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-CANTON STATION. '' ;0
. Tlie reader will be iulerested in following brotb
et Pearcy, as be threads bis way ihrough the nar
row. tiowded streets ol the irreat city in which he
is!ocateo; Will it Wtime
only in jhe.midst'bf tbts suburb population, bu
within the walls of the city itself, the messenger
of salvation shall be welcomed as a friend and a
:; brother!'-
L6r3, for those days we wait,t ".i V
- $A jfhps ays axeja thy4wprd, fojetold!:i-.i.
:tj 9'Titr;-;;4iCAKT0NDep.lsti 1817.
26i hVwas answered 8th ultl,andsen by t he "H u n
tress." r . Brethren Jeter and .Thomas, I wrote by
overland ihe Inst of October and brother RyS : J
b v the "overland that f I eft "2Sih u It. 1 Yc u rs c f
with others, came two days , ago by -th'
a-
ttilch," "1-learn that she cr the " Rainbow" will
leave, perhaps, this evening for New York, and
though I have ftoihin "of interest to com tunicate,
1 am unwiUins to let so ' good an opportunity cf
sending, pass wholly "unimproved. ?V,x .v-i'.'.-V'v
. -n Since my last, we 'have all' enjoyed talerabla
. good health rather itrproveJ. Indeed we c'o
. not conp!a;n, inasmuch as we ere spared, merci
' fully, from nccute suffer ire. .-.My strength is
5 -" slowly improving, s?o that I am "enabled to give
more attention to the :' study cf the h""U"e,
thong!, I have been, and still am, trc bhd with
chills and Tever, nnd recently" with' towel com
plaint j which last has- been more'fatal'.than any
x other-disease, an; of which brother" Judson is now
sufiering.i. I feci-" that k is a great deal easlsr u
ndura bodily pfHictiortlhan to bcbold, viihout
f - cffjrts to - remedy, the awful destiny cf so many
I. thousands of heathens. ? Perhaps I have net learn--?
cd stirTicicritly whence to I(Kk for help 1 know,'
. IhaT not.' ' ;:. . . ..... i..v.. - -V .
'-Since I last wrote you, I have - been making a
survey of this western suburb, i. e. the part west
of the U'alls.i It contains p ri.-psi one fourth -of
ihe"' population cf Canton.;" My teiclier, who Was
1 born in Canton, and h-5 lived i.vtbe city. nearly
' his life, has never been over "more than half this
- "parCHewas" twenty y ears'' of; ?age- before, be
jilared to venture out alone, beyond bis own ne'h
' Jjoodvi He s3ys many ch.Uren era kidnapped in'
the city cf Canton, and.. carried c.Tto distant p!a--ces
and sold. ""''I' usLiaHy" go abr.e in lb 3 afternoons,
- Avith a few tracts. ; My jnn is to take a street
leading from thev walls cf the' city, cr near th?:n,
vestv.ard,-nnd continue to thrf.l my . wayaIor.g
the Darrow, broben streets, sc:r. aiir.es passing ..by
a 'market, and crossing the. canals that pass -'through
ihe suburbs in o the c i t y , p r e s i n g o n . I h r ou g h the
' - rovvds till I gel to the open fields. ri; Some. times
the- natives crowd .around: tr.3 with the greatest
Curiosity, and sometimes ibey eye r.3 with the
greatcstsuspicibn J in huh casa-I can easi!yre
I move ..their fears by prrsenting n few scriptures.
j not but that I pass through many regions '.never
I visited by a foreigner. Sj.naJir.es they tell me"
I can't go onward, and point the way back. One
!. ay ; as 1 was making i -my way through a street V
near the western end of the suburbs, a man-camel
running up behind me, calling out, "stop,-' 4stop.'
! I pressed on. : .He -soon came v op, caught me by
ihe shoulder, and said .that, I . could not . go that
'" waj',.but pointed eastward. , I .insisted that i
could go, and without.waiting his leave went on.
Several, boys of JO or 15 years of age, though at
firsts alarmed at "my f appearance so' as to start
. backwards when X-spoke kindly to them, volunta
y rily' oflered .to guide me. I I suppose the suburbs
f extend westward -two "miles and are perhaps two
miles brpad near the walls ron the west coming
1o an angle. , Having ? reached the canal j which
surrounds the suburbs, I take a boat and return
home by the rivrr.- Here, too,- am in the midst
' of thousands of boats of all sizes, containing' from
t two to fifty persons. 7 Most of these boats are the
? only ..'habitation their inmates have. "P; Yon may, go
xae 6r two miles iu a small boat for 50 or 60 cash,
f i. e.4 or5 cents. : U 4 ii " - ' .; .
This western suburb contains morei family res
L Idences than any Vother part rof the' suburbs of
L I Canton. '' No missionary .. has been 'permttted to
jrent a hou;? and live in this region, though many
r..
ises. i We are on the eastern
:a
a settlement ol familiesj,
; - .:s n as ins opinion,
i . c ly speaking, but few
i'y, that most of. ihe houses
. . . .
. r
are shops and stores, and that most of the. families
"of the. men engaged thus reside "in ihe adjacent
t Villages, ot wnica mere are many very numerous-j tion, separately, icr tnree tamilies. me incon
2 lv. inhabited within ten .or.:15 miles of ihe city veniencies "a'nd discomforts these brethren,' how-
J!Ye shall make 3 cflort to?, prucute a house
this suburb ' adjicent to a large 'number
ou tfti y j w w - p ;
families,'but "the chances cf success seem against
.us.
F. ? -
LETTER FKC::
' The reflections cf br
twhich follows will throw, rac'.:
ijacter cf the people nrr'j v.
Ii-
pfepanr
' (. -
X to exert. .2. a er.r::;,.
"lid
not as barbarians, but as poe:
a hi-Mv
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ex icons ntu
ther vvorksexplaiabj a lo.; c:,
'f
ty of a hatioQ far c.'. ... , ck-, c .'. ;
in'. unimproved Innun-r, ,
Teeent is ti.2 cldc t r-"li.!s J:
siuthoriiy. ; I ivou! J ycur errs a
jet c..i;!J2r I;ow
JarJ
t! c'r f
their cities, tbeir r.'v.rz:,v.is t.r
J t!.? rr.-. refold
r!vc-:J civilizitbn;'- Vu-i t-i: t
not ofr.ry nnn's l:i j t to publish tracts'
iha Chinese literature, -fthoo mind has nut cast,
off. its foreign style, spcccli and thought," nnd pat
on the Chinese. S He must think in Chinese, write
in Chinese,' . By .GodX' bl esstngj.I myself intend
to-endeavor so completely to gtrip myself of the
English language, that wb.cn; I pray in v private,
when I meditate, I shall naturalfy and mechani
cally do it in the Chinese language, and not in
tb? foreigner's Inngusge. -'Zki Z ";'t V
- TS.3 Ijourd will wish to know what I think of
thb" pre fects cf the 0?pelv'a3 they appear to the
preach
in Car.lan suburbs.
Ones tbey could net. V This
is :a 'point gained.: ; : - -' , ;- -; i "f..: v s
I '2:idriIang:.Kcng . belongs ( to the British; and
there the go?pel has a secure "footing j and there
is fo much interce'jr? ' between the f two, that
rray b'-? eventually, at least some influence-"
ort
T! e "cpel is perfertly free in.manv, that
5
eya cf r..a:i which, by ths by, sees asmuch of Ji -VUn the Ota mst.,ve had the prjveiege .ot con- J tne more common, articles , 01 rou-enoiu .sxan.
the .'prospects cf God's work, ns a mile's eye cf Utltuting, ia the city of Shanghai, a regular "Bap- j .Hut they ask for knowledge, and. they are in
the universe. Here it is though, if you must have ! "tist church, cf ten .members--Yetrs clerk, isYcng! imperious need of urst such instruction as your
a spiritual time's bka.;; ',r; " 4 . I end Tobey deacons, i nnd Shuck pastor. : At the pub 'i nations a von Id afford., I And th'y -will na
is four, c her immense cities. This too,, in time,.' my; lot nt Shanghai.! t V-;vv -W-:.-'A: glorioni enterprises .wnichyou are now putting
will lave its it fl'ience here.- ':Z,-' I k J-'iv , The London mission, the American. Episcopal in inotion on the Atlantic. -The time- i not
This is t!: fivorable. . The unf.-vorable'are, mission, all have chapels nnd -fine congregations, distant when the abundance of the sea, will be
chief! y, that ibVContorese bare f rom ' immemorial The Roman Catholics hive commenced the erec-' before 'tis, andbiinany of the great :c!irisian
time te?n greatly prej'.vificl n gainst all foreigners, tion of an immense, house of worslitp, to' cost' fifty
nnd now in particular, because-of their recent thousand dollars : The Ivoman Catholic, hishop,
humiliation by the English. They hate nn Eng- Count Bessi, an.Italiah noblemanp'resides just
Itshrnnn : cut cf all cqnscitneef. and reason, ondi across the creek from us. He has been in China
'they know not to descern between an American I some years, ,, and is about vleaving for Europe.
and.Enalishman; .. In consequence of these things, ' Five; Eomaii pitholiq priests left JJong, Kong for
it is, with extreme, difficulty, and at exhorbitahi j Shanghai on the day I did, in an American schoo
rates, yoaVcan- get a house, among ;ihe ChineseUier. New priests are -continually' - arriving. from
fUr. Devan and Air. Shuck gol-the '.house-in Lun-
lvmg .xvai, out mey.--goi ..it twiin qmicujty, nnu. you uiu , senu us. u guuu reunorctinenw ourmg
got too ths-- intense hatred, of. the people; w!iich.jil8iS." ' i-; '-'Tt'-'' "--7-:; - "
had not W holly ? subsided when Messrs. Pearcy p. The importance of Shanghai as a mission sta
arid Clopton went to live there. Tiiey succeeded j tiorVcan liuudlybe ove
m securing the good will; of the. people,' arid I be-. j.Veceut invesiigations, one 'result has. left .a singu
Iieve Uiey deserre it. ;Tliere are three parts ju lar nbiding impression tiponMnv mind, viz z ifiat
tne suonrtiS. in tne test part ino iorcigner tins inert are . pw .tmes pj. im-prsz aassaikwunm
got a pi a :e yef;' it ";js .'doubtful if any'caa. fn the 'onejiunfttd:WdJifii pules. of t!he -a'ty qfiShang.
others, it is said la be possiblpDr. , B.I11 aud thait nnd St :angiiai connected with lbe whole, of
Mr, Bonny, vf. the American BoaVd, ha ve bruises tthem by constant and easy water communication.
among the people in the second best part. - iConid
jt ce, rwouio, tnat 1 migtu quicker -ana
belter
learn the Jang'nage, "';:..'".';- -Tf- " V-v hi
TIatdm stale 'of seclusion", from the families and
and houses of.ihe people, there is n great bbstacle
I to the missionary s success., iheir neep-rooted
attachment t
ine-memory, ci aneir ceceasea ancestor?, wnotn
ithey: Worsliip, is .anotlier - great "obstacle,; Their,
gods.-; are nobody.-. 1 heir immense pru'e, and
conceited ' superiority of - China - and - all that is
Chinese, exists ns anotlier tre:rten Ions barrier.
Their moral stup'-bty is r "other olsinclj.", . .
SILiNGnAI STATION". ' ;
" ' , Letter J row. 'BrctLcr J. Shuck. ' "
h We are happy to insert In tlie present number
of the .journal, a letter from bro'i.er Shuck, the
first received since bis r.n ivr.t r.t Shanghai. None
can faiU.to be--interested in the f ict, -that wiihin
one hundred and fifty r M:s f that j-' ce tb.ere nrs
twelve cities" of the first' cla?, r.ud all connected
with' Shanghai ."by. water conununicaiion. Oi'ir
brethren occupying that position have restiag up.,
on them a solemn. respen;bll!t3. ,Tl.ey u id nel
the Divine direction and suppoil.. -Let prayer be
made for ihsrri continually.'. '
- -r SirATfGiiAi, Nov. 17th, -1S13.
i LtDeor Brother am truly ; thankful to our
kind and heavenly Eaiher, "uubeing able to inform
you that i have at last been able to reach my des
tination. I 'reached this great city with tny f.trril
jlyt all in health' and safety, on the 27tH,' October,
just one. month from, Hong' Kong , -TheivKayiga'-tor
" proved tblie a fine- and well farmed .vessel,
and the captain and officers kind, gentlemanly and
respectful, i . We feel that God "has indeed been
flood to us in theimidsf of allTour 'wanderings,
and trust, the lives he has . spared may - be, more
than ever consecrated to his service. On my, ar
rival,;! was Tgfad to find that brethren r?Yates-and
Tobey, who had preceded rne id .tHis Scity ; had
just succeeded in securing comfortable and eligi-
ble mission premises, sufficient- for accommoda-
irtf ever, were subjected to before they "could secure
of , proper nna.-tere, ca:r.? well mgh bein serious.
r
t Si:
"o.ncf Xates has nearly or
Ir?. Tobey is belter, .per--
; f 'a:e iha'kft America.
Nr.,
e prcsnisss, nnd
a ! ; . cr. t-.vo
ua
'Mil
The
'.p.? the C.mtc.i, ahlouh ihe ca
'
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and kr.ii.vi::-? somet'aiu- of the Mandarin dialect, ',
aids n;ern;:c!... After bring here a few day?, and j
pcttir a little insht into the structure of the i
Shan"hai"dialecf..ond tracinT the anoloTv between '
itend the Canton rad-i Mandarin dialects, . Ifeel f
rncouraced to determine. that the Lord aiding me.
I
should be able to preach n the Shanghai dfa- i
?ct in three months from the time of my arrival
lect in three monins liorn trie lime ot my
here. Every day's experience' strenpthens tne in
rttiis purpose. Brethren Tobey and Yates get oh
ndmirablylin the langiiage.and so ilo nil the la
dies. The two native preachers, Yong and Hun,
cre doing better in getting bold of the dialect t han
we stipposed. - Our prospects, as d i mission great
ly encourage us. ; God has good, in sfore for the
Southern Baptist Convention's mission at Shang
hai, "',' Ouf locaUon f for missionary ' purposes, ' we
would not for a moment exchange for that of any
other mission in the eity.
as preachers by the church. -AVe, sincerely; hope !
it may not be long ere the church and the mis
sion shall have 'nespiectable cba'pelv jGround, can
be securedj workmen art ready, and wc are con
vinced "that we can - have large -congregations.
The people are" most affablp.-qniet nnd-; well dis
posed; iI feel most grateful to God for. those un
expected train ft providences -.twhich have 3 fixed
. ....
j Europe. ; Ve are inakingour rcalculatkns that
Surely ."such a siation ought to be '-"vigorously s
tamed by men and means. the importance of
the work In which; we are engaged never . before
appeared to tne greater ; and certainly never' be
fore have I felt so hnworthy of the high prlvelege
of livinnr'and hborinsr' for the eternal - welfare of
vast;people, May .God make pa humble, and
iaituiuu .
t I may re-mark, tvit hout .i
mpropnety,kthat frmri
onr first arrival at-Shanshal we have,' met ihe
most fraternal kindness from the brethren- of ihe
other missions, and marked friendliness "too from
foreign merchants. There me now ' upwards cf
twentyaive foreign commerciaP firms li ere,.'-and
the. trade is etill rapidly increasing.:: -A' large Er
plish Government chapel has been,bnih, and , -a
f , . . . '. r ?
- ..... . . . ... . u'- .
, 3tnce our vAniveraary xv'n have 'receivett.au
urgent appeal' from Oregon, for, the. immedi
ate appoi titinent of a CoipDrteur. -What church
or.iudividual will t forward. us - the ,equiiite a
mount , ..
"Tin tetter is-written bv"Ilev.vE?ra FiTier,
Oct. 27th, lSi7. He writes thus :
4
' '-Tne Seventh Annual Report of the' AvB.
P. 3 cietv, the Baptist Almanac for 1S47, 'and
the BraLt: Record lor Feb. T317," came
kind by- private mail across the .mountains,
ha week, and I hasten ta forward you a brief 1
outline, oi tne condition and wants of the Bap-
luii in.uregon:
ihz(nalhy Baptist 'Church; was con-Hltuted
in May, iSil j .it!"Jia2l"ra2mteVanll'-ViRay".
t January
conbtitoted in August, 1S13, and-iio-iiy numbers
fourteenpbfiW'hcnitfive have . been added, b
biptlsni sine it3 caiititutiou., Rkkrcd church
was canstituted Sept. .lSiSji 'present .number
ten Brother- S nelling, preaches monthly ito
each of tli ese churches, - and Brother Johnson
arid myself occasionally visit tlvekri. I. Oreg6n
City church was " constitute! in rAriril; jSl7 j it
has seven iafembersV Iter. "HezekiaH ; Johiiion
breaches every 'SabbatliiT'preacli-rcgisIarlv
in ' Cl&rops Plains', ten miles south of the niautk j
oirthe -Calumbia nrer. 4 , n expect to 'Con
stitute a elm rch ' 1: ' ' 1 1 ;i
t:ie c-.cning rf th
spring, of vk or cigb.t r.
Tl
of J3 apt it
-rt-.-v ;J
Avho Avill be in, our set-!
tlement'j wiicn the. present, anjving emigra
tioa i-haii be in, will probably amount to one
hundred and i 1 ft y , and oLum
niini:
five;
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5buus,
ci-racurs are vastly UiUcrcnt..,. -A.Knowicu-3-; oegm-ia go xnp tn;r-:K tuauv.v, -r
f tl.e uritu-n Lan-uage I Had offffcat ndvantage,' supplying the scattered settleraeuti
same time ,.long and iMnn were. formally licensed : ny ot them, soon he Kairin iana.?, an t tnen in
V incent ranemng preacnes naantmyY i uteen
have been1 receTved' by baptism, since the first
of flit January. The Yum Hill Church " "was
wp :
" ?x . ... r,ni
ton fjr
Li
Ur preaching, anl visitir
but not' ;Ie$s. important partfoi iha c.
Pugvit Sound will probabljchbi our
hoxt sunamiT "' ""v";.. ":
- bopart.ot'our'couuiiy 'yhouf 1 i j
in the organization r.nd jirosperit y cl' th j A-
mericau Baptist Publication Society, tii n 1 ,
B
seems most admirably adapted,- our want s m
the '"formation of a '-.vifiprpus, . intelligent, ent-r-
prising, christian cbariicter;.'in-otir. import2nt j
Hvil and Commercial relations which, from this I
Jtim forward mu,t by rapidly developing them-
seiVe3,probablyl:beyond airour -present con-
H -Onr "Biaptist ;niembers arc" -Kio:;tIy ' froui
Npitlierni;Ilis5outi and Jowa,'; and giiicidily
very poor in available means, and. we living in
Very rude log cabms,v.not half furnished w ith
availahlermeans". If then, a correct religious
taste is formed in our infancy, through the in
strumentality of yonr Society and other beitevo-
lent .enterprise,' yoi may hope that our youth
and manhood will be successfully emplyed in.
carrying out along the whale line of the Pacific
c 6 at, an d r t'arou - th e; 'jni m e roi u K 1 e s o f th e
mighty, deep in our, front,"i those great and
rcsponsibil itiei- must be i trati sferrc d t j ' t h e
churches -hefeafterl ; fo occupy, the Pacific's
: liyVii have no; disposition to ask you ' to abate
your labors far the great '-"Mississippi'?' Vail ey ,
but we do earnestly pray your Society io pause
witha siuitable.supply of books, 'adapted to the
.tormAtiori-ofXdevotiohalenterptisiug,denorn.in-
ationai caaractar r .w e. need. a (Joipoitcur who
y i 1 1 travel, attd distribute grata itou'sIyv hooks
according t?yqur instructions, and m hovill g
ei-eryw herey; preaching the word;; Let him be
an ordained minister, if practicable. -When -I
first con tempi at ad thisisnbject, two -year ago, I
thought of asking nothing but a few hooks, but
the; more I : survey the v field.and look - at oifr
wants, I can ask no less than I have asked; and
acquit mV own conscience before bar benevo
lent King.' " : ; " f' r .r ' ' -y'
-. Yv need small,' works in", defence of our de
no'minational ' peculiarities, such as'Pengilly's
Scripture Cuidei- 33ooth1S .Vindication, of. the
Baptists, Prince Alcohol,--'the Psalmist, ,F
Fart;
on.
Popery, and' works of -that .soit. Other
?nomiiiatioU3are icendins: and selling their
do
hymn books and .other-religious""- books to; out
meniberj. ' , - .
I have another subject which' I would vril
lingly 'pass -over, 'but' lor our relation to' the
- 1 f rf-X . r' " 1 T .
peopic oi vregon; - onr liapti.sr ministers
on' leaving the SUtes v.'crC bbiii" d to
give awav a grea,t- r.v.t of their ' cry limited
libraries. Our available jnjan ate ull ex
hausted, and we greatly need a few theological
vQrksyio enable us to meet the varied, errotra.
afloat. in. Oregon, as. well to enable us to present
truKi mtelugioly to our -congregations. - - We
nee 1 Commentaries, on the--Bible, Fuller's
W ork, Carson on Baptism," Hintoti's History
ot liapttsm,- Mo we II on .. Communion, fee'.; -and
indeed we are in need of cd most all the auxiliai
ry works which render Valuable an. Eastern
Minister's Library,!, and give instruction"- 'and
variety te Tusv public . IiscourscA and ,priva.tD
yititsS'Bap. Rec. ,r ; ;, - .
" "T2ic Pivncli IJa't: -" '
i.rThere is aftriking statement mad? by the
London correspondent of tlie iN'.. Y. Recorder,
with, reference to the late condemnation of the i
"French; Baptists- in the, depa: tm'ent of L'Aisne.
He .thinks, th at their ' condemnation led," indi-.
tectly,'' Ij the overthrow "of the French' mbn
archy ' Tao-.'snhjoined Tetract is an -expression
of his -senliinents ca-the fsuhject tAM
.' " It ii a very rernirkibie fact that the; per
secution b f ou r B ap tist b i e thre n u. the. clepart
rnent of I'Aisne.tecJ o the overthrow of, thei
-French m on arcliy. Tiiey tiki not,Jad.eed, at
te'rnpt to iwehgeVt2iem3e1ve did the Par-
isians design to avenge' !th'cW;'''yet'tTeirVon-;
d-. i-i rilion occasioned Hhe'downrall of the gdV-;
em
law
i ,'..
w ... ..
'r:Ii
--i. i oa are aware, probabl.tnat. the
v, la ,h i h rough t, into opjijition against'
- w - 1: at! ori;;ina!!y intended to restrict
;i -: ::cl-;!i, b;;I meeting's f. -r -political';
pu:
1 b
-Th!.' I.V.v 1: : 1 net been acted nnnnJ
-v.e,. -r f ntany.ycari, atuj )t was consid-
ered doubtful-whether, a "prosecution, under it
could be sustained. J Biit wheiif the Supreme
Com t at Paris bad Conliniied' the "dlcisibn cif
. the Couitat Arniein, and p;v.:ibuticld t'ne 'meet-
j iu3.. oi l.ie lia;
! th-l Guubt said,
- -
1. - 1 3
! I
ral.
a stngteaiour and look at our position and proo
p'ect:.; and settle' the iieatioh- "vWill you, not
furthwi'h :seh.d' ii? a ; fai th f ul, p rude n f CcJportevr.
I ani'infbr:
'3 law f-r ;:
neut; vI:o Ijivc proved too strong
Kr lbeIn.',
f V-'i I
, si
In tabir , : V
,1 r.s a ir : '?! of- christian !eUY
n -mbiance, infirm-
4 I . At
n j
n;1;1
ia t;.:.rt Ic ih unusiial iphysicalj.
.Infects overcome by 7e?. ; the- sained fuJne,sSr of y
tbwj-t, energy cf langn-'ge, end, vehemenceoC
tnaner: the ,sa mi ; concealment, fcf iski!ful? order ;
the same "..insurgent paVcmhe&is; thsfnmg dram-
tc use 0f dialogue, exclamation'.-ahd apostrophe j
ie- sa'mV'&wrat ic'pnh of ibe sudden qijest ion ;
the same noble choice of images . and - use of fig
nres i the sane high '"coadousness cf power; the
"same directness of attack, not "upon the reason
only, but through the mind upon the : heart. If'
the apostle be at times more difiuse, it; is becausa6
he must instruct, explain and guard against . mis
construction, while the only ahnVof the orator is, -to
convince and tnove. 'Hiat , enlarging of hi .
tbonbtj that "gathering up as he rushes on, with
out "losing bis ppeed, "golden' truths ' seeming r.t -first
"to hear but indirectly on" his .main" purr -s'
yet firmly combined with his conclusion,-ii l...-. g-- ;.
the "r?"t excellencir' of the christian hierchant.
Well, does he prove,' in other, passages, that tie has
at his conimand no intense' brevity. '
Indeed, though here the christian is by the .
rrace cf God. - immeasurably superior, tbey r : . 3-
nof unlike in tber moral qualities cf Lo.... yy
Jaui -orrhetoncal trick and sophistry.
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9t Pint m h . vvo'rna f--r?in s at?- '-
d: -.if? cf nccorrp'i;hing the.. good cf t! e '
m l ! ;r,y felth in li etendency of their prir
living deep and -strong withinlheir fouIf.
; iAVe cim scarcely avoid believing, (ti. a I 1
not why we should) that the apostle n.uii
been an ndmirin2r student of the orator,su.i
nllelisms to we Cad j as for example, St. I
vindication of his state and manner of life, z
tbcaccupation of his enemies in" his speech te." j.
Agrippa, with the opening .of... Demosthen's c .
fer.ee t gainst the. slander of JEschines, in the Or-.- "
.tion on the Crown, The turn of thought is r-e- '
cisely. the -sTtne, nor is the language wholly ur.l ' e.
The eleventh and the begining of the twelfth c!. p
ter of the Hebrew is a most successful . expr...:.i
of the same appeal to ancestral glory and ca:..
nle-, the same, summoning' of a great, c!o--
f '
martyr?, that ii made in the famous zi'yitzu:... by
those who fell at Marathon,' at Plete3, Saleir.": r.J
Artemisiu'm.. ,i..i--xjtsi''X r - ' ;
Aa Orator. It may be; -thought by so aie thet .
St. Paul should be regarded rather as a writer tl n '.
orator, from the fewness of his recorded speeches ; '
thongheen they are. sufiiclent to estatli.-'n hij:
right to the nsine; vvhen we see an in,; crL .3 ,
heathen trembling before him, a luxurie'. j .. J
half apostate king almost convinced,-and a
city doing hirrr homage as the god cf speech. Ii : t
we do" not ce'r. fine 'ourselves to his spoken cd
C5, Ills epistles, with j'fe w. .s' exception s, are r '
tion?, exordium, in rgument,, inferences, application"-'
nnd ferorntion. It is ihe soul of an orator, the-
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tating to the scribe. He seems to have the church-: ,
es before him. ;' He calls to them by endearing
names j bci; o p pea Is, he beseeches, he soot be , Is
exclaims,' he denounces he '-weeps, as though tbry
hca rd an d saw hi rru " We Can imagine h is very-
gestures as be tvalbed the fioorof bis prison rz
ah d II Is y o u n g ? e c r e t a r y'" in ser ibed w it h r a p i J p ci -hisiglowin-
words. -Indeed, his .example is tu3
more -useful lo es. '' ...-. : . .-
.''Mis Dignity. Most unworthy, then, of our
pbace, is that bharne fncednss"of manner, that ob- .
sequious, whining, deprecatory tone, which go of- .
ten' makes the preacher appear like? a cringing
beggar or a hipt child, .find excites contempt for '
the very' truth heiVdisho4.ora. . Y.'nat I are- we ' to' "
be ashamed; of the. go?pcl cf ChristTBtDp we
shrink from the-reproach cf tie cress 1 -Need we;
make such feeling -excuses- for . being honest ..-j
Is there anything in religion to, make its advocate
" hang down his head like a bulrush," or that, re
quires him to sing out his 'sermon through his nose
to a very bad tune!'.- What have we to fear from
men! Should not 'love for them cast out fearV
Was it thus Paul spoke : before J the judges 1 or
Peter or" Stephen before -? the'Sanhedrm! orihe
noble martyrs at the stake! Was itc thos that
Cal vin, and Luther, and 'Zwingle, prevailed. -If
we trembleas iremble'we should, Iet it be at the
a wfu I presence in which we stahdv the acdounta- V
bility ;Wef are under," the life or death' hanging upon -our
lipsi JTf we weep or cur voic 3 filter, let it
be in 'sympathy will) cur T Iaster' ' ' 1 ''
sj'fnpainj'
rjuisite tenderness of the I irii's :
anguish of.wounded sou!?, the iiuspeUo!e i...-.iy
of the lost, the.dishonor done to God's holy nam '
The qurce of such passion ennobles, it, tli gni fies :
its expression, andiarries v uh- it. the., beans of'
onr Jiearer's ,.: Any. meanner :ause ,01 emotion de
grades our mindsy and makes; us contemptible, jf -not
redjculous.- No wonderhat xneri respect; the
m i nisi ry so I iitle t hey f ' show feo s little i respect
for- thcn.?rivr5. ' ''-' ';" b --' r'-:-r :
JCot. O'jscvre:1 Some call our opqs!e ob?e:ire, '
inv(!v?J, irregular. '"T'hey do not" know" bl.i;.
Haepy were :e, could we 0 err v. r,h bi:n.
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