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1 he loljowing article will hit reac and notided
Jus the production of a mind of jhigh order, Wnd"
; ns the rosult of thorough investigation into the
rtal causes df moral power amoii t ie ambassa
dors of Christ. The propositidn laid down by
Protessor' Eaton wc consider of vital importance
to those brethren who have the means of an eu
: -cation though it be far, very fair fiom us to in
timate that "much learning" is;, indiipcnsablc to
usefulness in the church. !
i -The great usefulness of geiieral informatiDii,
on the." world as it Js," seems'to be Tery happily
introduced in the. letter part ofi.he a ticle. The
minister, who reasons with men froii the visible
things of creation to their -great Or gihal, takes
. ihc unbeliever oti tlic fore-groimd olispute, ind
., to do this successfully,' he must have the key t :iat
. . unlocks the secret storehouse of nature, j
, j. Professor Eatdjn has been e::teftsr ely ! known
ithertb, but this address will most surely give
him. a highly honorable introduction to the com
munity, as an officer of Hamilton Institution.
both a."
a scholar and divine. Amen can Baj:.
.. ': ; EXTRACTS '.":-;:. " .' '
ntlie Inaugural Address of Prof. Eaton-
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. 'Fro
jie exigencies of the tims; theji, demai: d a
ghly educated in'mUtry y This may. seem.
.thorou
y rather a? bold and startling proposition' to many
,Baptists,biuj a deep 'conviction of its truth ur-es
rne to advance it, and I trust my previous remarks
have jfttlly prepared my brethren o receive it
with mvor. J: verily believe without sucll a;
ministry our nation can not -be saved. We can
not toj much magnify theolficeof the Chrisiian
ministry! I will not, howew, stop here to lies
cant tmon its sublime and urtspeakablv! imDor-
fant relations to God and man.l Compared with
it, now contractea the spnere ana meruv the staH
tion, of .the mightiest earthly moriarcl ? ; fpeak
, ori now merely as a centre ot consprvnure hh-
finance to save the nation. Its "nosif Io5i.' ta th
people, is such: its action so cdnstantldirlH.anul
' inintcrrupted ; its opportunityo exejrt ajniould
.ing influence upon the mind and Ja!rt-jso -'.fair
and full, that I will venture tlic assertion" (even
at the risk of raising the senseless, cry " church
uncinate, v priest crait," etia.onme
2 genus,) that!
I salvation of
'he temporal as well as the eternal
the land depends more upon tlic phrsstain minis
try man upon any qiner Douy o,i menj ttow irn-
mehseiy important that its influence should be of
the highest kind, .powerful, and unrestrained,
acting beneficently Upon all the greafi interests of
humanity. Now, hdwevcr favorable its' position,
however '.constant and direct U$ actioh, however
fair and full its opportunity for 'exerting, an. influj
ence, it can not keep its hold upon an intelligent
and educated community without it is itself intel-
neiuanu cuucatcu, u can not. maeeu. luuy ex
ert its beneficent power without it is coniidera
lly m advance of the general itiass in knowledgej
ancl intormation. w ;( I-
Added to the considerations iust mentioned
I are others of a more special character, suggested
U by a: contemplation, of some of t ic peculiar
features of the age, ' which most forci dy deirion
strate the importance to the ministers of God, olf
that discipline and r enlargement of tlie mental
powers, which a thorough education can alone
' ; impart. One of the most remarkable-features of
this most remarkable age, is the grandeur of the
, conceptionsj'and the magnificences Nof the! enter
; prises, which men form and execute. Things
; are conceived and done upon a greit scale.'
New energies and new capabilities seem to have
been discovered in the world of mind as well as
"' in the worldof matter. . An elgvation and extent
. of view, a vastness and tretchof purpose, a depth
and intensity of feeling, and an energy and
promptitude of action, characterize the i present
movements ofthe human mind. The,aptleVprises
of the church, as those of the. world, ire strong-
; !ly marked with these characteristics. The con
ventions eff enlightend Christians,, i s respects
the field and object of their labors; have been
widening and widening, until they ha re come a.Cr
many to emoracc tQe worm ana the conversion
of its millions to God, J They have comejto talk
- as familiarly of the conversion of thb wcgrld as
-formerly of sending the gospel to a. destitute
neighborhood, not as a " consummation devoutly
' to be wished," and fervently prayed for, merely,
: but as a work which the Son j of Gcd isylno w
jailing upon tnem with commanding ana ani-
! mating voice. to attempt and accomplish TThe
lans projected, and the means devised, for he
.iccoruplishment of this glorious object, partake
jn sorae mpasure of the grandeur and magnitude
, i ot the object itsell.. Jbver and aiyonj some new
' lan is announced, whose, moral sublimity fills
f rihe mmd, and thrills, along every nerve 0 unns
"'" tian nhilanthroiw. At one time we hear of sup
- nlvinfrtb. millions of our Own COlintTV With the
word of God in thebriefspace of two years : tlu?
:' i astonishment bf our minds at the boldness ofthe
.concention had scarce! v subsided ene the work
' was done ! i Again we hear)fproyidng Schools
; for the instruction of our Ay hole youthiful popula
tion xn this precious wordi , Our minds are ae
lighted and our hearts cheered at the energy and
success with which this great and jbcneve-lent
object is now being procuted Finallv we hear
oi giving uie woru oi uie to tne icnoie icoruii.
Yes, the church seems at last to be rousing
ana shaking herselt, and taking holds in - earnest
"f her appropriate 'ork,
She is castinsr outthe
leoria. she is plantinir her
re. ;i A cordon
-f-"-wr-T, T j u KU 1 IttwrmcU mind
of stroRgaudc . panded Poxvers to form even an
adequate conception of ttese sublime movements
Of thQ ZlOjf Of God ? Much more does'it require
such a mmd m one who is called not only to take
a conspicuous part in these movements, but. to
lead and direct-them! " -
IX OW flops It ' rntirt. .... 11 - . . . .1
"WiUa Knovyledo of natural philosophy,
then, contribute to ministerial efficiency 7 -The
lOUOWlllfr CtiS'tTOratlOriS jimnnrr.Atko. .i,:..i
answer t - J . 1 ' "
1. This Icnowledcrc will out the minister in
possession pf a vast store-house .of illustrations,
which in this scientiCc age he will find availa
ble and serviceable in the elucidation and enforce
ment of di vine truth. God is the author, both of
the material aricl pithaal universe. lie, who
formed mind and irave it laws rrentid mnpr
and ordained .its laws. Natural objects ? and
moral agents, with all their attributes, modes of
bcing and action, are productions of .tlie same
Omnipotent wisdom. Both are radiant with the
signatures,-and 'manifest forth the glory of. the
Author. .Between these two creations thiist is
suing from the same hand, combined and har
monized as they are in the present constitution of
things, we find; striking analogies and corres
pondencies. ow we are far from entertaining
the belief that these analogies and corresponden
cies between the material and spiritual! universe,
or between the modes of God's pocedure in ; each,
are of such a kind as torender it legitmatemid
safe to introduce the reasoninirs and inferences
proper to pne into the other. This wouldbe pre-
posterousj
l iie n;
atiire of spirit must of necessi
ty be widely different from that of matter, and
earth must havej its own peculiar . operations and
laws. Bht God has neverthele wonderfully
compounded and fitted them together in the con
stitution of man!; and such analogies -correspondencies,
and muiual adaptations are found to exist
between them, as to constitute the material world
a vast storehouse of striking and opposite illus
trations of spiritual truths and spiritual processes.
Indeed, man is so constituted, that he must needs
receive knowledge and instruction through the
medium of his senses whichtake cognizance of
matter, flence 'results i not onjyjic practicabili
ty, but .the necessity, of teaching abstract and
spiritual truths by visible examples and sensible
images, not kss than by precept and-pure reason
ing. The Iible is full of imagery, shadowing
forth the imast;; important spiritual truths. Our
I blessed Sour;who' knew perfectly the natiir)
oi man, lor ue wns ns author,
it)dtf5fBstriictf
seizes tipoa llicljjccts. and prcces
f Ajtni-iii, iiuvir..ir, auu jejuorcu
this he was lautaied bv bis
by the philosophic and seraph
hnd the most sublime and. mysterious truths in
I . I ...... i . . . i . ; i . i.
the glorious scheme oi reuemption, viz.jthe new
bi rth, and the resurrection of the body, explained
and illustrated by operations in riatu rer What
are the ordinances of the church,! but striking in
stances of thi mode of 'conveyimr spiritual in
struction ? Who has not observed the fact, that
an appropriate illustration oftentimes more forci-
ly exhibits, and more indelibly impresses upon
ie mind a.n important truth, than the clearest
demonstration? lhe minister therefore cannot
possess a store too ample and rich ol illustrative
materials He should lay under contribution
alike the vast dominion of nature! and jthc wide
range of Miman aUairs. . Now a familiar ac-
uaintanccAvith- natural philosophy, lays at his
eti the treasures of nature. Her grand and
beautiful obfects, her multiplied and multiform
relations, her curious and diversified processes,
ler sublime! and. comprehensive laws,; and her
rich and varied scenery, all may be made tribu
tary to the enhancement of the value and efiicien'
,cy of his ministrations. It is true, tliej minister
should never draw his illustrations from sources
with which " ilws auditory is unacquainted ; but
the study ot natural philosophy is oecominsr more
and more common, and extending to an classes
hemay therefore without restriction avail lumsel
of its! treasures. I i:
From the New York Weekly Messenger
ON t
RELICION THE BASIS OF
. r';' 1 '
No sentiment ever uttered
OTJR LIBERTY.,
is more true than
tha the prosperity ot our country is interwoven
wun tne prosperity or tne Christian iteiigion.
1 he moral principles contained in the scriptures,
form the basis of all bur laws : and of a
1 that
is
excelent in the laws of every civilized country un
der heaven
Jjet our-jurisprudeflce he. divested o
fhi fori.
ture, and society is reduced to its origina
1 elements
of barbarism- fhe right of the strongest must
prevail ; a despot must rule otir country : our
women become slaves, and out property the prey
of robbers and assassins. What Ave re Rome and
Sparta, those models of heathen excellence
without the conservative principles of ! revealed
religion. In one, jdebaucheery was taught by the;
sages ; in the other, $be youth were instructed in
thieving. by iheit patriotic mothers, and punish
ed for betraying their praise worthy depreda
tions. China at presept exhibits the fairest ; model
ior tne contemplation m ine - enemies joi inris
jtianity,. of- a government and laws divested
ofthe pure influence of revealed religion Here
3 . ' 1.1'' . . V 1 .
aespqtism,, superstHion, ana tne grossest idolatry
are interwoven with their civil cod The em
peror keeps a numerous: and well appointed
Seraglio : and polvcfamy is allowed to ;thc gran
dees and Mandarin In the higher orders of
society their females are kept in a sort of slavery,
and the Chinese! peasant yokes his vvifcand his
ass to the plough.
To the religion of the Bible then, we are in
debted fori our dearest . social and. domestic en
joyments.: and for every excellenCewhichcharac
terizes the institutions of civilized countries. He
must therefore be the worst enemy of his kind,
who attempts to sap the foundations of religion
auu iu uuwuW mnuence Ihc unholy, and
imrestrainea passions o men. Itwtothe "prini
cples of toleratior taught bv the Christian W
gion, that the lnhdel rs indebted. frr th liWtv-
xvhichhe.osscsses of assailing 1T.: She ts tlw
y villus ui uiueny hiiica, no so, ostentaJiotssK' (
consideration of the alarming progress of infidel
jtionsi- Intlit-se vehicles of treason, the fundampn-
jtal principles of religion and of social order -arc
assailed ; openly where it can be I done with ;inv
I'unity ; iusiduously, wliere it is found necessary
!to etiect the purpose. But while . infidelity is
jarraying its force, on the one hand; we ; rejoice
that the friends of religion.& of liberty are etpaal
ly vigilant on the other, A'snirit of cnternrisn i
awakened among the various religious denomi
nations, whii h must check, if it docs not efi'ecual-
ly stay the tjooa ot rum which has threatened
to devastate pur land. ..To the vouth of our conn-
try, to whpm: its future destinies must be confided
the patriot hjoks with the deepest interest.! Jj
these- be preserved from the contaminating prin
ciples of infidelity, our country is safe. Let the
youtji of America remember, that if ever our lib
erties art-destroyed it will be by the corruption
or subversion of Christianity. ; !
EVIL SPEAKING. f
But suppose our evil speaking be truths-certain.
have never done the thinir von dosiro
iuui. i vre wc iusi neu ' rav. iiri
to cqnceajj never said the thing you would blush
to'hear repeated : never thought due thought von
would not tor worlds that any one should read.
If never, then go tejl the worst you know,'say the
woist you think, ol .all around vuu. There is On'o
ri r ' t:
in heaven who knows: He haih said, "With what
'measure ye mete it siiall be mcasuied to you again-,"
but riever mmd, zealous propagator of the truth,
bor tries to hide hisfaults; the time is not quite
come, when, f some, one veils not yours the rocks
and mountains will not serve you for covering;
and truth wil be sufficient to prove y oa deserving
of everlasting misery. . T V Ji f ' f
Yki this isjnot all. God is taking account of
something mortals overlook. What was Your
u;i iu ic-ar away ine veil with which your nei"-h
munre lor mat injurious truth you told this morn
aud every secret motiT r you- nrt. Jealousy!
is sin: envy lasm stnte is sin: unicindness, retalia-
tion anger, hAtrcd variance, an areiSin3 :.iay; evil
speaking itselt is declared in holy writ to be so
Wi I you risk the accumulation ot sin uponVOur i
souLand swell the dark catalogue that isgaii
you. iloi the nicre sake of setting thq characters oi
' - . . 1 ..... 1" 1
menUn the proper li"ht, ana unucceiving every
body as to their neighbors' actions'?
Ihat those who make liht of sin in themselves,
- vw-- - cj ' j
and sport of it in others, should do this, we need not;
so muMi woivuer. uui 10 rcium uam iu im'jc ivuv
.1 i . 1! .1! .: I., i 11
call jthemsplVes religious, disti
careless and unbelieving Avorld.
distinctively iroui a
You know, or
pretend to know, the extent ornature's corruption):
you bewail before Heaven your inability to conquer
it : you may sometimes feel there is absolutely no
good in you.i How then can you venture to apH
point vourselves the iudires cf vour fellow creai-i
tures, and take delight in exposing and talking of
their faults? Do you not know the difficulty of
conquering one native and deep-rooted sin? Dp
you;not kno the teais a Christian sheds in secrtL
for the sins be cannot conquer ? ; Do you h ot knav
that the pathjof life is dangerous, and full of teui
tations, wc have not in ourselves the power to k
sisl? And yet you go on criticising, censuring,
exposing one another ; whispering from house to
Jiouse of .this person's inconsistencies, and tilt
person's neglects ; and one should not do this, aid
another skould'not sav that. Oh ! it is little, litle
indeed, with Ml your profession, ybu.know of yur
own heart, or1 it would surely find you other work.
If vyou think any one is more deserving in tlie
sight of God than you are, you have a step down-
ward yet to make, ere you reacu me piace oi saiiy
n .mil. . on1 wVion von primp thpt.
.Uti, r!n,i .u .n'n,ic nil lipnri?. mnv tlunl -
HUUltlCl UUUj IV IIV IVCll. " . 3 . . "
vou whfi-iWd vnnr own. will believ.c tWrt iUis
worse than any other. And, oh if you did really
know, so well as you profess toj io, tthe , ngony of
conscious sin! to one who naiesuj yvu wouiu iwi,
by your hard speeches, add one" feather's weight to
the iatolerabte burden, vvoum you nave mocxeu
at Peter when 'he denied his Lord ? When Paul
besought relief for the weakness that exposed him
to Satan's influence, and was denied, would you
have reproached him with it?- Yes, you would,
hot rpmpmbpr that vour. Saviour did 'not. . '-. .
If such is the evil, where isahe remedy ? What
lnf rannot exterminate, may scent
: ij
to admit
taken root! to! deeply.. W heie there is not a mali
cious love of, mischief ia the heart4 sdjkh I .trust
is verv seldom, we speak evil bocauie we alwavs
have done soj and because we have always heard: it
done. Let ;the young be watchful agarnstl.he habit,
nmi r'p;it the pxamnle. To assist them in this, the
first thin"- is to induce 'a habit of thinking as wellof
others as they can ; tor tuosc wno ininii no evu wm
say none. ' You hear something you are disposed to
hlamp hnt voU may- have misconstrued the-words.
The speakerimay have used stronger expressions
than he was aware of; hemay haveiegretted them
snnt-pn. Accustom vourseif to such
rpflprtinns as these. .YoU see, or are told ot, an
action that you. disapfyrove : perhaps there was
oo. .r.orvr. fnr it no one knows : some temptation
that at least extenuates it y some mistake tbax lea
to it. Try to believe so. . -
v or chnr.ked bv defects-and vices of chara
tersaa others: say to yoursell, ere you conuemu,
some neglect of education, "some bad example,
some physical disorder, or mental imbecility may
have caused all this ryou vrxll be in no hurry to
speak the worst, while you are thus endeavoring
to think the best; and it will besides keep you in
t,nWA.imnr with vour fellow-creatures, and con-
: sequently more amiable in your deportment to-
UCU uuiuui , ' .
proiesscsto worsnip,-wnue he madlv ; thrusts a IT : . ,haiu iauu; i xiave not that xvronz
dagger at her vitals To her Mowers who i.Bf11!1 1 hav thia other whi al
the hour of dangerwouldl S?: a.hftbit ?iU ake vou humbles and
shecommands,-Putclic iw IrhTSienS "iS
V the mis lj VtS
heaven to consume those wbo fnllnw . J things m tnlVnk. . 4-. :.i - r . .
i s he meek ly replies. M Ye kno w nofwhat cncM
1 ,The J5tt'going remarks, arc elicited from n
principles in most oiour large cities ; and the un
-.v.wub MUU,ii.uij mi int. u muse principles
are avowed iind propajrated bv infidel nublim
,'- naa (constant re- s wiwcmaiK you m.me w anotaers pre- f i;n,i tnrm( rtt !H atk of three vears, bt com
on.i no nfe h?'?0 tp.totolnAispnWYw His
mvuiu nu u iu run a Ti5k intais. Whilc-voaare keenin? artjlMnai ue nau inuscany miuuieu mm hum muueu-
anCJFl CS. cciUXiauvi -r ntlmr'. fni ta witli mnk ..0tun iKn- o i WhonfihAvn ltnnl Tn nnrnifr rnrisnriP-
ic Paul : and we j One inore iust; than you, who registers v our tno'ts.- mirs, connected "with hi? natural talent?, indutred
'i I J I l-t KJm Vt.li..ft 7 1UUU J V A VIA i?V 111 LA T.. 1 1 I liailLr L1H IT, 13 I . ' f
ward, them. - Th n,v, ,Ktn - ,Z7.
eelfto watch yout mfrr actions and th i3
account of them. TJ.pi..
0.fnsure, there will come the thought, 1 oncel
:.V1V4t vu Pass ,on too remember when I com-
0?cupatiOiMhamakfcs-ussohusy with other men'
makes us speak so much evil of each other. Let
those who-wpuld resist this habit, consider the
tlilhculties .the danpjex the srow8j that lie in
the path of all to their eternal home ; the secret
pang, the untold agonies,! the hidden wrongs.
1 hus the heart will grow soft with pity towards
our land.- How. can 1 tell what that peison suffers?
I hat fault will cost them dear enough without my
AIU. 1 hus VO!l will fpnr In- o hir.l ..,..1 1.1
atready, as we shrink
Irora putting the finder on
mtu is ioo much
a sore. And Iastlv. ac-
custom yourselves to entreat Heaven for your fcl-bw-creatures;
asking pardon aiid forbearance of
"uu, iovarus what is wronsr m them. Thnt. T nm
ture, you will not be eager to expose, and hasty to
tunuemii mem. strenuously accustom
to all these things from your childhood
nd it may be, that the di$graced thistle
row. Caroline Fry.
V0LTA1HE.
The following accurate delineation of the
maracicr oi Voltaire, and account of his awful
ieatht! is from Lectures I on the Evidences of
C hristianity by the Rcv. Daniel . Wilson, now
vord Bishop of Calcutta. Sou. Churchman. .
u I acknowledge the extraordinary talents of
? ouaire ; me oriiiiancy o! his parts, the fecundity
cf his imagination, the versatility wliich could
rpply itself to almost every subject, the beauty of
i style which lost little of jits charm at the close
fa long life, the diligence which
Ucuried, the reputation and success in some
b ranches of elegant literature, which fraVG km
was never
viae a sway over public opinion Butjl ask
. vhat was his moral and religious character ?
w i o
ask how far it was nrobablp tl mt his nhiolt!rric
gainst Christianity sprunffffoin a sincere and
teady pursuit of truth? ! Talents, if separated
rom morality, arc of no vab"' suc,Ii a fp8-l
inn nsrfdi'rrinn T .ot -imiCr peonle CVCr Tcirni
ber that angelic powers, perverted by thorough
hatred to goodness, arc tne. very things it
render the spirituiJ adversary of nankiiiAf
Cmlih.hi nl ' dcttstehlp ' Imnietv. saVS- fllS
II lI, MIUI'I t. " I
his tutor to predict, that he would raise the stan
dard of deism in France. As his youth advanced,
he was a(lmitted into those horrible associations
Aflf(.iMin.ilp. nnA llfifW- ; ,l1R hirh,t classes
f 7 , T T'C r .1, , rui
of society who dgraced the c lose of the re gn
ble for an unsettled, satirical, impetuous disposi
tion ; a temper wayward even to malignity f out
raLreous violations of the decencies ofthe domes
tic circle: ridicule and hypocrisy at tbv death
ocas 01 his triends :
. '
duplicity, untruth. !"J cVcn
perjury m his dealings; ntzmcv, uuaooun.
sarcasms, and the most unblushingcalunlnies.in
his controversies; a treachery towards his friend,
so deeply seated, that he loaded with flatteries and
caresses in his letters, the very persons whom he
was at the same time covering with ridicule;
and even calumniated, in clandestine writings.
some ofthose individuals pu whom he was pour- j
ing forth, his .ordinary correspondence, the
warmest testimonies of friendship or considera
tion. As he approached old age,! (he lived tube
eighty-four) his impiety became systematic, rest
less, aggressive, persevering, malignant, and al
most furious. All seemed to him to be lawful in
his contest against religion. His motives in his
attacks on Christianity, were not concealedV
So far from pretending to have truth on his side,
nrtonim at truth. he was accustomed to say, 'I
am weary of hearing that twelve men established
thp. n-osnel: 1 win sec u one can ou-ruuu .
His enmity and hypoewsv were carried so far.
thnt ho PTPrted a Christian enure n. au ohuhk
i Chateau, at
P'ernev. and dedicated! 't to the
Al-
hty,' at the same moment that he was habitu-
mi?
nllv nnnlv nnr tothc IJivine Biviour oimanivinu.
a term too noma to be citea. jusay iBniiutBwi
j t j . . , , . , T - ,.i.:,. ,.r
the impur of his conduct, the gross obscenity
of his language, and conversatioi the notorious
. . . . . . t t 4-1,;. ck
aUUlterV ill WHICH Utu. vrj--' - "
avowed, it appears, in all he said and did. (It is
thousht, indeed, nothing of by. the infidel party;
it forms the conventional style ol tneir doous
and correspondence, and constitutes one of the
f their moral degradation.
" And what were the last days at y oitaire i
Hypocrisy the most debasing, and- terms the
Winst frightful, united to render them a fearful
lesson of what infidelity may bring a man to at
When he thought hiinself in danger ol
jt'u k ft- .AKIm Oauthier. cfvimr out. I
An nnt xvish.to have mv body cast in the com
mnn spwpt ' lie then scrupled not to declare.
that, he wished to die in the Catholic religion
in ivhir.h he was born, and that he asked pardon
of God and the church for the offences that he
miVht have committed again?t them? A
death annroached. his terrors overcame, him
His friends never came near him but to witness
hfir mvn shame. ,He said to them. 4 Sirs, it is
you that have brought me to my present state jbe
frnno I could have done without you all-' H
. was alternaJLely supplicating and blaspheming
c- j God,andCrymgout, '0! Christ! O! Jesus Christ!'
JVL Tronchin, struck with horror, rctirca, cuu.
sinjrthatthe deathbed of the impious man wasavv
ri n0 ATrchal Richlicu flew from the
lUi IllUVVUr JL i.v - ...
...i'a n;in; tY irht to be too terrible to
beiney yeirs afterwards requested to wait
Tn ; a kk Protectant gentleman refused till she!
rsnktained. And lhe nurse wno aucnucuu
. T .
i. r.ivi t pil . 'Y, I. -it tlx rmmej 1 ic
wassurjed he was. not a philosopher; declar
ing if he were, she would on. no account incur
the danger of wimessins: such a scene, as she
had been coinpclled to-do thb death-of M
VoUairo." j .....
- H,-' v ' ' " -
Tbis- simple incident is inost touching snd
luipotcuit. It isnatufe itself. I received the ac
count from, the. son of thejgentleman, to whose
dying bedtlfe woiuaa was invited, by a letter now
in my possession... 4
i
Frota the American Baptist.
if. UatnUtQjiriilt, Pa: April 16, 1833.
Dear brother Going I W for a long time
past been a silent spectator, waiting with thr.
.most. intense interest the signs of the lime?, and
vicwirig every revolution among the baptists in
America, as tending to bring the general affairs
of our denomination to an important crisis
j The approaching session of the Baptist Gene
ral Convention, will doubtless be one of the most'
.intcrestmg ever held not only fro the fact, that'
new and increasingly interesting missionary
IlPlrl4 fill u-hilnfn kn..i 1 I t . -
ore
at
ineenng as the Oelightlul period, when the de
nomination shall take some decisive measures to
present the claims cf our denominational pecu
liarities, upon the practical obedience of the
Christian public, m a distinctive and permanent
In these respects, the Baptist is far in the nr-
fear ol almost erery other denomination. Bv
an amalgamation for benevolent elTort with vari
ous other denominations, our strength is weaken
ed, audur energies in a measure wasted. Our
hands are tied, and ourjips sealed from a devel- ,
inmentiof those peculiar sentiments, dearastho !
blood that warms our heart, and which have been
the-glory of thb denomination, from the days br 1
him that ened in the . wilderness, "prepare ye the k
way of ihc Lord." :
j to effect a union of cfibrt and harmony of feel- ''
in"-nmonrr tho fimtioto . r r
? ,T? '""erica, ji is neces
sary mat
there should somewhere exist rnr.
IXTemiial fountain of religious knowledge nnd '
doctrinal
sentiment. tbe-itc.iiv----.
flow -V-
n" OUT CflUrCue.S J
and thus, fromthetnire to th
c ire umforen&o. make all our br?IT
: r r
our
IkiW n nA tT nnn t-ri 1 11 rl "
It is not enough to say5 1?blc alone is ourf
dent bodyacknowlfOging pc higher cccles:aiTi
cal tribunal on cartiiXhan thtt whicltexists in us f
own bosom': in this ia !epend-nce wc too rnnco. .
But there must stretch along from heart to ht irt,
arid from church to church, a cord of fraternal
affection which touched tit any pois, will vibratef
the whole length. There must be some com-
mbn boril of union, some medium through which
oiir sentiments, and views, and fediiigs, not only
urjon the doctrines of the jrosneL but upon the
grtat benevolent-operations, of the -day, may bo- 'a
clearly understood by all our brethren, so that
unay iact in concert, and harmon), and thus
present a well trainetl, disciplined and united
phalanx of christian soldier. .
jTo eflect this, and to Iiold a co-ordinate rank
with our christian brethren of other denomina-"
tions in the dissemination ofthe denominational
peculiarities of each, it is indefensibly necessa
ry. . h .
I. To establish the Baptist Publication Society. ;
where wc can have the privilege of publishing
ourowm sentiments a we please, and of supply ing
all the Baptist Sabeath Schbols in the union al?a j
with our own books. Our schools are now suf
fering, and many of them complaining because
such books as contain our disiinctivo principles,
suitable for Sabbath Schools, cannot be obtained..
Shall we let other denominations supply their
kliools with books advocating their own princi-. -'
pies, and , we j still pledge ourselves to publish
iioihirJg m the least description of ou peculiar
sentiments? ,The honor and the prosperity of .
our denomination, the principles of sound doc
trine, and the jvoicc of our churches, all come in
tojsustain ihejcaft for such'a Society.
I I.Mi'he present exigencies ofthe denomina
tion, cleatly call for the organization of a Baptist
General Implication Society, (which, by the way,
mav be connectea with tne uaptist oenerai i rac i
Society,1 and thus save great expense,) where all
baptist books may be. puomnea. .
One object desirable to be secured oy sucn a
t . . . J t r tv
publication wc.ety, is, to save from oblivion ma-
ny valuable vorks written by onr fathers in the '
church,! and i characteristic of our. sentiment?
which otherwise would be lost.
Another object is, to prevent those which are
published fremv being garbjed,and made to
speak a language tney never uesiur iw spa.
A publication society thus organize, couiu-
pubhsh j
books much cheaper than they now 1
are.
Another importa-nt object is. that we may havo
a general ceposuoiy oi xj- ---t ..ww
brethren from all parts ofthe country, can send
i t i i tist lvlr Vi pro nn r'
their orders and be sure to m suppiieo. out as
it now. is, we have m general tjaptrst boot store,
no place-wliere we can be certian. la find-such
books as we wanr, uui uuuiwu:?, uiuiv-tjassvr.
Sabbath school?, mimsters ana private brethren
frnm the country are constantly embarrassed, anrT
freuuently entirely foil of procuring Baptirt
books, and arc conseejcntly compelled to take. J
those ouMisnea by other, denominations. . it i?
bat a: few manths smce, one ot our brethren m
Philadelnhia wislied to nrocure Dr. Gill's Body ,-
creeaiis paramonmr"" . 11
c!otbedafit4s-U7rall Ihe a-thonty,. CiVi. :
re'vdflJich, we all ac knowledge, and to it 3 sacred ;-
prtrepts'we h'b lvjiy. ; Nc- T kitVr.iy;rh'T 4
. . j.' - . .... f . r"'
of Divinity : I he pnt to New York,- Hudson. :
Albanv and tialhmore, but couia not procure k ,
single copy; and was therelore oongea to seaa
to England! Such'a tocicty would collect, a-nd
publish all our standara wotks, wnicn wouia
greatly tend to increase a thirst for reading ani
study in our churches, as well as to instructor
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