
stituted me a minister or tbe gospel of sal-
vition'ihe.e years past, and now, last of all.
to bea8ufferer fir lhi cause and kingdom!
Now let it be so that I- have fought my
fight, and run ray race, henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown otrignieouur.
which the Lord, the righteous uim,
give not to me only, but to all mat love
his appearing and cnoose io y
Jesus Christ in the king of saints: and that
his Church is a free kingdom un-er
uvan nnt onlv to convocate. hold, and
keep her meetings and conventions and
assembfies,' but also to judge her affairs, in
firmness and decision of character."
The End of.' Tne' JorasEV. These
I two are men about 30 years of age. Tho
Mohammedan has been wih us bbouttwo
months. He has renounced caste, and
unites in prayer with the native Chris- :
tians, and gives, so far. pleasing indica
tions of Us sincerity. The other, a .Brah
min, has come to us a few days ago. He -was
a wandering Uvrayee: had been to '
several places uotrd among the Hindus
for sanctity, but said he had obtained no
benefit; that f Christ was lh Savior,
there was no occasion to travel farther.
Be has also renounced caste publicly, and
is now reading the scriptures. , ,
Cetlon. In exery one of our stations.
signs of the Spirit' eacred prrst-nee are
apparent. At Byamville a whole Budhist
family are about lo renounce their reli
gion. . At Kottigawatta, one of our native
preacher's most strenuous opponents has.
given,up his ancient idolatrous huh and
practice; and become a leacber of right
eousness. . ,
Jamaica. At some, of these stations
very considerable additions hare recently
been rr.adt to the churches. At Bethe
phil, where a church was constituted about
n n