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r r II ESoo OTED TQ RELIGION; MORALITY, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE ---T. MEREDITH, EDITOR. vol. n: no. is. NEWllEUN, N. O. AVKDNESDAY, MAKC11 23, 18iH. WHOLE NO. G 3: (D'QDIEID T K RM S. Tub Dibmcai. 'Recorder.- is published Icvery Wednesday; at $2. 50 per annum, it paid within ; six month, or" $3. if paid subsequently to thai - Any person who will become responsible for six 1 foiios,or who will forward the names of six sub sobers, shall bo entitled to a sc tenth copy gratis. So subscription will be received foi less than vt'cyt'dr, unles paid in advance; and no discon tinuance will be allowed until arrearages arepaid. ' persons wishing to discontinue will be expected to "ivc Notice to that effect prior to thmoinmence r.ieut of a new year ; -.otherwise they wiiPbe con tiered a respo:tsible for the ensuing twelve ; All ciuntnuntcat'ions except those of agents who ......iiMi.-MicK' tn rnrr Hlontrnn. lllUSt bp Ti(&t j;uuuvvi..j j - I - - I'ram the I5ast3u Recorder. The following excellent article nvthe pamphlet lonn . m reecntlv distributed among the members of a Church in Boston. Believing it wouui dcusciui iu um C"i.irches, we arc induced to publish it. ; V THE CHRISTIAN'S DUTY. i There is hardly anything m this world jvvhich . ran be efficiently - earned on without system.,--Wn every branch of business order and punctu ality are essential to success. Suppose a man . were to establish a factory, upon the principle ht those employed, might e,nter and leave at their pleasure ; that they might wjirk whencon- vemcnt,. and leave their looms for a morning wall! or for an afternoon recreation whenever thev felt inclined. Suppose even he should lay odnvn a perfect, system of rules for. industry and - punctuality, and yet adopt' no measures to see , those" rules "scrupdlou?ly obeyed. How long ' would such a" factory run? Ilow long would Kich a. man be kept '.from the list of bankrupts ? There must be a system and punctuality to give ; efficiency and success. It is necessary in literar rV institutions to have duties in regular routine1 -Vigorously enforced. Not even-a literary -or r political club canlong exist, without having mea-s-ires adopted. ,io ensure regular attendance, And an army.'witho it system and undisciplined, is. too contemptible to be feared. It heeds but a hmdfuliof wclll organized, and highly disciplined trt5pi?tb scatter such .an army1 to the winds; In every instit'utioii, system and regularity are in liinensiblc to success. Why, then, should the Christian feel that the church can be prospered, if . i's m eetings be not attended wjth punctualityand fairs baconducted with energy. The church - its aff is not to acquire etiicient organization and energy by a system ohhnes and punistiments, oui.oy mor al power, by the- conscientious loelings of its members.' If there be not enough of principle in t!u bosoms of chuich members, to sustain this di- .ah'd re1tSblimtoiH!i down, Tho n"briti!in shftnld-ft?et. tliatne'SI'to ties he Wi3hisfamily,:arethe duties he owes tot the cliarch. And he should feel as deeply bound j to attend the staled meetings of the church Ibr business and for worship, as he does to attend to any duties'which he is called to perform in life. Jf there be"a'nv. duties in the world, which the ('Christian has pledged himself faithfully to perform .tlioy arc those duties which arisefroin his relation to the church. Vou have stood before a large congregation ofyour fellow men, and solemnly? called God to witness, that you would consecratci tho affections of vour heart, and ftie energies of yotfr life to his Service. And nak'-wfth what p6s-j sible propriety can you allow the ordinary claims 6f business, taabsent you fromthe evening lecture! where your brethren are assembled for worship,! or from the church meeting, convened to consult! upon the interests of our blessed redeemer s king ilein. " You havcvowed fidelity, and your vow recorded in Heaven, and will you now in to-! tsil disregard of thise your obligations; leave the;1 church unaided by your prayers or councrls ? After having'fentered into engagements with your Maker, canyou, with any conscience engage in, other pursuits to such a degree, as to pfyvent your fulfilling these your prior and most solemn engagements? ' 1 If a man had engaged to perform certain ser vices (or you, and afterwards should enter into new obligations to some other individual, which rendered it 'impossible to discharge his duty to you, and should offer this an excuse, for viola uhz His promise and proving unfaithful to his s - tnusJ,,- would jyou not say to him "you have no right to form new engagements, which Will pre vent you from discharging the obligations into which you hare already entered ?" Would you not 'consider such a man as falsa in word, and un - faitjhftil in action ? How then can you after hay ing promised"tWelity and activity in God's ser- . vice, and taken upon yourself the obligations of tlieichurch ; howfean you enter into new obli gations' with the world, which make you uhfaith i'nl to' God, and an apostate from the5 responsibil ities and labors of the church ? And yet how . frequently do we hear it said, "my'worldly cares are so numerous, that I hives not lime toattend the meetings of the church, and to lake an active interest in, efforts to convert the world." ? What impiety and what insanity is such an excuse 1 Here is a man who has recently become inter ested in religion, and he most sincerely resolves that he will give his life to his Maker. He i? humble and nraverful and active. Look into his family you see him the engaged Christian.- Go tff the.evcning lecture and you sce him there one ofiheLmqstdefout and happy of the worship- Fer?-' - ' f ' :.. : '; " "He loves to steal awhile away s I From every cumbering care, And pass the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer." . Follow him to his business, and he is ever ready to speak a word for his Saviour. He unites with the church, and takes a deep and active interest . in all its decisions. And thus he continues; for some months, apparently a happy and growing Christian But he is prospered in business, and by.andbv begins to think of enlarging his estab lishment. Perhaps some new branch of busi ness opens before him, which promises profit.- lie hesitates howererf for 1ns time is now lullv occupied, al.nd iJ het-uhsts in this new enterprise lie-must neglect somo of his Christian duties. At last, however, he concludes to take upon himself these additional cares. ' As a consequence he be comes a less frequent attendant upon ' the exer cises of the conference room, and the social even ing prayer meeting, lielore, many months have elapsed; he neglects these meetings entirely. Soon you look in vain for his presenceatthe month ly concert Ilis prayer is not heard there; his pecuniary aid is hot lelt there. Next he abandons his brethren atthe business meetingsofthe c hurch. He leavesthem to bear alone the responsibilities and toils oT the church, to form and execute their own decisions, unaided by his co-operation or en couragement. munion is next forsaken Hurried and heartless familv nravers: and: the total neciect of active Christian etiort, iollow tne train oi tins sau declension. Christians are disappointed and grieved. : Those who are hot Christians , but leeJ frjendlv to relioion,are by his example repelled from duiv, and begin'to feur that all professions are delusions. And the enemies of religion point contemptuously to him and say, "what do ye more than others?' .The influence-of ..ch a pro fessor, is decidedly disastrous to the prosperity of the church. And yet it a Christian brother en deavor to reclaim him to a sense ol duty, lu will say, 44 1 have so much business upon my hands, that I cannot find time to attend religiotts meet- mjjs. Now what right; have you to have ; so much business upon yoiir hands, mat you can not attend to those duties you owe to God When lias your Saviour absolved you from your con wnii'rit ohlio-ations. and rermitled vou to neg lect his service, that you might more energetical- ly engage in laying up treasuics upon earth ? The dutiesyou owe Godjcan never with imjpu uitvbe laid aside, for new and unnecessary obi i jrations And yet in every ichurch there are some who are thus neglecting duty, and are endeavor ing to quiet conscience by an excuse so falla cious, and so wicked. You would never dream that they were professed disciples of Jesus, did you not occasionally see them at the communion table. Such professors are but a mockery. And if such a man be not in truth a hyprocrite, he makes others believe that he is so.andlhe religion which he professes, is a.delusion.jv We do not mean by these remarks that a. per son cannot be thrown into circumstances, which shall render it necessary -for him to be nbseut from the devotional and busim si-mectings which are appointed.; But we do mean, that the ob ligations which the Christian owes the church, are among the. most sacred into which he can en ter. We do mean that all his plans of business should be formed, in reference to thi,s subject, and that he cannot guiltlessly ;euter into new and un necessary obligations, which shall prevent him b?s ,r inenu tamed by the nutn l.he mother may Do occasionally de- erous cares of a large family. But if she be a faithful Christian, she Will make every effort in her power, so as to arrange her domestic cares, as to enjoy the privileges as fre quently as possible, of meeting her friends in the social circles of prayer, . Thejuan of business, may occasionally be surrounded by tunfereseen circumstances, which will make . it his duty to be absent from the meeting at which he desired to be present. T he pious physician will not un frequently be called from the assembly of prayer, to the bedside of the sick and the dying. But every Christian is bound to make these interup tions as few as possible. Every one mustrar ratifrt: his business, in reference to these his re Iigious duties. The principle upon which wo must act is, that those duties we owe the church are sacred, and that nothing but imperious . ne cessity, should induce one lay them aside at any time. Each one must judge for himself. But he must decide with an awakemd and enlighten ed conscience and in view of judgment and eter nity. ., ;:' . ; -i". - " , ; It is necessary for the prosperity of a cliurch, that the members should be acquainted with one another, and that there should be that bond of uni on which in former times attracted the attention and admiration even of heathen adversaries.- Buy his acquaintance can onlyJ)e obtain ed by frequently meeting together as Christian breth ren. It is generally th? case when difficulties arise in ar church, that it is in consequence of that want of sympathy and confidence which a more intimate acquaintance would ensure. Thechurch is surrounded with many dangers; and there is great need of. that strength which can only be found in uni'.ed hearts It is this alone which can prevent occasional collisions and strife. And he who stands in the way of this union of affec tion by. not cultivating the acquaintance of his brethren, ana oy giving mem no opportunity to sympathise and commune with him,is weakening the, energies of the whole church, lie not only withdraws his own influence, but throws an ob stacle in the way of others. , Plans must be formed to awaken deeper inter est, and to extend the po wer of religion through the community. Here is a call for all the energy of mir-d of which the church is possessed for all theinginuity of skillr for all the strength of com bined action. Such questions as the following are constantly arising.' " . What shall be done to infuse more efficiency into the monthly tract distribution ? : How shall, we enlarge a Sabbath school ? What measures shall be adopted to promote more system, in collecting money for charitable purposes? Is it expedient to appoint a day for church las ting and prayer? Is it expedient to choose a Committee to .visit all the members of the church ? Is it expedient to adopt any unusual meas ures to arouse the attention of a sleeping commu nitv ? Now how are these questions . to be decided ? Who are to sustain the responsibility ? Does it belong, to the Pastor? Surely not! Does it rest unon the Deacons by no means. HeTc is a call for the wisdom of the whole church, to be called forth" in discussion and decision. There 9rc acts of discipline to be enforced. From the time o( Judas to the present moment, there have always been oposlates in the church. In almost evry church there are unworthy mem bers, atid the church by salutary discipline, must purify itself from their sins. Jesus Christ chose twelve, and pne of them wasn devil. . And of course, it is! to be feared, that in every church mere are not a lew wlio are eiiner uccivers or de ceived, j - ' i Upon this subject, ques-tionsot most painful and dinimit: decision, are continually arising. Here is one who has been guilty of conduct inconsistrntj'vith Christian character ? But there are evidences of penitence. What shall he done ? I .. j ; ! Another has renounced the faith of the gospel, : Another has fallen into open sin. i There arc all tho various degrees and shades and combinations of offence. Upon whom does it desolve to settle these ques tions of difitculty and, perplexity? I would ask the church member who is accustomed totake no part in these deliberations, where j is your warrant for withdrawing from them and throw ing the whole responsibility upon your breth ren? j " . : A few months ago, we knew a church, which was near being thrown into dissensiou by the settlement ofsuch a question. The question was whether in a given case, there should be imme diate excommunication or sispension ! And yet not one third of the church were present to aid in deliberation! to decide by vote to bear the re sponsibilityj Is it right, -my brethren? Can Jesus Christ look without a frown upon those who are neglecting his business because they pwish to altejid to their o wn. And what is the influence of the example of ,such a prohtssor. He is continually enticing oth er Christians to do as he does. He is thus para lyzing the efforts ol the more faithful members of the church, He is speaking to the communi ty around, telling them that religion is but a name. And the more respectable the nan is in character, the more unimpeachable in conduct, and the more extensive his influence the more disastrous to the welfare of the church is his ex ample. It is the silcnt'influenee cf a hotv life : the con stant exhibition of deep interest in the welfare of the cliurch j which moie than all. things else im presses the 'community with the belief of the real ity of religion. And he who practically says "1 will take care of my own concerns, and they who please; may plan and executf for the inter ests of the church," piactically says, L have no confidence whatever in the demands of the Bible. From the Boston Daily Advertiser and Patriot. THE SALARY OF CLERGYMEN. 'Suppose the "American people should iihol- 7 "f7CM ""&iun of the sabbath, arrvrt rid oi the nameol Sunday ijy aivxnn.p, Litk into deeade;sas the philosophers of France once did what jwould become of domestic relatns, ofthesense of justice, of the duties ol neighbor hood, of ciul freedom, of every thing precious in human life? tOught not a class' of men who- devote their lives to the promotion of social and national wel fare, and whose duty it is, lo warn tEcre who arc involved in! the busy scenes of a worldly exis tence, that;death is certain, the hour uncertain ; and that al! which is done on earth will be sub jected to a Judge, who can neither err nor be deceived ?pught not such vicn to be sustained in Ihcir ministry ri In what manner? They can perform no labor but those which pertain to their vocation. These occupy all their working hours. They are expected to learn as the world learns, and to know, in on age of severe and learned criticism, by what means they can best defend the fortunes which misdirected talents, and mali cious ingenuity, are ever disposed to attack. -They are .husbands and fathers. Ought they not to be so placed, as to enjoy the benefits which these relations were intended to bestow? If they cannot so educate their children as to f;e! assured that they Will "be able to sustain them selves, and perhaps a widowed mother, those who , are naturally ibe dearest objects to them, may be the subjects of most painful solicitude, since they see that they have to look to the world's cold charity for daily bread. 'If a clergyman can accumulate nothing for an iaheritahce. sdrely he ought not, (though with aH possible economy,) to'bcl so straitened in his circumstances as to have his mind distracted from, his profesion,al duties so that the year may not clcse upon him' m'the worst coudition of slavery, that of an insolvent debtor. i Those who assume the relation of paridi oners arebound by every lie of interest and con science, that their minister shall be adequately supported. Their wants are not those 6 luxury, though such may be the wants of some of their parishioners. But they do want, and must have, if their mfnds are left free to perform their duties, comfortable homes, means of conveyance, means of social intercourse, and of educating their chil dren & of teaching by, reading & reflection. It js exacted of ministersthat theyshall ;be learned & elocjuentj that they shall devote no small portion of their timb to parochial visits: that they shall be at all times ready and prepared to perform their solemn duties, whether periodical or occasional, and in whatever condition they may be themselves, through.tho changes and chances of this, variable vorld. And yet they must keep pace with 'the intellectual world, if they would usefully fill their sphere to which,i under Providence, they have been assigned. " 'Parishioners well known from experience that society is continually progressive, and that many things are held tot be necessaries in 1836, which were consideredas luxuriesby themselves. or their fathers, but a few years ago.k This pro gression applies equally, to clergymen. They must live according to tne cnaracier oi me aire. with whatsoever decree of simplicity and humili ty, they may temper it for themselves. Neither clergymen nor their families, more than others, are exempted from tho costly calamities of sick ness. One serious visitation of this nature makes a deep iriroadon a stipend which is hardly sufTi 1 1 . cient to sustain n,state of uninterrupted lieulth. 'The money which one gives to tho support ofchr'istian teaching, and consequently of sound morals, is better bestowed than any wliich he can give. No one cVer missed or lamented the mo-, ney given in this precious cause, however much he may have njul occasion lo regret misapplied charity nnd vexatious ingratitude. 'The time lms gone by in which the sanctity nnd dignity of clerical ollice gave a claim to res pect and reverence, whatsoever tho individual might.be who fillcjd the office, Consideration for the man depemls now on his own effective ness in his calling. Is' it wise and just, is it for tho public interest, to exclude from the ministry those men who could make themselves indepen dent, nnd. perhaps eminent, in almost any other calling? Iftherebeno encouragement to the best natural gifts, and to tho best cultivation of them, in the clerical profession, this expanding country offers more inducements than any other lo employ such gifts in other pursuits. The end of this matter vfill be, that.no talents will be found in the ministry, but those which could not find bread for their possessors in any other employ ment. ' 'Suppose one should compare the wealth, pop ulation, and the aggregate of salaries, with-the services of the clergy in the state of Massachu setts, it would be found, that there is no class of men, who do so much for the public, and for whom the. public does so little. They would do yet a great deal more, than they now do, to im prove, honor, and adorn the intellectual and moral condition of their country, if they were not so often harrassed for means to supply inevita ble wants.' INFIDELITY. We do not deprecate infidelity merely becaifsc it is the hot-bed: of immorality nor because it proclaims extermination war against the test in stitutions of the civilized world ; r.or because it is scattering the blight of misery and death, in some of the, fairest portions of our own dear country ; nor even yet because it opens eventual ly the broad gate to everlasting ruin ; but we de precate infidelity chiefly as the bane of rational enjoyment, the spoiler of all the holiest tndcar raerits of present and individual existence. It votary must believe himself a kind of thing. cf chance a germ of animated being, dropped by accident on the shores of time obliged by a blind necessity to bloom in its present state for a few days, and then to wither awayl and all be yond ii blank! He can have no just concep tions of his relationship to mankind he retognir zes no common parent of our racep he sees no overruling providence in any thing, When the spring comes forth in its beauty, and invests all about nim wiin tne loveliness oi a paradise, it o - sp: in rich profusion, he says not in the gratitude of his soul, " I hese are the gilts of him who careth for me." When prosperity smiU'S, or adversity frowns, amid all the vicissitudes of mortal life, he feels not, "It is4he Lord, let him do what seemeth him good he will not fail me nor for sake me the very hairs of mv head are num bered !" " ..- O, lives there a human being so perverse in intellect as to look upon this beautiful world of ours and all the worlds that swim sublime in space, and see no design, no benevolence, and exclaim not, "My Father made all these !" O, lives lherea human being so miserable on earth as to believe himself a lone and. insolated thing a mushroom-like emination from' nothingness; unpurposed, undeslined, unnoticed and unguard ed by Heaven, and owing allegiance to no supc. rior Power 1 Ah, we envy not the man who has no God, who holds no high and holy com munion with the deity, and feels no blessed as surance of a faith that relies implicitly on the pro mises of a Revelation, and rejoices not in a hope of immortality ! Life is not all sunshine. And when the clouds of heaven gather blackness, and the red thunder bolts are. hurled fearfully from the skies; when the dread earthquake convulses all nature ; when the pestilence that walketh in darkness presses close upon us; when, in short, danger and death in a-thcusand Protean lorm staik spectre-like around us, it is then that we naturally feel the need of some Almighty arm on which to lean for succour ? But i nfnl el ity denies us this re source. It leaves us single and unarmed when every earthly dependence fails: It . leaves not even hope behind. AIas.no supernatural rav beams on the unbeliever's soul in his last, saa. lonely hour, all around is darlr.' O, how un enviable is '.he last exit of the ptoudest skeptic! No holy consolations soothe the bitter pangs of death, no heaven born promises dawn upon the cimmerian terrors of the grave ! He is about en tering. "The hndiscoverM country, from whose bourne No traveller returns," to. be or not to. be ; possibly to lie down in eter nal sleep; possibly to rove a restless and intelli gent spirit over the boundless fields of space, and possibly O the dreadful possibility! what in fidel feels and fears it not ? possibly to meet the frowns of an incensed God whoso revelation he has despised, and wiiose latvs he has troddvn un der foot to feci the lashes of conscience, the gnawings of the undying worm, the torment- of endless death, and the penal fires of an eternal hell forever 1 Such are the tender' mercies of infidelity to the dying man, such the reward of a lite spent in her service. . Who that has read the closing scene of an in fidel's career, who that has marked the fearful- npss with which the champions ef Atheism and T-v L ' ! tkif- f. iL.; - - t j Lfeism navo . iucv uicu wic, tuc paras- wurcn Hume took to divert himself from his own thoughts, Xhe settled melancholy of Rousseau, The recantation of Voltaire, and the awful ra vines of Paine, who. iu view of, all this, can exclaim,4 Let me die the death of. an jnfidcl, and let my list end bo like his V1 And vet there men whispers not to him of a land where spring and rragrhncc mc rr.--i iVThn.aU me luxuries of the maturine:-vcar are spread ouv before him were the rrilldrs in the sandy founded temple cf daring doubts ; they spent their lires in hardened defiance of Omnipotence. And if they could net die with nt least a forced composure, or a brutal stupidity, itcertaiuly sneaks rerv little in recom mendation of their, creed If such giants quail in the trying hour, what shall support feeble men and women? Who will dare venture uhfaltci ing where such leaders have teen foiled? Arid arc these ibe fruits. of 'infidelity ? these ' the only consolations she can give us in ex change for the unfailing consolations ofTliri. tianity? Alas, she would take away Ml the bliss we possess or hope for, and leave us the "deed sea fruits" of her false philosophy! j O, then' lit the storms of adverse fortune howi"Vt fi-un. all forsake us. and foes all manner of evil against us falsely for Christ's sake let pains, torments and rickness prey let deatbyfut on' his tripple terrors let the worst come to the worst ; tut take not away from us , the faith of th; Gospel. - - - C. A dt. 4$' Jovr. From the Southern Churclimau ROUSSEAU'S OriMON OF THE DICLE AND." ' IT fTitnn This divine book, the only one which isindis- " pensabje to the Christian, need only be read with reflection to inspire love for" its author, and the most ardent desire to obey iis precepts. Never c id virtue speat so sweet a language; never was the most profound wisdom expressed with fo much energy and simplicity. I he majesty cf the scriptures strikes me with astonishment, and the sanctity of the gospel addresses itself to my heart. Ixok atthe volumes of thephiiosophcrs, " with all their pomp: how contemptible do they appear in comparison to this ? Is it possible thai a book, at once so simple and sublime, can be the work of man? Can he who is the subject cf i:s history, be himself a mere man? Was his tic: tone of an enthusiast, or of an ambitious eeciary? What sweetness! What purity in his man ners! What, an affecting gracclulncss in his u struclions ! j What sublimity in his maxims ! What profound wisdom in his discourses t What nresrnce of rnind. what saracitvand nrunrietv Tti . . . 0 . t - - . . iis answers 1 How great the command over his passions! here is the man, wnere the philo sopher, who could so live, sufTer and die, without weaknessHind without ostentation? When Plato ' described his iraaginar)- good man, covered with all the disgrace of crimes, yet worthy of all the rewards of virtue, he described exactiy the char; acter of Jesus Christ. The resemblance was so striking, it could not be mistaken, and all the Fa thers of the Church perceived it. What prepos session, what blindness roust it be, to compare the son of Sophroniscus to the sea of Mary ! What an immeasurable distance between them ! . Socratcsdying without pain, and without ig- rwwrunjr- cjuly supported his character to the last ; and irms death, however, trad tfot enrnwd hh life, it might have been doubted whether Socrates, with all his Wisdom, was any thing more than a mere sophist He invenlcd it is said, the theory of moral science. Others, how e er, before him had put it in practice ; and he had nothing to do but to tell what they-had done, and to reduce their cxamplcsto precept. Aristi des had been just, before Socrates had defined what justice was: iconidas had died for his country, before bocratcs had made it a duty to love one's country. Sparta had been temperate, before Soc rates had eulogised sobriety ; and before he had celebrated the praises ofVmue, Greece had abounded with virtuous men. But from whom of all his countrymen could Jesus have derived that sublime and pure morality, of which'' he only has given us both the precept and exam ple? , In the midst of the most licentious fanati cism, me voice oi the sublimcst wisoom was heard, and the simplicity of the most heroic vir tue crowned one of the humblest of allihe multi tude. The death of Socrates ncacable nhilosfi- phmg with his friends, is the most pleasant that could be desired. That of Jesus expiring in torments, outraged, reviled, and execrated, bv a : whole. nation is the most horrible that can be feared. Socrates in receiving the cup of poison blessed the weeping executioner who presented it; but Jesus, in the midst of excruciating torture, prayed for! his merciless tormentors. Yes! if the. life and death "of Socrates were those of a sage, the life and death of Jesus were those of a God. Shall we say that the evangelical historv is a mere fiction ? It does not bear the stamp of fiction, but thecontrary. . The history of Socrates, wnicn nouooy dpuois, is not so well rttcstcd as. that of Jcsiis Christ. Such an assertion in fact' only shifts the difficulty, without removing it It is more inconceivable that a number of persons should have agreed to fabricate the book, than that' one only should have furnished the subject r . 1 01 11. ! The Jewish authors arc incapable of the du uuu, uuu suiurers io morality contained in the gospel, the marks of whose truth are so stri king, so perfectly inimitable, that the inventor, would be a more astonishing man, than tbe hero. j I'rom the Cumberland Presbyterian." RELIGIOUS OPERATIONS IN TEXAS. Rev. Sumner Bacon, who has been engaged for. about three years in the distribution of the Bible in Texas and Mexico, give the following report of his labours during the last summer : On the 12th of April last, I attended the first anniversary of the Sl Augustine Bible Society." At :thlt time, the Society had received no bocls from the parent Society, but have since received a supply, though none of the books have as yet been distributed, owing to the fact that no com- Eetent person could be procured to act as disp uting asrent. 1 preached eight or ten times in the vicinity of St. AugusUne and Nacogdoches the state of religion , was then lower in that section than I have ever known it, though the congregations were large for this country. I left that region about the tint of May, for the Bras sos, in which section I remained till the last of- weptemDer; auring wmcu time I supplied more than one hundred and twenty-fire destitute p?r-
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