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14 I . - .-. ... ; i - !r . j . : . t - ' i j . ; . . ' l"'',w"?,''',w''1w""""1 mm . Y. 1 4 : 1 hi ? f PROGRESS OF" KNOWLEDGE. DliStttfCTIOXj 0E BOOKS AND !fANysc RIPTs, : l ;Our principal and secondary titles to the; pre I .' sent- article seem to be at war with each other.4 . : The destruction'of books would naturally imply v-va ( troKJule of (ncnvledgb, rather tiwn prpgrsss. liutourohjetct h td show thtrreader 'sciivoftlie V; difficulties which knoledge injts marchhas ' " betfil obliged to ehcou liters- t - - -iy;,- Itji remarkable that c6niucrors, jlu tha rao - :inent' of 'Victory OJP; ill the unsparing devastation cf their rajre, havenot beentutishei with des- troying wtv, but hare even rrcance 6 'books. .: V J. AiKientluMory records how t carried' tlseif ven- .hfe Persians: from hatred of the religion of the IjluiiViciaiixs nnd, the I Kgyplians, (lestroyed trir lwoV's; of which Euse .'V biuiiotlcosthey possessed -a! great ynimber. ' A .y remiirkablej atiircdote is recorded ;of the Greeiah i : .libraries: oiu at G nidus was burnt by the &ct of - i; i uppucruies, ueeauseme umuians rcluscd to lot- v" ft 3-? octnes ofheir tnakter;. ! f 1 . -I ... , Thd Jlomans burnt the books of the Jews of the Christians, arid the philosophers ; the Jews 1 i .t ' 1. 1 : ' i .1 '. a '-.I . x " . yuitii uio uooks oi ine vnriPuns and me ra . ; : gans; and the Christians burnt the books of the .. : aans andhjj Jeks: . TlvirgreJ"! part of the 'if v books bVlOrigeii and other heretics iweroconti- . nuallv burnt by the orthodox paityv Gibbon pa- I :. :' thetically describes the empty library of. Alexan- .'; .-. 1 " ' ' (V . I '. l - 1 " . I .' nil ; una, alter the Christians had destroyed m -Trie TaiuaDie iiorary ot jviexanuna, was pmagey or 1 destroyedi aid near twenty : yT?afs afterwards, the appearance of the j empty, she excited the --:-': reref and indjignaLioh bf evry spectator, 'whose, :l V inkidwasnpt; totally darkened by :religiousre ' ' ' j'-Klice.', .v; a ' t;-:': : ':': ' nn-'" :f-:V . -: i The reading of the'J-ewish 'Talmud .has heeri v forbidden by various edicts; ef the Eitiperor Jixs- I tinian. of manyjiiof the Frffnclianaanish kings I j -and numbers of popes. : All the eppies' were.or- eiereUto be burnt: thointrepia perseverance of iselves preserveuT that j work, lrom In 1509, twelve thousand copies world, says Mr. Hoscoe, he lost his treasures I o pungent was his, rief on this occasion, tbat qccqrcling to the Relation of one of his country- men, ins nair Decame suddenly white. , j About ! tbp year 1700. Jludde. a1 Dutchman. went to China to instruct hiinselfih the lanrruaffe. and in whateyerras remarkable in this sinffuWr people, He succeeded to ihefjdignity of a man diirine : travelled through tbe nrnviriers nndpr lis character, and returned ia F.nmm? with - cMIeetioii of observations! the cherished labor of urty years ; and all these were sunk in the bot tomless sea r'i. '' '::,.; :;:- .i , r :. . The great Pinell.ian librarvi after the death 'of us niusinous proiessor, miea tnree vessel?, to be cpnteyed to Naples.'v:Pursuetl bv corsairs, one of the vessels was taken;! but iho pirates finding nothing-on board but books, threw them all into the sea ; j suctf was the fate of a great portion of this famous library. National libraries have of ten perished at sea, from ihe circumLtanceof con uuerors iranspor dbms. - - i ' " 11 ' 1 1 1 i FROM TtIK BAPTIST REPOSITORY. . FJl OM LI D E R I A. . i r . Monrovia; Africa Oct. Gi l&Zi. Dear B hot her, It is with pleasurol em brace an opportunity that presents, to state to you my views and feelings in relation to this'place, and to the cause of colonization on this continent. Thousands' here ore in a state of slavery amongst the native inhabitants of this land ; There is not a tribe but what has more or less slaves; even with in this colony they are possessed by the natives. If the foreign slave trade was abolished; still slavery with all fits hqrrors would exist exten sively over this whole continent. -The foreign slave trade is still carried on, both to the north, and in the south, in the immediate vicinity ,of this cotpny: The natives in mis vicinity Deneve in a C O M M U N I C A Ti I O N S. FOR T11E-BEC0RDEB. L. iiig them ; into tlieif own kirig- . the Jews them an were thrown into the flames at Creinona. .' The first missionaries to the Mexicans,': suspi- ious that superstiticn Avas mixed viith all their paintings, attacked the. 'chief schoc cf these ax tkts ; i and collecting, in the marketlpjacein little mountain of these precious recbrds they set, fire r tp it -and buritdinthe ashes the mi:ory of.ina v'wf mostiintereting. events." After.;ard, sen s:f ble bf their error, thev tried to'cbliecf hifonnation -froni the mouths of. the Indians'; !; but the In- ' jdians. werd . indignantly silent when .:they ' at- i . temj tedtto coijlect the remains pi tiit se painted ;" historie4, the patriotic iexicai usually buried 'in cncfa Iment the remaining records cf . his . country. . ;; l: : j. " :;-: ' -The story of tire Caliph Omar proclaiming ('through the kingdb f i: at the. taking of Alexari i dria, that the; Koran contained every thing Iwhich was usejful to believe and to know, and he therefore- ordered all the books ' in the; Alexan drian library to be distributed tc the masters of , the bath st amounting to 4000, to be sed in heat ' inV their stoves for a'period of six mbnths, mo dern paradox would attempt to deny. . But the f t ile would not be singular even were it true : it . r perfectly suits4he character: of a higot, ' a barba rian. and a blockhead: A similar eyent . once f Many works hsrtwere no destroyed by de si.gn, are also "missing. I Of the. history of l3oly bitis,! whicli onceicontained orty books, e have nbw Only five; -of the historical library pf Diodo rus Sk'ul us, fifteen books only remain, out of for ty ; and half of the Reman antiquities of Diony sius Ilalicaniassns has perished. Of the, eighty books of the history' of Iion Cassius, twenty-five only remain. The present opening book of Am- lnianusjMarcellmus is entitled the fourteenth,--Livy's history cofrsisted bf one hundred and fortv books, and we ; only . possess tllirtyrfivof that pleasing historian. - V hat a treasure -has been lest in jthe thirty books of Tacitus little more than four remain. - ' ' : ,' ':- 'f : . - vWe 1iaye lostitwo precious works in ancient f Upgraphy : jVarro wrote! the live of seven hun- u red illustrious Romans, and Auicus, the friend of Cicero, composed another , on the actions of the great mei among the Romans. These works .were enriched with portraits. j ' - 'JP he. losses which the j poetical world has sus tained are sxifllcifchtly khown by those who are conversant withtbe lewjinvaluable fragments of Mer.andeir. Even of iEschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, who each wrote about onevhundred dramas, seven - only have been preserved, and nineteen of Euripides. jOflhe one hundred and thirty comedies of Plautus, we only inherit twen- tybf the more intperfect. -' j ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MISSIONARY " ADINO ; 1st.: Importance of ' a judicious selectioh in general. hp' . , At the present period of the. world, when it is de luged with- books, reviews,i pamphlets and news papers, it is no easy task , for common Readers to direct their attention so sely, that njuch of then time shall not be lost, anl worse thai lost, by an injudicious choice of matirr. .. ! ' It is no easy task for thm to make b proper se lection from the immeasuJahle and hrogenecus mass, that lias been "ace nujating for 'ages,; and that is daily augmenting lh the laboi; off a housand pen?.. ' . ' . vv . i . - ' . It is no easy task to ; clnfine their attention to surh tonics and such worts, as would 'aflbld them ----- --r rz. f ' . ... ..i ineir nirittnf fnf sr rrnnd Innt no Inn most siintnntini nPnfBlt. DV Cnll'IIlteniDir uu UI1U U VUH Oj '1 1 i wv fjvvi. ...un v - . 7 . J 'IT 1 needs no rerd the other, the cause of all.lheir minds, elevating their ivieyvs, expaiiding tneir calamities. When in any difficulty, r the bad h,rls and increasing thirj happiness exci mg spintiscnded,a.dtheyL hre appease him by offerings of rum, pipes, tobacco, fl wJrld and for thelliighest enjoyments of and:whatever they have: they really worship the filwi uprtL 1 i It . ' devil, others worship sharks and alligators, a yearly human sacrifice ofa child, nine or ten These are the propel objects of books and of readincr. Haunv wouldnt be for the church and years old, is made io the! sharks within , a' short the world, if all the ruhbish that fails of this end, If V A w WUIUVU rlistfin'n tr Vin smith nt tbo Rirht nf Rpnin ! Tn 1 and all that is Dositivelv rernicious. such a case, can the Christian, can the philan- with the books of the Eaheians, that the word of thropist be idle? What is to be done? Shall .Godandpf truth, might Wail. Then the ener- i j . i -ii. cies ot the active mizhl le concentrated, well, di- we look on and seeiviolence, injustice, , idolatry, anJ efficientThn lhe rUin,f ?e'neration, and cruelty, and do; nothing? The misanthro- instead of bing deluded with fantastic .trillcs, pist may, but the philanthropist and the christian mightbe instructed by sober tiuth j-insiead of bc- cannot. ' Faith takes thj; field in possession of ing poisoned w ith error, night be nourished with the promises of God and reason embraces the the bread of life: Insteadjbfi being rained for this sah-tv and nrotection otthc colony as a nroviaen- r world and me next, misrit oe ntte lor usciuiness tial asylum for the commencement of her opera- and for heaven. ; , - ' j A 2nd. With this view cf th U vii4 l iliiah VwliViviVUWy iig aaa ivu v "v. v- 1 ... : r :;:!...:-I:p;- IS TUE VALLEV. 1 naDDenea in l'ersia the third century of When Abdoplah, who in the iVionammedan sera,; go verned Khorasan, was nresented at i isishapoor with a MS.which was shown as a literary .!'curi-. osity, ne asea tns tuie 01 u, ana w as torn u .was the tale of Wamickand Oozra, composed by the irreat poet ribsairwan.- Ui thiAhuoolah ob served, that those of his country 'and faith had no thihsr to do vwM any other booklithari the Koran; &hd that the composition of an idolater must be1! detestable ! Not only he declined accepting it, iut ordered it to be burnt in hi presence -y and rther issued a proclamation x'ommanding all; Persian MSS. which shouldbe found within the, circle of his' go verhment; to be burned 1 ' Much of -theUnost ancient poetryfof , the Persians perished V'- j. i.... ; ROMAN CATII0LIC3 We have three or four more articles yt t to pub" iisVurider the head of "Foreitn coresniracv." &c TIey are.suspenye for ja week or two. We in sert, from the Christian Watchman, an extract from a letter to the editor from a gentleman in Il linois, and h ave the statements with our readers as matter of reflection. -r j ; ' . , I will say to you, that all which can now be done by all Christendom,, would not save the' Val .ley ifrfem! having a majority of Catholics' .in ten years. x.ou can nave no luea oi tne nooas oi GeTmans,(principally froni Austria, that are pour ing jinto the Valley, all Catholics. In Stl Louis alone, the large church is filled every Sunday at ten o'clock; with a German audience: who hear mass, a!nd have, afterwards a sermon in German. All I thesos emigrants cme; the present year. They are-nothing-to tbi numbers that have gone into thei.country. ;EverV steam boat brings more or less. ' "! Account that may be relied on, saythat lartre bodies are commcrinext yeararom: jAustna, the Catholic cantons of Switzerland, and the ; dif ferent states of Germany. Congress, you kno w, in fervent prayeT for his blessing on her efforts, and jyrdently desires that asylums of a like nature, may- soon surround the maratime margin of this vast continent j and that each accessible point may soon be occupied ly men possessing the religious ahd literary qualifications', fitting them for the most extensive usefulnass here as heralds of the cross ; that as a surrounding army they may ex tend the lights of science and fhe religion of Je sus, from the circumferencerto the centre of this benighted land when all this evil will vanish. . i I am persuaded -that if proper feelings were possessed by Christians generally in America, and they had a true knowledge of the facts, that men, money, and effectual fervent.prayers would not be' wanting to carry forvard- this glorious wprk. The light of science -and religion rr.ust go hand in hand in this great work. To break those rooted prejudices, acquired by; early im pressions, requires in the commencement a thor ough education,- Schools and missionary estab lishments in and out of the colony in every place where the natives will admit them, ought to be established without delay. Pious male and fe- ynalc teachers, and missionaries are needed by the master and may God send them, and Chris tians be workers together with Him in support ing them whilst engaged m their work. Will none of our denomination venture to occupy this field of danger ? .Who made tne climate here? Did not he, who said, " Go ye into all the .World and preach the gospel to every creature V Will any danger, laid before the gospel minister by 2rid. With this vicjvcf the importance of a ju dicious selection, .it may bef proper, in this place, ' lnilarneu v thing Pagan, h the brtdestzeabagainst every Pope; G fe-gorf 1 1- ordered nhat the library of jtrje PaktiuA pbllo, a treasury o( literature formed by successive emperors, should be Committedj to tne names i - He issued this or. der under the. notion of confining the attention of the clergy to the Holy Scriptures! : I : ; J; .: J The destruction of libraries in the reign oi Hienry VIII. -atjfiilissqlutiori: pf the monaste- ties, is wej t over by John Bale ; those who pur-; chised hi;, religious houses 'took the libraries as . 'jrart of thejr booty) with which they secured their lurniture, or sola the books as waste !paper, or sent thciuinbroad in . ship loads to foreiimbook-: finders.- -The.fear of destruction induced riiany i ti hide manuscripts' under roUriu.'and in -old i wails.. .:;:,. ;.;:: . ; A--. T . j Even the civ)Tizatio:i of the eigliteehth century : p could net preserve Trom tie savage and destruc tive fury of a disorderly mob, in the most polish- rd city of Europe, the valuable MSS. oftbe great : Earl Mansfield, which were madly consigned to the flames during the aiefs of Idp. ; - f w hi the year the hall of the stationers un derwent as great a purgation asiwas carried on in Don Qui xotte's library; Wattoh . gives a list - cf the best writers who were ordered for imme- ' diate conflagration, by the. prelates Whitgift and Bancroft, urged by the puritanic faction.' Like irraiited a township of land to a body of Poles, Their agents are here -findj in a place to locate their grant.:. That towpship w.ill be a rallying ppitjtlor that people; and tpe agents 'state that many; thousands, oil their countrymen how scat tered! over Europe. and thousands now" in Poland, intend comir g to this land of liberty, during the next five years. -They are all Staunch Catholics' Ireland has just-begun, m' the providence of God, the wickedness of men, or I them bear with resistless force upon the empire of Zion's adversary 1 Who would, be able to mar- shall for; the glorious enterprize, and lead forward to certain victory, : j , The sacramgjtal host bf God's'elcct ,V' It migkt indeed have required some effort in the dark ages to prove "that ignorance is the mother of devotion but surejy in this era of light, the point need not be labored, that knowledge oh .Fis sxqnarij subjects is the parent of a Missionary spirit. -..,-:;.!;. I . Where is the man, wrho;?e heart melted in ten der compassion for the miseries of the ' heathen, while! he was' unacquainted with their ignorance, then delusions, their abominable and bloody rite?, the eitreme wretchedness of theif " hahitaiirm n thing makes me unhappy, is, I see more cruelty," and the awful1dauj;er of their eternal to be don than I can do ;'and it induces me by ruin ? : Where is the friend of the heathen, whose the malice of devils, be a sufficient excuse for leaving a part of the Lord's field unoccupied ? Will ;not the souls of innocents, devoured by sharks, and of the millions, who, yearly in their idolatrous ignorance, are launching into eternity without the knowledge of a Saviour,! meet us at the bar of God, and -accuse us of neglect of duty to that Saviour who died for sinners? And will not the blood of these souls cleave to the skirts of some of our American brethren? I am without fear, for there is nothing of which a. Christian ought to be afraid biiit sin ; for &11 things worketh together for their g6od. I am persuaded that I am m the path of duty and have God with me.- The only earnest to come oi of her hive. Many -thousands of her Catholic children may be expected j no it, every year. thousands reason is Catholic countries! .will now send us wher.e thev fonnerly sent one. The plahi; Catholie emigrants tell .-.me that inulti prayer and writing, to say, brethren : "come and help us." God has blessed my practice the fever thus far I hope! and believe a new era has taken place as: respects it3 mortality. I feel but little fear but that nine-tenths might be accli mated' safely with proper medical treatment and prudence. iNIay the blessing of God rest onyou. . l ' ' J ii i i - . .i r i-.. i. - t mufes. are coming noAv, inui wouiu rifiuer nave and on tne Israel oi uod. fray jor me, pray starved than come- many years . a so-! We have for Africa, and may God help all Christians in now priests and Catholic Ichurcnes, sd I that our America to pray for us. and to nrav until thev ship3 1 of a missionary life, while unacquainted ... - i . . . I . . I i . . I J . J - I . . . - . - .i -t - children 'will not becomef heathen; or m other fo3l and act with a united energy in spreadinfr Wlla missionary ciiaracters, wim tne nistcry oi u-nrrf? i TKw i f r. ronn mvn Mr V, in j fn I missionarv onerauons, wim mc suuauuus OI Uie ' ' v . i v v V fivivt , - m v m. w.ww J-i V T I LIITT U3t. I 11 V I v JL VUIO 111 L llu AcLlLXX fill IL11U 111 . - - . . them, and is undoubtedly . the true one. I have fehip of the Gospel. no doubt but the eihisrrationTfrom Ireland alone. for the next five years, will yearly average fifty thousand to the Vallej. . Every one acquainted witn tnp subject rates it mucn niner itnan one hundred thousand. .l; Bat Germany. Switzerland. and Poland,' aire emiVratinsr by wholesale. In a very shprt time, all these cap vote, and the Rcc. Jonathan Going. Ezekiel Skinner. thieves and outlaws, they were 9rdered tdj)t iu Iter ever tJiev may be.founJ.-'fJ-'v- : 2l uic utuux u ber in his hoxise' eminent scholars 71 the learned Peiresc, a .cham- filled with letters from the most of the ajre -was discovered- Such wa'slhe disposition of his neice. that altho' repeatedly entreated to' permit them to be - pub lished.she preferred to regale herself occasional ly Avith burning these learned epistles to save the expense cf fire-w ! Menage pbsetfcs, on a friend having had hi3 library desfroyedi by fire, in which -several va luable MSS. had perished, that such a loss is one cfthe greatest misfortunes that can happen to a man ol letters: Even m the present day, men o Utters are subject to misfortunes ; T for though the lire-offices will insure books, they will not allow authors to value their own manuscripts. -. , ; ! The republic qf .letters lias suffered irrepara ble losses by shipwrecks. Paaririo Veronese, one of those; foamed Italians who travelled thro Greece for the recovery of MSS had his perse verance repaid by Jthe acquisition of many valua tie works.- I On his return to Italy he was shin wrecked, an.d Hpfominately for himself ami the CALVERT-STHfET CntRCH, BALTI.MCnE. It will he feeen from the statement of brother A- darns in cor present number, that he declines re- Catholic influence is nbw felt here; powerfully, moving tofBaltimore. We have much pleasure in what good it will do to the heathen." What would and will shortly be decisive. Emigration, alone, stating that our brother Crane has succeeded in Haocomplish i;i thefeld? hnovUdgt ispoic- and will shortly be.decisi ve. Emigration, alone, in ten years, will give the) Catholics a complete ascendency. But? evety other thin et wrorks in heir favor. 1 herr schools m the V alley are nu merous, even now, and educate our richest and most influential citizens' children of the Protes tant class. These schools are filled tei overflow ing. Among non-professing Protestants, the Catholics are popular,; arid thousands Consider them the only bulwark against a union of ehurch arid state, which thev think the eastern chris tians are laboring to bring about. - The violent publications in. our religious papers aid the Cath olics mucn, i ney are sacnr, anu appear to tne world s people to. be ; most cruelly persecuted. How imprudent are many pieces that appear!- 'No .Catholic ought to hold any: onice m'the United States; for none can be believed on their oath." This- and the like, do immense procuring; the services of a brother from Massachu setts, Elder Binney of West Boylston. j He will remove to the field of his labors towards . the close of the present. rnonth- . The M. H. purchased by W. & J. C. Crane, has been undergoing some re pairs, but is now ready for worship. Brethren Kerr and Taylor, of this city, purpose spending 3 or 4 weeks in Baltimore, during the monih of Feb ruary, with a view to hold a protracted meeting in the Calverl-street M. II. in. conjunction with waking the energies of his soul and urging Vim to" action with well directed ardour ae engages in th bene.Tolent. enterprize' of rescuing the perishing heathen from the power of the Ifrince of darkness Thus furnished, he is prepared tomeetdiiappoicil meat3, privations and persecutions ; to .penetrate the darkest regions of paganism ; to parry the fiery darts of the adversary ; to disarm the champions j of enor ; to struggle with the wayward disposj. , I lioaof ungodly me, which none but an Almighty i arm Jean rule; to pull down the strong hchij cf delusions to put to llight the aimies of the aliens ; -and fearless, to maintain his ground,, when in delity, with all his terror and deformities '. " From his daik den, blaspheming,drops his chaia "And 'rears his brazen front with thunder scarr'd.5 Thus furnished, he is prepared to toil, and- preach and pray, with ardor and panevt rance, for the sal vation ot those who hate and: abuse him ;! or winy -unshaken confidence, in God, and christian res.'ig, . nation to bis will, to. enter the flames cfpersecu tion, the martyr's chariot cf fire, arid thus io iri umpn to ascend to glory.':, ' . . ; J . Nir is extensive knowleegc on Missionary tuL jectsjneeded by ( the Missionary alenc. 3 To tie Ministers" of the Gospel too, aa cquaintacce . with this subject is indispensable. On tne m dc-( volves the management of missicnary concerns; j and without this knowledge, how could ihey, as ' good ,ste wards, . discharge . this important part cf r their duty 1 Under their hands loo, the Sons cf ' the. Church are to be trained up for missicraries. and pasters ; and how can ministers acquit them. I selves in this responsible partot iheir.ivok, wit-v out missionary luiormauon ana missionarv arucr Or how can they rouse theii people to action, and. diifuse aniong them the spirit of the age ; how can. " they waken the sluinbcring-atacx arcucd thezn. and - enlistiheir pjwers in the gieat' work of evftngeiiz-. mg. ana. reiiOating tne world i it js presumed, that there is not a neighbeurhood in IS'oith Caroli-Z naor in the United fctattj v.hich has, not a mis- sionary jlield in the midst i it. When ill theso fields that now lie waste, be occupied and eclti- vatetl, if ministers do not breaiLe the spirit oi mis- sions. and practice tne scii-ueniaioi missionaries; When also" will the destitute end lac jobbing churches, and the waste unorganized population of our.land, be furnished with a competent supply cf zeafous. able, and faithful preachers cf the Gos pel? j H ' v ' , , But the salutary ii.tlutnce cf missionary reading ' is net confined to public character. It pxiends with poweriul ellect to private Christians. It promotes, in a high, degree, their happin their activity,; and their usefulness. It elevates hopesH-it opens and warius their hearts ; jit ngu lates.thtirTtlitciions purifies their desires; it inaltiplies their .stuicc s of enjoyment, while it j directs their powers mure eiclusi; e4y to thi serric of Christ, and the advancement cf his kiBgdcin. IIuw manv. wanned bv the fervor cf TJailvn. and stimulated by the pious ardour, of Anne llasieltine Judson, have felt a new impulse to Christian ac- tidn, and more cordially espoused the cause so dear to their hearts. . How many thousands, j cheered and guided by theiight cf that oriental stkr, Clau- dius-iiuchauan, or the self-denying Labours of that ! eminent servant cf God, (lately dead) y'm. Ca- ; rey? have brought their talents, ihtir influence and, . their; treasures, as grateful oflerings to fbe Prince fbf i'eace, and witlv pious joy laid thera down at; his fleet. How many thousands more who row scarcely lift a finger to extend the blesslfcgs cf the Gospel through the earth, would be tilled w ith grateful admiration, and moit cordialjy ccme up to the. help cf the Lord, did they bht know ait that he is doing and intends ppeeuily 'to do for nis Kingdom I , ' j But all that can be said of the imrcrtance-ct missionary reading as to its influence on the pri- ' . i - - . i . ... vaie cansiian. tne pastor, and me missionary, ap-. plies with double force to those icho Aard ffu min- . 1. L-.. l . - . i . . isinj rieir, auu are mine incipient cr :mrieui ate stages of preparation. He is now forming hi character for public life. He has now I the best. meani cf pursuing iuch a course, and of deriving the greatest benefit from it. Without the benefit of such reading, he must tall below the standard required by the spirit of the age in which he is t act. the standard cl lb'.'O would net answer for . the spirit of 1833, much less the standard, of 163?, for the spirit of( 1350. . . ; .. , Every young man, hatngthc Ministry in ricv. who is aware that the spirit of Primitive Chris tianity ought speedily to bexevived throughout the' vnnsuan worm, ana mai ice spim ci tne Apostle must extend its benign influence through the racon i j i t. . i -i i - woriu, anu wno uopes io see mc uay, ivnen iiuj spirit shall pervade the earthl cannot but feci . the impoitanceot(cuiuvaiing sucii a spirit, in nimseu and others, dnd of forming such a character as to take a leading part in the majestic movements and the rapid advances of the church for 3U years lo come. - If missionary reading docs cherUh thi spirit of missions," he will net question its utility, nor refuse its protiered aid. : By such a course of reading, the.class of person now in view, may obtain another, view, which in its beariugon the progress of the Gospel, is of no' ordinary impoitance. It w ill afford hirh much as sistance In deciding the diuicuk anl too often un answerable questions, " What will you fee?' 41 What will you do ?"--Though he is resolved to obey the call of God. and to devote himself to the service of the church, as an ardent, animated, in-? dcfaiigable preacher of the Gospel, yet the momen tous question, whether he shall be employed in planting or watering churches w hether he shall preacli to Christians, Jews, Atahomedans, or Pa gans :-r-in shcrt, whether he wiiltc a. Pastor or a er;" ibut 'powei without knowledge is weakness. .Missit7iary, may still remain to be decided. Iti?1 What hope of success could a eomrany of hold i a question w hich, at the present day. must be rr-. : .-j: i i : i 1 r . . aiuieiio meu, iuuiam, uuuisiimimru auu unarm- i uvuiivu ; aua wun prayeriui froncitade and ce- l' . . I l . 1 1 L . . it I- a' : . - . . eu,encounicr inc cmuameu nosis oi a wen uisci plined and regular army 1 Would you send a child, who had never heard of a battle oi a seige. to take1 possession of a fortress, simply because he exhibited a daring, warlike spirit ? Tne man needs to ha thoroughly furnished, who is to take posses sion of the strong holds of - Satan. Some skill in without attempting to gve a general directofy, to suggest some hints onhe jutility of .missionary . . I i ; reading. . - ' 1 At this era of the Christian Church, when her movements are becoming so general and interest J ing, as to eclipse the glory. Jol tne most splendid revolution of earthly empires, a course of-reading which exhibits her progress, and present state, the means by which her borders are enlarged, and by which her triumph is to become universal, demands the first attention of her friends. ! - From the connexion between knovledgeand ac tiony it is obvious, that an increase of knowledge must precede an increase of action. And it is e qually obvious, that nothing has contributed more to form the distinguishing feature of the present acre, as " the ace of action.11 thah the discovery and dissemination of important fJcts, Avhich have led to the production ol the grandest designs, and called, forth the best ellbrts of the present genera tion, and which will finally result in the noblest achievements". - , If men are to be universally excited to the work of extending the influence of Christianity and of supporting its institutions, no human means could more directly lead lo secure this object, than the dissemination ol religious intelligence. It men are expected to aid. the Missionary cause, they must be made acquainted. with it; and they are best prepared to aid successfully, when they have a clear view of what has been done, what is now idoing, and what remains to be done by Missiona "nes and the friends of missions. . ' N s Without extensive knowledge on this subject, who would be competent ta manage ' the mighty engines that are coming into-operation, to make ii- over bosbm is kindled with the hope of their speedy de :e in liverance and salvation, and whose soul is fired with the zeal ot an Apostle to eheel thislonoui and benevolent work, while ignorant df the means by which it is to be accomplished i ' Where is the mahof a true Missionary spirit, who is borne for ward by the broad, and deep, and resistless cur icnt of sl ll passion for missions1 who is furnish ed for a successful enteiprize in that cause, and prepared for all the self-denials, toils and hard i" '.! 1-1. opening field, and with the nature of the work be fore him? But suppose the missionary spirit to exist without this knowledge what could it ac complish? What would it do at home ? Woul the friend of the heathen give his substance for their salvation, if he knew no means by v. hich his liberality could allord them any important benefit? If so, why is this threadbare pretext so oiten used 't Wo Lnniv n nt it. Ii n f Wnmpt nf nur mfmrv nr the Sharp-street church. It is expected that they the use of armor that has been proved is requisite, WLll be aided bv iulder vv i, uroaddus ; and that a church may be constituted to occupy the Calvert street M..u. uur nromer v . vrane, wno is now on a visit to this city; sneaks in encouraging terms of the prospect of ultimate success in his effort to estaunsn a new interest in mis important city. llel. Iler. injury can see no difference: ;betweeif a Catholic.'E that a stripling micht vanquish the champions of error, " that one might chase 6 thousand) and two put ten thousand lo JlightP j t Should we loo"k at the influence ;which know ledge of various kinds has upon the (characters of t r . v i tv j r pt' . . -w men,: in me aiuerent proressions oi uivinity, Law, Physic, "&c. we could not avoidjthe conclusion, that extensive knowledge on missionary subiects . t A.l 1 .1 ft ' muse nave apowcnuiana saiutary influence upon Revival in Faxborough Mass.Uor. T. C ry to xne Missionarv J -j.,. - - w . O ' i..-.. -i.t I . . Non-professofs, who are Protestants .by name, Tingley, in a letter whicliweiave received, da- tneilte a?a arac1 ine lrien? t missions, and . i-o. i . r- .i ' i : i . i i. ..mi. . i. -i , . Droduce in the world. the most hanny pHVrta It anu a teu -loin uit, writes l nere nas Deen a pleasing ; , . 1 v " froiesiani: com arc enuaiy iroou neuaiuoi:? anu ruvivai minis piace lor aevetai inomns pasr. Lmsi . iL . A citizens, andsuch trrades, are put down, as perse- springy; very special anxiety was . felt by the No man was ever born a Divine or a Lawyer No cution. The Catholics of American birth scat- church for impenitent sinners, and jwe believe manis born a Missionary but a person is foimed terea over tne West, are very good citizens, and many terveut petitions were, addressed to Uoa m to that character by discipline. Born a denrared ii is Dad policy to ran against tne uatnoncs, ea t tneir oenau. i ne result nas oeensucnas demands l ana seinsn Deiug ne must be born azan, and masse. . lepeuu upon ji, me. course uiai nas ueeu out .warmest graiuuue. oevemeeu nave Deen oap- "y lLiC oiru iu ueny nimsen, auu w pursued in this respect' has been very detrimen-! tized, and others,1 it is expected, will soon be bu- lve tne sous ,uen an to love the Bedeemer o j liberation, must be decided in the fear of God, by every intended preacher cf the Gospel.- -:Can this decision be safely made, "without surveying '.t. . 1... e.n .l.. - lUM ueiu luai is io . ccupieu, anu uie mignty wotk that is to be accomplished for thirty years t come? Can he ascertain what part of the .great' field of the world demands his labour, without a comprehensive view of the real and comparative wants of different nations, the means adapted to. supply them most speedily and successfully, and. the prospects bf the comparative usefulness cf his t own talents in different parts of the field, and dif- j ferent parts of the work required in the conversion, of the ,world ? And where can he obtain this com- . parative view of things, without a course cf mis- ' sionary reading?- Or how could he, without tbiV view, he prepared to fill that public station in the kingdom of Uhnst, wnicn ine jreat iieaa ol tno Church is pleased to assign him ? ' But the direct influence cf this course of reading ." isnot limited to the' followers cf Christ. Therc . vivals of religion during the last twenty years, which have in no inconsiderable degree bcenr prompted by religious and missionary intelliser.ee. tne testimony oi tnese who have been awakened tal to Protestantism. Not all the weahh f the ried vyith Christ' in this holy ordinance, . A "Propaganda," its priests and Jesuits, could have protracted meeting which we recently held, was done as much for their cause in the West, in ten. greatly blessed, and a number, during that sea years, as the "burning ef the convent" in Charles- son, were brought to" the feet of Jesus. The work town. Popular feeling is much excited heTe, still continues,; and sinners are. enquiring, " What . . l..T . y C T. ' a ! 1 . " 1 1" J i 1 - .1 3 n't T t . ' tin Ihtsjsubject. Cross fyJoumat. rriust wc do to be saved ?; . to f lost men more than he loves'his dearest rclatloi s or his own life. Then, from the word of God, ind other valuable sources, he must' derive1 hi3 princi ples of action, -his plans of operation, -his com mission and his armour, his hopes and his consolations.- Thus thoroughly' furnished unto all good works, while the sacred impulse stirs -within hinj, and brought to repentance, by missionary reading, together with the nature of the subject itself abunditntly prove that it is wisely adapted to pro mote the spiritual and everlasting good cf those w ho have no true love to Christ ; no interest in that Saviour, who has redeemed and who is now gathering in his elect. In thi3 view it may be re commended to them also, as infinitely more wor thy of their attention, than the production of abur .1 i ::!; 1 r i:
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 21, 1835, edition 1
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