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From the American Baptist.
On llio death of Miss C. Gourj.ay, late sin
ger in Rev. Mr. Brantley’s Church, Second
street, and the Musican Fund Society, Phila
delphia.
INS<IUBE TO J. STOUT, JR.
Daughter of son# ! thy days arc pass’d,
And smiling hope has down;
Thy tongue is mute —thy lips are fist—
Thy place is sad and lone.
Can xve forget the melting strain?
t>jj- 1 I hugs —bow lin y gush’d !
But the reinembrancc gives us pain,
Since thy sweet voice is hush’d.
That voice, which did our spirit thrill,
In utt’ring praises to (led,
We trust in singing praises still,
In a more Mess’d abode;
Where angel-harps are tuned to praise,
And not one jarring tone,
Khalil move the symphonies they raise,
Before the Eternal Throne.
Throughout tlmt clime of endless bliss,
Where sorrow has no part,
Ah in this world of bitterness,
To sting the tender heart.
Daughter of song! go join the hymn
Os that celestial clime,
Its glorious scenes will never dim,
Dike the vain joys of time.
HI is <’ r: e, 1/ A N EOil S.
Christ in ■■ experience.
The Lord is leading you in the good old
way, iu which you may perceive the foot
steps oflii* Hoi k h ito have gone before you.
They had in their day the .same difficulties,
fears, and complaints, ns wc have, and
through mercy we partake of the same con
solation which supported and refreshed
them; and the promises which they trust
eed and found faithful, are equally sure to
us. It is that they who believe
shall ucu|^
“"selves, have built upon sand: but
he has pnWdetl and revealed a sure foun
dation removed, our natural prejudices n
gainst it; and now, though rains, and floods,
and storms assault our building, it cannot
fall, for it is founded upon a rock. The
suspicions and fears which arise in an awa
kened mind, proceed, in a good measure,
from remaining unbelief; hut not wholly
so, for there is a jealousy and dillideuce of
ourselves, a weariness owing to .1 sense ol'the
d'ceilfulncss of our hearts, which is a grace
Hud u gilt of the Lord. Koine people who
iHllUlllhl’ ‘Mliil f (is
jealous fear, 111 *” ship
that SpfeadS a great hut is not
properly ballasted, and is therefore in dan
ger of being overset whenever a storm
comes. A sincere person lias many rea
sons for distrusting his own judgment; is
.-sensible of the vast importance ol'the case,
dkd afraid of too hastily concluding in lna
and n .cl fii” not ■■ 11 'io < TT Tstied.
Atarewfij, : . ‘;to”Ti- liu, e.sprciul-
■ ; ■ 111 not comfortable ;
they who simply wait upon Jesus, are
gradually frectl from it in proportion as
their knowledge of him, and their experi
ence of his goodness, increases. He has a
time for settling nor! establishing them in
himself, and his time is best. We are has
ty, and would be satisfied at once, but his
word is, Tarry thou the Lord’s leisure.
The work of grate is not like Jonah’s
gourd, which sprang bp and flourished in a
night, and as quickly withered, bat rather
like the oak, which from a little arornam!
a tender plant, advances with an almost im
perceptahle growdt from year to \ car, til! it
becomes a broad spreading and ilccp-riiot
ed tree, and then it stands for ages. The
Christian oak shall grow and flourish foie
rcr. When 1 see any soon after they ap
pear to he awakened, making a speedy pro
fession of great joy, before they have a due
acquaintance with their own hearts, I am
in pain for them. lam uot sorry to hear
them afterwards complain that their joys
ore gone, and they are almost at their w its
end; for without some such cheek, to make
them feel their weakness and dependence, 1
seldom find them tarn out well; either
their fervor insensibly abates till they be
come quite cold, and sink into the world n
gain, (ol which 1 have seen many instan
ces,) or il they do not give up all, their
walk is uneven! and their spirit has not
that savor of brokeness and true humility,
which is u chief ornament of our holy pro
fession. If they do not feel the plague of
their hearts at first, they find it out after
wards, and too often manifest it to others.
Therefore though l know the Spirit ol'the
Lord is tree, and will not 110 confined to
our rules, and there may lie excepted ca
ses ; yet in general, 1 believe the old pro
verb, “ Soft and fair goes fair,” will hold
good in Christian experience. Let us he
thankful for the beginnings of grace and
wait upon our Saviour patiently for the in
crease. And as tve have chosen him for
our physician, let us commit ourselves to
his management, and not prescribe to him
what he shall prescribe for us. He knows
us and he loves us better than we do our
selves, and will do all things we!!.
\ou say, “It never came with power
and life to my soul, that he died for me.”
If you mean you never had any extraordi
nary sudden manifestation, something like
a vision or a voice from heaven, confirming
it to you, I can say the same. But I know
he died for sinners ; I know I am a sinner:
I know lie invites them that are ready to
perish ; I am such an one ; I know upon
his own invitation, I have committed my
self to him; and I know,-by the effects,
that he has been with me hitherto, other
wise I should have been an apostate long
ago; and therefore know that lie died for
me ; for had he been pleased to kill me (as
he justly might have done,) he would not
have shown me such things as these.
If I must perish, would the Lord
1 lave taught my heart to love bis word ?
Would be have given my eyes to see
My danger and my remedy 1
Reveal'd bis name, and bid me pray,
Had he resolved to say me nay T
1 know that I am a child, because he
teaches me to say, Abba, Fattier. I know
that I am his, because be hasenabled me to
choose him for mine. For such a choice
and desire could never have taken place in
my heart, if lie bad not placed it there him
self. By nature I was too blind so know
him, too proud to trust him, too obstinate
to serve him, too base-minded to love him;
the enmity 1 was filled with against his go
vernment, righteousness, and grace, was
too strong to lie subdued by any power hut
his own. The love I bear to him is but a
faint and feeble spark, but it is an emana
tion from himself. He kindled it, and he
keeps it alive; and because it is his work,
I trust many waters shall not quench it.
.Newton.
Ailiiuoftifictt among C'ln-istiaiiN.
The observations of a late ingenius wri
ter, which, it is to he feared, he was confirm
ed in by his own experience, is too much
founded in truth:—“ We have just religion
enough to make us hate one another.” The
spirit of party, prejudice,Land bigotry, and
interest, g. zeal for systants, forms, modes
and denominations, furnish men witli plau
sible pretences for indulging their unsanc
tified passions, and deceivo them into an o
pinion, that while they are gratifying their
prido und self-will, they are only laboring
to promote the cause of God and truth.
Hence, often the feuds which obtainammig
religious people arc pursued with great vi
olence, and to gfeater lengths, and are pro
ductive of more mischievous consequences
than the quarrels of drunkards. The lex
ers of peace, who refuse to lake a part in
these contentions, hilt rather weep over
them in secret, tire censured and despised
’ Trn * . 1 L.. ,i. _
*’ ••<•>•*> •-
batants on all sides, while the world despi
ses and laughs'fit them all. It was not so
in the bogi xx ill it be so alxvax s.
The hour xx ben believers shall he
united in love,l(|kll-agree in all that is e—
scutial to jdßtoto-fatt h and holiness, and
slr-ii live m the exercise of forbearance
and tenderness towards each other, if in
some points of small importance they can -
not think exactly alike; which possibly
may be tlm case in the best times, in the
present imperfect state of human nature.
“Ephraim shall then no more envy Judah,
nor Judah vex Ephraim.” Isa. xi. 13.
Newton.
Choice Mil J ill its of Newton.
My principal method of defeating here
by, isby establishing the truth. One pro
poses to fill a bushel xx ith taivs; now if I
can fill it first with wheat I shall defy hi s
attempts.
M my have puzzled tln-mselves about the
origin of evil; I observe there is exil, and
that there is a way to escape it, and with
(bis 1 begin and end.
A polios met with two candid people in
the ('hurt h: they neither ran away because
he was legal, nor were carried axvay lie
cause lie w as eloquent.
1 can conceive a living man without an
arm or u leg, hut not without a head or
a heart: so there are some truths essential
to vital religion, and which all awakened
souls are taught.
A Christian is like a young nobleman,
xvho, on going to receive his estate, is at
first enchanted by its prospects ; this in a
course of time may xvearofi', but sense of
the value of the estate grows daily.
When we first enter into the divine life,
wo propose to groxr rich; but God’s plan
is to make us feel poor.
A man’s present sentiments may not be
accurate, but we make too much of senti
ments. We pass a field with a few blades,
xve call it a field of wheat; but there is no
xx heat; no, not in perfection, but xvheat is
soxvn, and full ears may be expected.
Contrivers of systems on earth are like
contrivers of systems in the heavens* where
the sun and moon keep the same courSrvjn
spile of the philosophers.
We should take care that we do not
make our profession of religion a receipt in
full for all other obligations.
A man truly illuminated will no more
i despise others,than Bartimcus after bis own
| eyes were opened, would take a stick and
1 beat every blind man he met.
W e arc mistaken in supposing that the
removal of a particular obstruction, would
• | satisfy tiie objector. Suppose lam in bed,
and want to knoxv w hether it be light, it is
■ not enough that I draw the curtain; for
■ i it there be light, 1 must have eyes to see it.
MU Ctl&£&'£ZA.m EftlX>E‘£.
Some preachers at Olney, dxvelt on the
doctrine of predestination; an old woman
said—“Ah! I that point;
for if God had not chosen me before I xvas
born, I am sure he would have seen nothing
in me to have chosen me afterwards.”
Doctor Taylor of Norwich, said to me,
“ Sir, I have collated every word in the
Hebrew Scriptures seventeen times; aud
it is very strange, if the doctrine of atone
ment you hold should not have been found
by me.” I am net surprised at this; I
once xvent to light my candle with the ex
tinguisher on it. Now, prejudices front ed
ucation, learning, <fcc. often form an extin
guisher. It is not enough that you bring
the candle, you must remove the extin
guisher.
I went one day to Mrs. G——,’s just af
ter she laid lost all her fortune: I could
uot be surprised to find'-her in tears; hut
she said, “ I suppose you think I am cry
ing for my loss: but that is not the case —
1 am noxv weeping to think I should feel so
much uneasiness on tin* account.” After
that 1 never heard her speak again on the
subject as long as she lived.—Why, noxv,
this is just as it should be.—Suppose a man
xvas going to V urk to take possession of a
large estate, and his chase should break
doxvn :i mile before he got to the citv, which
obliged him to walk the rest of the way ;
xv 1 1 ;it a fool xve should think him if we saw
him wringing his hands ami blubbering out
all the remaining mile, “My clisise is bro
ken! my chaise is broken!”
fellows mi’ of God’s - people i.\ evil
tim its ;
And the duty importance of public worship.
Malnchi iii. 16‘ 17—Then they that fear
ed the Lord spoke often one to another;
and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and
a book of remembrance was written before
Him for them that loured (be Lord, and
that thought upon hiss name. And they
shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in
that day when I make up my jewels, and
1 will spare them asu man spa ret It hisoxvn
son lhat serveth him.
We olten hear people complain of the
limes and of the loxv state of religion: but
good men xvill be good men in the worst
of times, and that xxliich o'hcrs make an
excuse xvill to them furnish a motive to
speak often one to another. *ln llio Jew
ish worship, all xvho were of Abraham’s
seed mingled together ; jet even then the
godly found one another out: “I am a
companion of till those that (ear God.”
1 lie prophut Mulachi lived some timo
after Nt hernial*, xvlrti the Jews were
U LUIIIO r lUtuM*
great degeneracy among the priests—s.irfi 1
did despisersol religion. The consequence
xvas, as might be expected, they were des
pised by llto people. Gicat degeneracy
among the common people—profane to
xx aids God, and treacherous towards one
enolher —frequent divorces lot’ trivial cau
ses, yet full of excuses. Even the profess
ed worshippers of God had a great deal of
hypocmcy. All these things put together
proved a stumbling-block to people in gen
eral. Wicked men xvero reckoned happy
and promoted, and Providence seemed to
kiYorthem, hence infidelity an 1 atheism
abounded: vet even ‘‘Then t! oj hat li ar
fil the Lord spoke often one inieother.”
They nre descri!” das keepatg it; a close
communion with one aim h r.
The world xvas nlivenml thev were alive.
The seed of the serp nt !cagu"f. and tie
seed of the woman communed 1 -g- iher.—
\'U may be sure tlu ir e mver- -non xx as
edifying, or it would net have l> en roe -rd
ed. Th*'V might have occ.as on o rrpiovi ,
to ndmonisb, to eouus*'l, 1o exb"rt, to en
gourage, to instruct. Kuchastateoflhings
is necessary, especially in evil times. The
more wicked the world, the more need of
Christian fellowship-
God’s interests lay near their hearts,
they grieved for its dishonor, and concert
ed plans for its promotion. If xve love
Mis name it xx ill occupy our thought*.
It seems they were retired from the no
tice of the multitude; perhaps like the dis
ciples, for fear ol’the Jetvs. They might
be apprehensive lest any should hearken
nuil hear them. One, however did so, and
took doxvn their conversation too, not liter
ally, lor God needs no book, but his oxvn
mind. This xvill be brought out at the
Judgement, Matt. 25. They that think of
Him here will be remembered by Him there,
and when they have forgotten it. “They
shall be mine in that day.” Which of
these characters is ours ? Will our con
versation bear writing in a book 1 Public
worship is not of less consequence. Bless
ye God in the congregation, Psalm lxviii.
26, &c. Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some
is. Ileb. x. 25. Were it not for public,
private worship would soon be at an end.
To this, under God, the church of Christ
owes its being and continuance. Where
there is no public worship there is no reli
gion. It is bv this, God is acknowledged;
aiftkas lie is the universal Being, and by
his homily and providence all live, conse
quentlv it is-the duty of every intelligent
creature publicly to acknowledge him, and
offer Him that worship xvhieh Himself has
preserved in- His word.
I’he ancient Jexvs have softie good max
ims on this subject, which may be seen in
Schoettgen. 1 shall quote one or txvo.
In Berecoth, fol. 8, it isxvritten, “Rabbi
Levi, said, lie xvho has a synagogue in
his city, and does not go thither to pray,
shall be esteemed a bad citizen,” or a bad
neighbor. And to thislhey apply the words
of Jeremiah xii. 14. Thus saith the Lord
against all my evil neighbors—behold I 1
will pluck them out of their land. “Rab
bi Eliezer the son of Jacob,” speaking as 1
from God, “Ifthou wilt come to my house
I will go to thy house; but if thou wilt not
come to my house, 1 will not enter thy
house. The place that my heart loveth,
to that shall my feet go.” We may safe
ly add, that those wo do not frequent the
house of God, can never expect Ilis pres
ence or blessing in their own.
The wisest and test of men have alxvays
felt it their duty and their interest to xvor
ship God in public. As there is nothing
more necessary, so there is nothing more
reasonable: he who acknoxvledges God in j
all his ways, may expect all his steps to
be directed. The public worship of God is
one grand line of distinction betxveen the
atheist and the believer. He xvho uses
not public worship, has either no God, or
has no right notion of his being: and such
a person, is a bad neighbor; it is danger
ous to live near him; for neither he nor
his can be under the protection of God.
No man should be forced to attend a par
ticular place of worship, but every m.m
should attend some place: and who lias
any fear of God, will not find it difficult to
get a place to bis mind.— A. Fuller — Dr.
A. Clarice.
From the Liu ray and Theological Review.
RADICALISM.
Radicalism alxxays decloses still greater
destitution of moral than intellectual excel
lencies. There is a class of graceful vir
tues, which constitute a kind of codeofho
nour, designed to regulate the demeanor of
imperfect beings toxvards each other, and
to soften the asperities to xxhich their soci
ety is liable. To this class of virtues be
long, modest diffidence in one’s own opin
ion when opposed to that of all the world,
candid indulgence of the prejudices of oth
ers: charitable forbeurnnee of their faults,
and a favourable construction of xvhat may
appear against the due respect to the claims
of’ prescriptive authority of whatever kind
it may be; deference to age, office & other
titles to regard. The exercise of these
virtues, while it is not inconsistent xvith the
higher moral virtues, is absolutely essen
tia! to the decorum and happiness of hu
man society.—Disregarding them would
soon introduce the most shameless barbar
ities, in place of all those pleasant charities
by which the social state of depraved being
is sweetened and adorned.
Let the reader now present before his
mind any one of the leading spirits of Ra
dical reform xx bom he may happen to
know, he will find that bis prominent char
acteristics groxv out ofthe absence of iWsr
comely and excell’ nt virtues. It teloi\- 1
to the very idea of a Radical to be self-coijM
ui m
lays no claim to the virtues which have
been mentioned, and even despises and
condemns them. Modesty and solf-dilfi.
di nee be regards ns efleminacy and inde
cision; charity and tolerance toxvards the
biii'ts of others, as coxvardly compromise
with sin; and every kind of deference to
authority or station, as base servility - , Stern
ness. rigor and rudeness of demeanor to
xvards even the slightest delinquency, he
ennsuh rs ns the indices of moral courage,
and the distinctive graces ofthe hon-henrt
ed reformer. In folloxving out his crude
•''.nt ep'ions of xx bat should be, he never al
lows Inmseli to be in the least incumbered j
bx “lint bast been, and proceeds in all re
spects,
“As it the world xvore noxv but to begin, |
Antiquity forgot, custom not known,
The rutifiors and props of every xvord.”
The de'bimity of tllis sel'-'.'Oilfid nee. ‘
and d.'i. .ard o received opinions and cus
toms, car no! be tetter shown, than in con-
tt'tst xxiilt some ol'the beautiful exhibitions
ofthe modest waving of individual judo- !
meat on llte part oftruly great men, out of I
respect to the general voice. Bishop Hall
thus xx rites to iiis brother.* “Lot 1110 ad
vise you to walk ever in the beaten road of
llio church, not to run out into single para
doxes. And if you meet at any time with
private conceits; that seem more probable,
suspect them and yourself; and if they
can xx in you to assent, yet smother them
in your breast, and do not dare to vent them
out, either by your hand or tongue, to j
trouble a common peace. It is a miscra -1
ble praise to he a willy disturber.” It is
recorded of Mr. Male, by the great Claren
don, that he xvould often say, “That his,
opinions, lie xvtis sure did him no harm, but
he xvas far from being confident that thev
might not do others harm xvho entertained
them, and might entertain other results
from them than he did; and therefore he
xxms very reserved in communicating xvhat
he thought himself, on those points in
which he differed from xvhat xvas received.’f
The want of religious sentiment is ano
ther part of that deficiency of in ward struc
ture from which Radicalism proceeds.—!
Religion, while it inspires the mind with *
unmingled abhorrence of evil, at the same !
time renders it tranquil in the view ofthe
j existing disorders ofthe world. It teaches
I that consol itorv lesson, by xvhieh the entire
aspect of the world is changed, that evils
nre xviselv permitted by God, and xvill be
overruled by him for the promotion of his
benevolent purposes. It docs not diminish
the motive to human effort, hut only quells
every disquieting feeling, aud induces over
the mind ofthe truly pious philanthropist
a calm and peaceful resignation.
I loxv opposite to this is the frame and
temper of the turbulent reformer. He is
! not less agitated himself than the agitator
j * Bishop Hall’s works, vol. 1. p. 315.
j Life of Edxvard, Earl of Clarendon, vol. 1.
I p. 50.
of others. Were God dethroned, and the
world abandoned to the powers of evil he
could scarcely be more anxious and purtur
bed. It never occurs to him to think, in 1
view of the towering forms of wickedness,
that they exist under the permission of the
Being xvho doeth all his pleasure, not only .
in heaven above, but on earth beneath, and
that however they may be regarded when
separately viexved, they arc to be esteemed
right as belonging to that great system, in
xvhieh partial evil is made the instrument
of universal good.
■ There is no more common or offensive
tealure in the character of those men xve
are attempting to describe, than their assu
ming in their oxvn strength, and by means
o£ their own, to effect the most signal revo
lutions in the state of the world, and their
attributing to themselves, the wisdom, pow
er, and glory when such revolutions have
teen accomplished. How often do they
speak of xvhat they have done, are doing,
or are about to do; to change the state of
society, without any reference, expressed
or remotely implied, to that poxver by
xvhieh alone any change for the better ever !
has been or can be xvroughi. It has been j
said of some modern infidel philosophers,!
that they xvere accustomed to speak as con
fident about the nature of things, and to :
seem to know as much about the laws of j
being, as if they had assisted in making the
xvorld. And .t may be said xvith equal j
truth of some of our modern reformers', j
thtit they are wont to carry themselves as i
loftily xvith respect to the existing state and
coming destiny ofthe world, as though
they assisted in governing it, and had en
throned themselves beside the .Monarch of
the universe. Deeming their allotted
sphere of the duty too private incon
siderable Ibr tHeir superior poxHft they
seek a larger stage, where
xx
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indications ofthe ! 1 line xx ill, tjfl
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JSd ‘L e " gth ftnc F ‘hemsolvc, in
( Jr ed ‘|' llh P°' ver commensurate xvith the
/atms they suppose made upon them -ml
f ho res PoDsit.ditieg thev have 5
/assumed. Ratling on’,he airs® ” St v *
f>n the moral kingdom thev H,, and ‘'"°, rs
plenitude of their imu .l *.? r< ' e ’ ln ,he
downfall listing systems I'"',’ ■ ‘ h ° i
new state ol things. ‘ len,s * a "d ordain a j
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ledgeville. The Tracts are just receix-ed and
ready for delivery.
“W. C. POWELL, Agent.
Milledgeville, Oct. 21th, 1835.
A TEACHER WANTED. The Execu
tive Committee ofthe Baptist Convention
for the State of Georgia, having determined
to engage an additional teacher at the Jnsti
tue; notice is hereby gixen, that Rev. B. M.
Sanders Principal ofthe school, is authorized
to receive any applications that may be made,
and xvith the aid and counsel of the Board of
Trustees in the vicinity may employ any one
who may be approved by them. No one need
apply who is not well qualified to impart in
struction m the languages; especially the Lat
in and Greek. A man xvithout a family, or
xvith a very small one xvill be preferred.
By order. .(ESSE MERCER,
Chairman of Committee.
I HAVE had in the press for some months
a Pamphlet of two Sermons on the doctrine
1 of particular Election, by Rev. Joiin Sladen.
\ Tliosediscourses were delivered in the LvWA
stral Lectures, London, over 100 year? ago.
They contain as lucid an investigation of the
: doctrine, and as able a defence, as any I have
I seen in modern times.
j The design of the Editor in publishing them
; now is, that the pure minds of the Brethren
1 may be stirred up by way of remembrance ;
land be led to hold fist a Scripture doctrine,
“ full of comfort,” and calculated to promote
humility and gratitude.
It will be found bv a perusal of these Ser
mons, that the objections now made against the
doctrine, are the same xvhieh were made an
hundred years ago.
The price for a single copy will be 20 cents,
but a great dediCtion xvili be made to those
who purchase bjtthe quantity. A1 misters ore
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RECOMMENDATION.
Wc, the undersigned, highly approve ofthe
periodica! xvork proposed in the aliove Pros
pectus. There are no subjects more intensely
interesting to the student of the Bible than
those connected with the History, Manners,
and Customs, both ancient and modern, of that
once happy and distinguished, but noxv scat
tered and despised race, the descendants of Is
rael.
The History of the Jexx'p, from the time of
! their final dispersion, and their present situa-
J lion, scattered among all people, “where,”
j with one happy exception, “they find no ease,
j neither does the sole of their foot rest,” affords
j the student of prophecy one ofthe most poxver
| ful evidences of divine inspiration ofthe sacred
| Scriptures, while a knowledge of the antiqni
! ties of the Jexvs, and, perhaps also, of their
! modern customs and opinions, is absolutely es
-1 seutial to the understanding of many impor
j taut passages ofthe Bible. Besides these con
| sideratiuns, a knowledge of the efforts which
| have been made in x'arious parts of the world,
for the evangelization ofthe Jews, and of the
■ success xvith which tiiese efforts have been
.crowned, is necessary to encourage the Chris
tian Church in their exertions to spread the
Gospel throughout the xvorld; and to increaso
their confident expectations of the speedy ap
proach of that happy period, when the glory of
! the Izird shall be rex'ealed, and ail flesh see it
! together; when the Jexvs shall be gathered in
! to the Gospel fold xvith the fulness of the Gen
tiles, and they shall seek the Lord, and David
their King in the latter days.
There is no individual, perhaps, who is bet
ter qualified to give information on these sub’
jects. than our beloved brother Frey.
For these reasons xve have gieat pleasure in
recommending this xx’ork to tiie patronagj of
the whole Christian community, without dis
tinction of sects or parties, convinced tiiatthe
proposed xvork xvill prove a poxx’erful iad use
ful auxiliary to the Minister, the Sabbath
School Teacher, andtotlio active privatechria
tian- Rev. JOHN DOW UNO,
Pastor of the N Baptist Church Newport, R. I.
Oct. 12th, 1835.
We heartily cotxcur xvith brother Dowling
in the above remarks.
Rev. JOHN C. WELCH, Warrer.R. 1.
“ H. A. WICOX. Willington, Conn.
“ N. 1). BENEDICT. Woodstock, “
“ NICHOLAS BRANCH, Ponfret “
“ JOHN H. BAKER, Lebanon, “
“ SAM'LS. MALLERY. Norwich city Ct.